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Bipolar vulnerability and extreme appraisals of internal states

Dodd, A. L., Mansell, W., Morrison, A. P., & Tai, S. J

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 2011;18:387-396.

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Abstract

An integrative cognitive model proposes that multiple, extreme, personalised, positive and negative appraisals of internal states predispose to, maintain, and exacerbate bipolar symptoms (Mansell, Morrison, Reid, Lowens, & Tai, 2007). This study aimed to directly assess conviction in a range of positive and negative appraisals of internal states suggested by the model, using a lab-based computerised task. In a student sample (N = 68), a history of hypomania was associated with more positive and less negative appraisals of internal states, and a history of depression was associated with more negative appraisals and less positive appraisals of internal states. The sample was then split into 3 groups for comparison: bipolar risk (n = 18), depression risk (n = 20), and controls (n = 30). Relative to controls, the bipolar risk group made more extreme ratings of catastrophic appraisals of low activation states, and tended to make more extreme ratings of appraisals of high activation states. The depression risk group scored higher on a range of negative appraisals of low activation states. These findings provide tentative support for the role of both positive and negative extreme, personalised appraisals of internal states in hypomania and depression.

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18
Start page:
387
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396
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10.1002/cpp.779
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Manchester eScholar ID:
uk-ac-man-scw:83224
Created by:
Mansell, Warren
Created:
15th June, 2010, 12:07:01
Last modified by:
Mansell, Warren
Last modified:
29th October, 2012, 16:34:54

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