Re: tantrum videotapes

["Mike Potegal" <poteg001@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Responding to the message of <35ca1e3d7260499@mhub3.tc.umn.edu>
from "Mike Potegal" <poteg001@tc.umn.edu>:
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Colleague,
> 
>   In the course of my ongoing studies of children's tantrums, I have 
> collected 
> several hundred narrative descriptions of tantrums written by parents.  This 
> has
> provided a solid data base for the construction of working hypotheses about 
> the 
> behavioral organization of tantrums.  The time has now come to examine more 
> objective data. I am extremely interested in collecting videotapes of 
> children 
> between 18 months and 5 years having tantrums. This tapes will be used for 
> testing some of the hypotheses already developed and also for training 
> parents in my future studies how to score tantrum behaviors.  I plan to have 
> parents make these tapes at home but experience already suggests that such 
> tapes
> will be slow in accumulating. In order to get a head start,  I am asking if  
> you
> or your colleagues have made any tapes in laboratories, at schools or day 
> care 
> or even your own home movies containing such material, I would appreciate the 
> 
> opportunity to borrow & copy it.  Confidentiality will, of course, be 
> respected 
> and consent forms indicating the uses of this material can be provided. 
> 
> If you wish to talk about this over the phone, please call (612) 624-8639 
> until 
> Aug 30.  In Sept, please leave a message at  (612) 625-7466
> 
> Thank you very much for any help you can provide.                          
> 
> .