Osterman Karin, Björkqvist Kaj
Abo Akademi University, Vasa, P.O.B. 311, 65101 Finland.
Psychol Rep. 2010 Apr;106(2):448-54. doi: 10.2466/pr0.106.2.448-454.
Temper tantrums among young children were investigated with the questionnaire Parents' Experiences of Temper Tantrums in Children. Parents of 132 children (101 mothers, 31 fathers) in a largely Swedish-speaking area of Finland completed the questionnaire. 87% of the parents reported that one or more of their children had had temper tantrums. Of all children in the study, 64.7% began having tantrums when they were 2 or 3 years old; 57.1% did not have tantrums anymore after age five. For 46.5% of the cases, the tantrums lasted between 5 and 10 minutes. There was no sex difference for age of onset of tantrums, age when tantrums ceased, age span during which they occurred, frequency, or duration of episodes.
采用《儿童发脾气家长体验问卷》对幼儿发脾气的情况进行了调查。芬兰一个主要讲瑞典语地区的132名儿童（101名母亲，31名父亲）的家长完成了该问卷。87%的家长报告称他们的一个或多个孩子曾发过脾气。在该研究的所有儿童中，64.7%在2岁或3岁时开始发脾气；57.1%在5岁后不再发脾气。在46.5%的案例中，发脾气持续5至10分钟。发脾气的发病年龄、停止发脾气的年龄、发脾气的年龄跨度、频率或发作持续时间均无性别差异。
