Behavioral self-regulation in pediatric bipolar disorder and healthy offspring of bipolar patients.

Publisher: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria Country of Publication: Brazil NLM ID: 100895975 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1809-452X (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15164446 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Braz J Psychiatry Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: São Paulo, SP, Brasil : Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria, [1999]-

Bipolar Disorder*/psychology ; Child of Impaired Parents*/psychology ; Self-Control*; Adolescent ; Humans ; Child ; Parents/psychology ; Aggression

Objectives: This study investigated behavioral self-regulation problems using the Children's Hostility Inventory (CHI) in pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD), healthy offspring of bipolar disorder patients (HOBD), and healthy controls (HC) without previous history of psychiatric disorders.
Methods: The CHI was administered to 41 consecutive children and adolescents diagnosed with PBD, to 16 HOBD, and to 22 HC. The inventory assessed irritability, expression, hostility, and aggression and was completed by the children with the help of their mothers. Adolescents and their respective parents were interviewed separately using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL).
Results: All subscales of the CHI presented statistically significant differences, except for the subscale assessing feelings of suspicion. Pairwise comparisons revealed consistently significant differences between the PBD group and controls, indicating more self-regulation difficulties in the PBD group, represented by high levels of hostility and aggressive behavior. There were no significant differences between the PBD and HOBD groups.
Conclusions: Future studies should further investigate if such behavior is state-dependent or a trait of bipolar juvenile expression. Expression of hostility and irritability should be considered relevant targets in psychosocial approaches addressing this population.
Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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Keywords: Pediatric bipolar disorder; bipolar offspring; hostility; irritability; self-regulation

Date Created: 20230811 Date Completed: 20231102 Latest Revision: 20231102

20231102

PMC10288469

10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2882

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