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February 1, 1978The British Journal of Psychiatry

A Clinical Scale for the Self-assessment of Irritability

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RSR. P. SnaithACA. A. ConstantopoulosMJM. Y. Jardine

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Overview

Instrument development study introduces a self-assessment scale for irritability in clinical settings, indicating improved separation of current emotional states from baseline personality traits.

Key Points

  • To develop a clinical self-assessment instrument that measures present-state irritability without confounding from baseline personality traits, alongside depression and anxiety.
  • Constructed a multi-dimensional self-assessment questionnaire tailored specifically for use in clinical populations rather than non-clinical cohorts.
  • Incorporated distinct subscales to independently evaluate anxiety, depression, outwardly directed irritability, and inwardly directed irritability.
  • Established the Irritability, Depression, Anxiety (IDA) Scale as a clinical tool distinguishing temporary state symptoms from enduring personality traits.
  • The scale successfully isolates outward and inward irritability while concurrently assessing comorbid symptoms of depression and anxiety.

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Snaith et al. (1978) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0db04db2848a2208ba61d5https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.132.2.164
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