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A family risk study exploring bipolar spectrum problems and cognitive biases in adolescent children of bipolar parents

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A family risk study exploring bipolar spectrum problems and cognitive biases in adolescent children of bipolar parents. / Espie, Jonathan; Jones, Steven; Vance, Yvonne et al.
In: Journal of Adolescence, Vol. 35, No. 3, 06.2012, p. 769-772.

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Espie J, Jones S, Vance Y, Tai S. A family risk study exploring bipolar spectrum problems and cognitive biases in adolescent children of bipolar parents. Journal of Adolescence. 2012 Jun;35(3):769-772. Epub 2011 Dec 6. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.11.002

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Espie, Jonathan ; Jones, Steven ; Vance, Yvonne et al. / A family risk study exploring bipolar spectrum problems and cognitive biases in adolescent children of bipolar parents. In: Journal of Adolescence. 2012 ; Vol. 35, No. 3. pp. 769-772.

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title = "A family risk study exploring bipolar spectrum problems and cognitive biases in adolescent children of bipolar parents",
abstract = "Children of parents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk of bipolar spectrum diagnoses. This cross-sectional study explores cognitive factors in the prediction of vulnerability to bipolar disorder. Adolescents at high-risk (with a parent with bipolar disorder; n = 23) and age and gender matched adolescents (n = 24) were recruited. Parent and adolescent diagnoses were evaluated (SCID and SADS-L). Adolescents completed self-report measures assessing attributional style (ASQ), appraisal of hypomania-relevant experiences (HIQ), and hypomanic personality/temperament (HPS). Despite limitations in the power of the study, significantly more adolescents at high-risk for disorder received bipolar spectrum diagnoses. Groups did not differ in attributional style, hypomanic temperament or appraisals of hypomania-relevant experiences. A trend in ASQ results and general implications are discussed. The current study suggests that familial risk of bipolar disorder is not inevitably associated with cognitive biases in adolescence.",
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