Assessment of Personality Dimensions in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder Using the Junior Temperament and Character Inventory


Autoria(s): OLVERA, Rene L.; FONSECA, Manoela; CAETANO, Sheila C.; HATCH, John P.; HUNTER, Kristina; NICOLETTI, Mark; PLISZKA, Steven R.; CLONINGER, C. Robert; SOARES, Jair C.
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

18/04/2012

18/04/2012

2009

Resumo

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.

UTHSCSA GCRC[M01-RR-01346]

Capes Foundation (Brazil)

[K23-MH068280]

[MH 01736]

[MH 69774]

[RR 020571]

Identificador

JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY, v.19, n.1, p.13-21, 2009

1044-5463

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/15230

10.1089/cap.2008.029

http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cap.2008.029

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eng

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MARY ANN LIEBERT INC

Relação

Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology

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Palavras-Chave #DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER #COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY #SPECTRUM DISORDERS #ANXIETY DISORDERS #JUVENILE MANIA #I DISORDER #QUESTIONNAIRE #RELIABILITY #FAMILY #PHENOMENOLOGY #Pediatrics #Pharmacology & Pharmacy #Psychiatry
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article

original article

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