Early Predictors of Adolescent Irritability
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tom Olino; Lea R. Dougherty; Samantha Hubacheck; Ellen M. Kessel; Gabrielle A. Carlson; Emma Chad-Friedman; Daniel N. Klein
- Source
- Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am
- Subject
- Adolescent
business.industry
Irritability
Article
Irritable Mood
03 medical and health sciences
Psychiatry and Mental health
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Child, Preschool
030225 pediatrics
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Humans
Medicine
Early childhood
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
- Language
- ISSN
- 1056-4993
Limited research has examined precursors/risk factors for adolescent irritability. This study examines continuity of irritability from early childhood to adolescence and identifies antecedents of adolescent irritability. Across self-reports and mother-reports, evidence was found for continuity of irritability. A range of variables assessed at age 3 predicted irritability at age 15. These findings suggest that adolescent irritability is characterized by distinct developmental pathways from age 3 that have potential to result in an irritable phenotype at age 15. Adolescent-reported and mother-reported irritability may be capturing distinct underlying constructs of irritability; both should be considered in assessments of adolescent irritability.