International Journal of Innovative Research in Health Science

Introduction: Temper tantrums are very common among under-five children because they are yet to master communication skills. Some typical tantrums behaviours include crying, hitting, kicking, stomping, throwing objects and breath-holding. The purpose of the study was to examine the effectiveness of pantomime in increasing the maternal knowledge on how to deal with temper tantrum. Methodology: The quantitative, pre-experimental design were adopted. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to select a sample of 100 mothers with under-five children in Nerkundram, Chennai. The educational intervention applied was pantomime and post-test were done after 7 days. Results: During the pretest, 100% of mothers were found to have poor knowledge. After the intervention, 94% were at the adequate level of knowledge and 6% were at the moderately adequate level of knowledge. The pre-test mean score was 6.34 ± 1.89 and post-test mean score was 20.93 ± 1.84, with a mean difference of 14.59. The t = 55.499 was the paired t-test value that is statistically significant at p = 0.001. Conclusion: Pantomime is a convenient educational intervention to enhance maternal education on how to control temper tantrum in mothers of children under-five years.