Research
Irritable kids are hard to parent, and that strain may show up years later, new study suggests
PsyPost · By Eric W. Dolan ·
The Brief
- A longitudinal study reports that preschoolers with frequent anger and temper outbursts may gradually change how their parents treat them.
- The study also suggests that certain caregiving habits may feed a child's frustration over time.
- The source is a PsyPost summary of a study published in a Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent journal; the full journal name is cut off in the snippet.
Why it matters
The findings suggest that early child irritability may shape parent-child interactions in ways that could persist for years, which is relevant to research on child development and parenting.
Who’s affected
- parents of preschool-age children
- developmental and clinical psychologists
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- #child development
- #irritability
- #longitudinal study
- #preschoolers
Preschoolers who struggle with frequent anger and temper outbursts may gradually reshape how their parents treat them, while certain caregiving habits may also feed into a child’s frustration over time. A longitudinal study published in Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent…