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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
卷 64, 期 4, 页码 438-449出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20463
关键词
childhood bipolar disorder; expressed emotion; age at onset; gender; prevention
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH073871, R34 MH077856-01A1, R01 MH073871-02, R34 MH077856, R34 MH 077856, R21 MH 62555, R01 MH 073871] Funding Source: Medline
High expressed emotion (EE) attitudes among parents are associated with an increased likelihood of relapse among bipolar patients, but the origins of these attitudes are unclear. This study examined characteristics of bipolar disorder in adolescents that might be associated with high EE attitudes among parents. We hypothesized that an earlier onset of mood disorder and greater current illness severity would predict higher levels of criticism and emotional overinvolvement among parents. Demographic, diagnostic, and EE data were collected from interviews with parents of 44 bipolar adolescents (mean age 14.5 yrs.). Current illness severity and functioning were not associated with high-EE attitudes. Parents of girls, however, were more likely to be high in criticism than parents of boys. Parents of girls expressed more critical comments when the child had an adolescent compared to a childhood onset of bipolar disorder, whereas the reverse pattern was evident among parents of boys. We encourage prospective investigations of the developmental correlates of parental EE attitudes in larger, more heterogeneous samples of bipolar adolescents and children. (C) 2008, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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