Network analysis of ecological momentary assessment identifies frustration as a central node in irritability

• Published in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry Vol. 64; no. 8; pp. 1212 - 1221
• Main Authors: Tseng, Wan‐Ling, Naim, Reut, Chue, Amanda, Shaughnessy, Shannon, Meigs, Jennifer, Pine, Daniel S., Leibenluft, Ellen, Kircanski, Katharina, Brotman, Melissa A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2023
• Subjects: Adolescent; Anger; Anxiety; Anxiety disorders; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Clinical research; Clinical trials; Clinical variables; Ecological Momentary Assessment; Female; Frustration; Humans; Hyperactivity; Irritability; Irritable Mood - physiology; Male; Measurement; mood; Mood changes; Mood Disorders; Network analysis; Oppositional defiant disorder; Reactivity; Sadness; Worry; anxiety; mood; frustration; Irritability; network analysis; anger; ecological momentary assessment

Background Irritability presents transdiagnostically, commonly occurring with anxiety and other mood symptoms. However, little is known about the temporal and dynamic interplay among irritability‐related clinical phenomena. Using a novel network analytic approach with smartphone‐based ecological mom...