Assessment of Temper Tantrums Behaviour Among Preschool Children in Jordan.

Autor: Bani Salameh AK; Pediatric Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan., Malak MZ; Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Al- Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Electronic address: malakehmalak@yahoo.com., Al-Amer RM; Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Isra University, Amman, Jordan; Adjunct fellow, Western Sydney University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia., Al Omari OSH; Pediatric Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman., El-Hneiti M; Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Jordan University, Amman, Jordan., Abu Sharour LM; Oncology Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric nursing [J Pediatr Nurs] 2021 Jul-Aug; Vol. 59, pp. e106-e111. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 25.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2021.02.008
Abstrakt: Purpose: A good understanding of children's emotions, activities, and needs should be promoted. This study assessed temper tantrum behaviour, including frequency, severity, duration, common behaviours, reasons, locations, contexts, and parent's strategies, among Jordanian children aged 24-48 months.
Design and Methods: A cross-sectional design was used to conduct this study. A non-probability convenience sample was adopted to recruit 213 parents of children aged between 24 months to 48 months. All parents completed the Parents' Experience of Temper Tantrums in Children's questionnaire.
Results: Findings showed that about half of the children experienced weekly tantrums, however, half of the parents reported that mild tantrums were exhibited by their youngsters, with an average duration of minutes. The most frequently reported tantrum behaviour was 'screaming or shouting'. "Seeking attention" was the most frequent reason and most tantrums occurred when visiting someone else's home. Unfamiliar situations were the most commonly associated with tantrum episodes. The main strategies used by parents to lessen their child's tantrums were first, stating a consequence (e.g., timeout), and secondly, ignoring the behaviour.
Conclusions: The results draw attention to significant aspects of tantrums, such as the duration, where children managed to maintain a tantrum episode for more than seven minutes on average. Tantrum behaviours, reasons, locations, context, and parents' strategies to control tantrums were significant in developing proper interv entions.
Practice Implications: The findings of this study are of practical use in equipping parents and caregivers with the appropriate strategies to enable them to halt tantrums among children.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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