Clinical and Health Psychology Research Initiative (CaHPRI), School of Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
Translational Health Research Institute, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
J Clin Psychol. 2021 Sep;77(9):1985-1996. doi: 10.1002/jclp.23127. Epub 2021 Mar 2.
Bipolar disorder research has primarily focused on clinical outcomes but there is increasing understanding of the importance of personal recovery. This study aimed to explore the relationship between functioning in key social roles including parenting and intimate relationships with personal recovery.
Participants with bipolar disorder (N = 393) were recruited to participate in an online survey. Participants provided clinical information and completed measures of personal recovery, parental and intimate relationship functioning.
Parental functioning and intimate relationship functioning were found to be significantly associated with recovery scores with higher scores being associated with greater recovery. Parental functioning was also found to have a predictive effect, with higher parental functioning predicting greater recovery scores.
This study suggests that greater parental functioning may have an important role in the experience of personal recovery for people living with bipolar disorder. Future studies should further assess how supporting parenting may contribute recovery outcomes.
双相情感障碍的研究主要集中在临床结果上，但越来越多的人开始认识到个人康复的重要性。本研究旨在探讨包括育儿和亲密关系在内的主要社会角色功能与个人康复之间的关系。
本研究招募了 393 名双相情感障碍患者参与在线调查。参与者提供了临床信息，并完成了个人康复、父母和亲密关系功能的测量。
育儿功能和亲密关系功能与康复评分显著相关，得分越高，康复程度越高。育儿功能也具有预测作用，较高的育儿功能预示着更高的康复评分。
本研究表明，对于患有双相情感障碍的人来说，更好的育儿功能可能对个人康复体验有重要作用。未来的研究应该进一步评估支持育儿如何对康复结果做出贡献。
