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Table 3.

Means and Standard Deviations for Tantrum Behaviors between Diagnostic Groups

	Healthy (n =150)	MDD-no dis (n = 21)	DIS_-no mdd (n = 54)	MDD/DIS (n = 54)
Tantrum Frequency Mean(SD)
Home	20 (56)	12 (22)	49 (51)	40 (75)
Daycare/School	.91 (4)	.86 (1)	15 (47)	4 (10)
Outside of home/school	2 (5)	2 (2)	19 (34)	15 (64)
Tantrum Duration Mean(SD)
Duration in min. and sec.	11:48 (12:16)	15:38 (10:17)	14:35 (12:40)	20:30 (19:27)
Tantrum Behaviors Mean(SD)
Aggression/Violence (4 behaviors possible)	1.32 (1.16)	2.00(1.44)	2.72 (1.16)	2.88 (1.12)
Self-Injurious (4 behaviors possible)	.16 (.44)	1.00 (1.16)	.28 (.68)	.96 (1.04)
Non-Aggressive (3 behaviors possible)	1.38 (1.05)	2.07 (.60)	1.89 (.93)	2.10 (1.02)
Oral-Aggression (2 behaviors possible)	.24 (.54)	.54 (.68)	.56 (.70)	.70 (.80)