HISTORY OF PARENTING AND BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DISORDERS

The present study examined whether negative parenting characteristics are associated with offspring's bipolar spectrum diagnoses. Individuals with bipolar spectrum disorders and matched normal controls completed measures of the parenting behaviors their parents exhibited while the individuals w...

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Published in:Journal of social and clinical psychology 2008-11, Vol.27 (9), p.1021-1044
Main Authors: NEEREN, Amy M, ALLOY, Lauren B, ABRAMSON, Lyn Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar affective disorder
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorders
Children & youth
Clinical psychology
Families & family life
Family environment. Family history
Fathers
Maltreatment
Medical sciences
Mood disorders
Moods
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychological effects
Psychological factors
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Studies
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Summary:The present study examined whether negative parenting characteristics are associated with offspring's bipolar spectrum diagnoses. Individuals with bipolar spectrum disorders and matched normal controls completed measures of the parenting behaviors their parents exhibited while the individuals were growing up. Lower levels of acceptance/warmth from mothers and higher levels of negative psychological control from mothers and fathers were associated with bipolar spectrum diagnoses, controlling for a family history of bipolar disorder and current depressive and hypomanic mood and symptoms. Similarly, greater levels of emotional maltreatment by mothers and fathers and greater levels of physical maltreatment by mothers were associated with participants' bipolar diagnoses, controlling for family history and current mood and symptoms. Implications of these findings are discussed. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0736-7236
1943-2771
DOI:10.1521/jscp.2008.27.9.1021