Building a definition of irritability from academic definitions and lay descriptions

Emotion Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 164-172

  Barata, Paula C ^a   Holtzman, Susan ^b   Cunningham, Shannon ^c   O'Connor, Brian P ^b   Stewart, Donna E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

affect; definition; interviews; irritability; irritated; qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962440515     PISSN: 17540739     EISSN: 17540747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1754073915576228     Document Type: Article

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