ArticleInternational journal of methods in psychiatric research2023
Developmentally specified characterization of the irritability spectrum at early school age: Implications for pragmatic mental health screening.
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- Developmental shifts in irritable behaviors from preschool to school age: Longitudinal network analysis of heterotypic and homotypic continuity.International journal of behavioral development · 2025Article
- Prevalence, stability, and predictive utility of the Multidimensional Assessment of Preschoolers Scales clinically optimized irritability score: Pragmatic early assessment of mental disorder risk.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Characterizing the spectrum of irritability in preadolescence: Dimensional and pragmatic applications.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- MAPping affective dimensions of behavior: Methodologic and pragmatic advancement of the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles scales.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Commentary on the special issue: Leveraging measurement to refine developmental perspectives on psychopathology.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Modeling the normal:abnormal spectrum of early childhood internalizing behaviors: A clinical-developmental approach for the Multidimensional Assessment Profiles Internalizing Dimensions.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- A pragmatic, clinically optimized approach to characterizing adolescent irritability: Validation of parent- and adolescent reports on the Multidimensional Assessment Profile Scales-Temper Loss Scale.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Developmentally specified characterization of the irritability spectrum at early school age: Implications for pragmatic mental health screening.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Advancing earlier transdiagnostic identification of mental health risk: A pragmatic approach at the transition to toddlerhood.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
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objectivesDevelopmentally specified measures that identify clinically salient irritability are needed for early school-age youth to meaningfully capture this transdiagnostic risk factor for psychopathology. Thus, the current study modeled the normal:abnormal irritability spectrum and generated a clinically optimized screening tool for this population.
methodsThe irritability spectrum was modeled via the youth version of the Multidimensional Assessment Profile Scales-Temper Loss Scale (MAPS-TL-Youth) in children (n = 474; 6.0-8.9 years) using item response theory (IRT). Both cross-cutting core irritability items from the early childhood version and new developmentally specific items were included. Items uniquely associated with impairment were identified and used to derive a brief, clinically optimized irritability screener. Longitudinal data were then utilized to test the predictive utility of this clinically optimized screener in preadolescence (n = 348; 8.0-12.9 years).
resultsMost children exhibit irritability regularly, but daily occurrence was rare. Of the top 10 most severe items from the IRT analyses, 9 were from the developmentally specific items added for the MAPS-TL Youth version. Two items associated with concurrent impairment were identified for the clinically optimized irritability screener ("Become frustrated easily" and "Act irritable"). The MAPS-TL-Youth clinically optimized screener demonstrated good sensitivity (69%) and specificity (84%) in relation to concurrent DSM 5 irritability-related diagnoses. Youth with elevated scores on the screener at early school age (ESA) had more than 7x greater odds of irritability-related psychopathology at pre-adolescence.
conclusionsThe MAPS-TL-Youth characterized the developmental spectrum of irritability at ESA and a clinically optimized screener showed promise at predicting psychopathology risk. Rigorous testing of clinical applications is a critical next step.
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