Temper outburst An emotional Outburst is usually associated with children or those in emotional distress and is characterized by stubbornness crying, screaming Defiance angry ranting a resistance to tries to pacification and in some cases hitting. Physical control may be lost the person may be unable to remain still and even if the goal of the person is met, he or she may not be calmed. Copyright Notice Adapted from Wikipedia. Text is available under the  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 ; additional terms may apply.