McArthur Brae Anne, Cherry Kathlyn M, Braimoh Gani, Lumley Margaret N
Psychology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Psychology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
J Can Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2017 Fall;26(3):224-232. Epub 2017 Oct 1.
Bipolar Spectrum Disorder (BSD) is a severe psychiatric disorder associated with a host of deleterious sequelae. While researchers have found a robust link between parenting variables and psychopathology for youth with BSD, few have examined positive parenting factors and associated psychopathology for these youth. Furthermore, conclusions from extant literature are hindered by a) exploring a limited range of parenting variables and b) employing retrospective reports of parenting with adult populations. This study addressed these gaps by examining how a range of contemporaneously-measured positive parenting variables were related to psychopathology among youth with a BSD diagnosis.
One hundred fifty families with a youth aged 5-16 years participated in this study and completed screening for a mood disorder through a tertiary care facility. Participants completed measures of depression, mania, behavioural difficulties, and the parent-child relationship.
Parental characteristics (limit setting, autonomy granting, egalitarian views) were related to lower levels of psychopathology for youth screened for BSD.
Taken together, the results from this study contribute to our understanding of the relation between parenting characteristics and psychopathology for youth with a diagnosis of BSD.
双相谱系障碍（BSD）是一种严重的精神疾病，伴有一系列有害的后遗症。虽然研究人员已经发现养育变量与患有BSD的青少年的精神病理学之间存在紧密联系，但很少有人研究这些青少年的积极养育因素及其相关的精神病理学。此外，现有文献的结论受到以下因素的阻碍：a）探索的养育变量范围有限；b）采用对成年人群养育情况的回顾性报告。本研究通过考察一系列同时测量的积极养育变量与被诊断为BSD的青少年的精神病理学之间的关系，填补了这些空白。
150个有5至16岁青少年的家庭参与了本研究，并通过三级护理机构完成了情绪障碍筛查。参与者完成了抑郁、躁狂、行为困难以及亲子关系的测量。
父母特征（设定界限、给予自主权、平等主义观念）与接受BSD筛查的青少年较低水平的精神病理学相关。
综上所述，本研究结果有助于我们理解被诊断为BSD的青少年的养育特征与精神病理学之间的关系。
