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Assessment of personality dimensions in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder using the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory.
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OBJECTIVE: We compared temperament and character traits in children and adolescents with bipolar disorder (BP) and healthy control (HC) subjects. METHOD: Sixty nine subjects (38 BP and 31 HC), 8-17 years old, were assessed with the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime. Temperament and character traits were measured with parent and child versions of the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory. RESULTS: BP subjects scored higher on novelty seeking, harm avoidance, and fantasy subscales, and lower on reward dependence, persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness compared to HC (all p < 0.007), by child and parent reports. These findings were consistent in both children and adolescents. Higher parent-rated novelty seeking, lower self-directedness, and lower cooperativeness were associated with co-morbid attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Lower parent-rated reward dependence was associated with co-morbid conduct disorder, and higher child-rated persistence was associated with co-morbid anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support previous reports of differences in temperament in BP children and adolescents and may assist in a greater understating of BP children and adolescents beyond mood symptomatology.
Author information
Author/s: Olvera, Rene L (RL); Fonseca, Manoela (M); Caetano, Sheila C (SC); Hatch, John P (JP); Hunter, Kristina (K); Nicoletti, Mark (M); Pliszka, Steven R (SR); Cloninger, C Robert (CR); Soares, Jair C (JC);
Affiliation: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil. olverar(-atsign-)UTHSCSA.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology (J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Feb; vol 19 (issue 1) : pp 13-21
Dates: Created 2009/02/23; Completed 2009/04/14; Revised 2009/10/19;
PMID: 19232019, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 10/20/2009, IMS Date: 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00)
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