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The Mediational Role of Responses to Positive Affect in the Association Between Temperament and (Hypo)manic Symptoms in Children

Abstract  

The present study focused on (hypo)manic symptoms and their relations to temperament and rumination on positive affect (R-PA).
As predicted, R-PA (including dampening, emotion-focus and self-focus) was associated with (hypo)manic symptoms, with high
levels of dampening, emotion-focus and self-focus predicting higher levels of (hypo)manic symptoms. R-PA also contributed
to the prediction of depressive symptoms over and above rumination on negative affect (including brooding and reflection),
with high levels of brooding and dampening and low levels of emotion-focus predicting higher levels of depressive symptoms.
Aspects of temperament (high PA, high NA, low EC and PAxNA) were also associated with (hypo)manic symptoms. Ruminative response
styles were also predicted by temperament. Finally, mediational analyses showed that all R-PA scales were mediators of the
PA-(hypo)mania relation.

  • Content Type Journal Article
  • Category Original Article
  • Pages 1-8
  • DOI 10.1007/s10608-011-9402-y
  • Authors
    • Katrien Verstraeten, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Michael W. Vasey, Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
    • Filip Raes, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
    • Patricia Bijttebier, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Tiensestraat 102, 3000 Leuven, Belgium