Assessing Irritability in Primary School-Aged Children
How to Test and Whom to Ask
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15714541 |
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| Authors | Susann Tayaranian Djeyhuni (Clinical Research Center Kiel), Alexander Prehn‐Kristensen (0000-0002-3510-9888, MSH Medical School Hamburg – University of Applied Sciences and Medical University), Kamila Jauch‐chara (0000-0002-3597-6367, Waldburg-Zeil Kliniken), Manuel Munz (0000-0001-5676-1632, Clinical Research Center Kiel, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1583-1583 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Children (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/children12121583 |
| PMID | 41462724 |
| OpenAlex | W4416500603 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Background/Objectives : An increasing number of children and adolescents with mental health issues across many countries highlights the need for effective, accessible prevention strategies. Within the Research Domain Criteria framework, irritability-an emotional response to expected but blocked rewards-has been identified as an early indicator of declining mental well-being before the onset of mental disorders. Developing reliable yet resource-efficient methods to assess irritability is an important first step toward targeted prevention. Methods : We tested the German Version of a frustration Go/No-Go task enabling to deliberately induce frustration through expected but blocked rewards in N = 68 children aged eight to ten (mean age = 8.9 years, SD = 0.7; 36 females) and parallelly assessed irritability with the 7-item low cost Affective Reactivity Index (ARI) with ratings of parents, teachers and children. Results : The German Version of the frustration Go/No-Go task proved reliable and valid. Teacher ratings demonstrated the highest predictive validity for irritability among all informants. Conclusions : Both the 7-item ARI, rated by teachers, and the frustration Go/No-Go task are recommended for assessing irritability. In the future, irritability assessments should be implemented for all primary school-aged children. Based on the components that contribute to irritability, targeted prevention measures should be offered
Frustration · German · Irritability · Mental health · Task (project management · Test (biology · Bipolar Disorder and Treatment · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Mental Health Research Topics
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| Highly cited | No |
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