Early Predictors of Adolescent Irritability - 27/05/21

Doi : 10.1016/j.chc.2021.04.002

Ellen M. Kessel, PhD ^a,^⁎ , Lea R. Dougherty, PhD ^b, Samantha Hubachek, MS ^b, Emma Chad-Friedman, MS ^b, Tom Olino, PhD ^c, Gabrielle A. Carlson, MD ^d, Daniel N. Klein, PhD ^e
^a Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University and the New State Psychiatric Institute
^b Department of Psychology, University of Maryland College Park
^c Department of Psychology, Temple University
^d Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University School of Medicine
^e Department of Psychology, Stony Brook University

^∗Corresponding author.

Résumé

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.

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Keywords : Early risk, Development, Irritability, Adolescence