title: Emotional Lability in Preschoolers With Symptoms of ADHD.
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine occurrence of emotional lability (EL) in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms versus controls.
  
  
  
  The study was part of the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. In the present study, 495 preschoolers were clinically examined. Symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) were measured with the Preschool Age Psychiatric Assessment Interview. An EL measure was obtained from the Emotional Control subscale of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Preschool Version (BRIEF-P), which parents and teachers completed.
  
  
  
  EL was significantly more frequent in the ADHD group compared with controls (25% vs. 7%, p < .001). By parent report, EL correlated significantly with ADHD-, anxiety-, and ODD symptoms. By teacher report, EL was significantly correlated only with hyperactivity-impulsivity.
  
  
  
  EL appears identifiable in young preschoolers and was particularly associated with ODD in children with ADHD symptoms.
authors: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors: Kristin Romvig
authors: KR
authors: Overgaard
authors: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors: Beate
authors: B
authors: Oerbeck
authors: 2 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
authors: Heidi
authors: H
authors: Aase
authors: 3 University of Oslo, Norway.
authors: Svenn
authors: S
authors: Torgersen
authors: 2 Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.|3 University of Oslo, Norway.
authors: Ted
authors: T
authors: Reichborn-Kjennerud
authors: 1 Oslo University Hospital, Norway.
authors: Pål
authors: P
authors: Zeiner
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000523:psychology*; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers; D009664:Norway; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology
keywords: ADHD; emotional control; emotional dysregulation; emotional lability; preschoolers