MAPS-TLđ
| Name | Multidimensional Assessment Profiles - Temper Loss Scale- Infancy (<1 year old) |
| Table Name | mh_cg_mapdb__inf
mh_cg_mapstl__tod |
| Construct | Irritability |
| Study Visits | Infancy: V03 |
| Type | Remote Questionnaire (Parent on Child; 5 min) |
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The HBCD dataset includes many variables that may be important for sound and comprehensive analysis. The inclusion of additional variables will depend on the research question(s) and methodological approach. Users are encouraged to take time to explore the full range of available variables â especially those that may serve as controls, contextual indicators, confounders, mechanisms, or modifiers â to ensure thoughtful and well-supported analytic decisions. Other important considerations may include developmental functioning, broader family supports, and early adverse and protective exposures.
The MAPS-TL assesses normative variations in child behavior and should be interpreted within the context of the child's age and developmental stage. This is not clinical or diagnostic instrument.
Instrument Detailsđ
The Multidimensional Assessment Profiles- Temper Loss scale (MAPS-TL) is a well-validated survey assessing irritability that serves as a tool for characterizing the developmental expression of early mental health risk. MAPS-TL measures a range of behaviors that encompass dysregulation, responsiveness to environmental input, and context. Questions inquire about the behaviors of the focal child over the past month. Irritability has been identified as an early dimensional marker of lifespan mental health risk. MAPS-TL aims to delineate the typical-to-atypical spectrum of irritability in early childhood and identify those young children at high probability of subsequent adaptational problems based on problems with dysregulation.
Alterations were made to replace âparentâ with âparent/caregiverâ where appropriate. In addition, measure instructions and individual items that reference gendered pronouns (âhis/hersâ, âhe/sheâ) were edited to either eliminate the pronouns entirely or replaced with âmy childâ when eliminating pronouns was not grammatically possible. Because the psychometric validation for these measures was done using items from the original measures, future publications should account for and note edits made to individual items.
The MAPS-TL includes 17 items at Visit 3 (V03) and 40 items at Visit 5 (V05). Items are rated on a 6-point frequency scale, where higher scores indicate more frequent occurrence of the measured behaviors (1 = Never, 2 = Rarely (<1 day/week), 3 = Some days (1â3 days/week), 4 = Most days (4â6 days/week), 5 = Every day, 6 = Many times each day).
A summary score is calculated when responses are available for at least 9 of 17 items at V03 and 20 of 40 items at V05.
If fewer items are completed, the score is recorded as missing. When some items are missing, but the minimum number has been answered, a prorated score is calculated:
Prorated Score = (Sum of answered items á Number of answered items) à Total number of items
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