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Factor Structure of the Hypomanic Attitudes and Positive Predictions Inventory in a Student Sample
Dodd, A., Mansell, W., Tai, S. J., & Morrison, A. P
Personality and Individual Differences. 2011;50:349-354.
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Abstract
The Hypomanic Attitudes & Positive Predictions Inventory (HAPPI; Mansell,2006) was developed as a theory-driven cognitive measure of extreme, conflictingappraisals of internal state. These opposing appraisals are central to the development ofmania and depression, according to an integrative cognitive model of mood swings andbipolar disorder (Mansell et al., 2007b). Factor analysis was performed on an extendedversion of the scale (Dodd, Mansell, Sadhnani, Morrison, & Tai, in press) in a studentsample (N = 273). A six-factor solution emerged, representing different categories ofbeliefs about internal states. These were labelled Social Self Criticism, IncreasingActivation to Avoid Failure, Success Activation & Triumph Over Fear, Loss of Control,Goal Appraisals for Creating and Success, and Regaining Autonomy. Aspects of thecognitive model were supported by the finding of independent associations betweenspecific HAPPI factors and analogue bipolar symptoms.