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Facial Affect Recognition and Interpretation in Adolescents At Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder

Long, Elizabeth A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352402023

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2012, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Psychology.
This study sought to replicate the finding that adolescents at risk for developing bipolar disorder (BPD) have facial affect processing deficits as well as to examine the relationship between affect processing and family environment. Participants with a family history of bipolar disorder with (AR + BPD) and without (AR) the disorder themselves were compared with healthy adolescents (HC) on tasks of facial affect recognition, affect discrimination, affect acuity, facial recognition and attention. These results did not identify any differences between groups on any aspect of affect labeling or interpretation. Groups did differ with respect to family functioning. Specifically, AR + BPD and AR parents reported less expressiveness than HC and AR + BPD and AR parents and children reported greater conflict than HC. Greater expressiveness was consistently related to better affective processing across all three groups. For those with bipolar disorder, high child reported organization was related to more accurate interpretive rating of sad-neutral faces. For those who were only at risk, higher organization correlated with poorer labeling of fearful faces and poorer affective interpretation ratings.
Paula Shear, PhD (Committee Chair)
Melissa Delbello, MD (Committee Member)
Robert Stutz, PhD (Committee Member)
50 p.
Behavioral Sciences
Bipolar Disorder; Adolescent; At Risk; High Risk; Family Environment; Emotional Processing

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  • Long, E. A. (2012). Facial Affect Recognition and Interpretation in Adolescents At Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352402023

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Long, Elizabeth. Facial Affect Recognition and Interpretation in Adolescents At Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352402023.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Long, Elizabeth. "Facial Affect Recognition and Interpretation in Adolescents At Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1352402023

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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