A) Introduction:
This study was conducted to observe how parents react to their children’s tantrums. Every Participant is a family unit consisting of the caregiver and the child. Children participating in this study were between ages 2 to 4 with a history of throwing tantrums. Once the family registered in the study, parents were asked to record their child’s 4 next tantrums in a public place and the next 4 tantrums at home. The parents’ approach to addressing the tantrums was noted through a brief questionnaire. The options for addressing the tantrums were then coded for as doing “nothing”, putting the child on “time-out”, or “hold”, where the parent holds the child and comforts and calms them down. The main purpose of this study was to examine the difference in the parents’ approach to dealing to the children’s temper tantrums at home. Using an independent sample t-test, it is hypothesized that parents who hold their children and calm them down instead of doing nothing, or putting them in time out, will have shorter durations of temper tantrums.
B) Correlations:
Table 1: Correlational Analysis between Location of Tantrums and Age Home Public
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There was a significant difference in the scores for tantrums at home (M = 24.38, SD = 9.54) and tantrums in public (M = 22.39, SD = 8.84); t (69) =2.04, p = 0.04. Children had longer tantrums at home as opposed to in public. Location difference, home versus public, elicited a mean increase of 2.00 minutes, 95% CI [0.05, 3.93] for tantrums done at home. Therefore, tantrums at home were significantly longer in time than tantrums in public. I hypothesize that parents did not respond as eagerly at home as they would in public in front of people. When a child throws a tantrum in public, the parent might be embarrassed so they might quickly and eagerly respond compared to if the tantrum was at
...-management techniques to increase their own ability to deal with frustration, so that they can respond calmly to their child's behavior.
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Case studies are a collection of data obtained using various methods gathered on an individual or group to record areas of interest in order to assist with analysis and provide recommendations. The study should include the name of the person, although this should be protected to provide anonymity where appropriate, and a brief description of the subject. The setting where the study is to be performed should be included. The aim of the observation must be presented along with a report of the findings. The type of method used will depend upon the subject and the area of interest. Data is gathered on the subject in this case observations were used to provide the data. An interpretation of the study will be made in order to provide a conclusion and recommendations made if applicable. Freud famously used the case studies that he carried out on his patients to develop his Psychoanalytic Theory.