Abstract
This study used a behavioral high-risk design to evaluate cognitive styles relevant to the Behavioral Approach System (BAS)
among individuals at high (n = 171) versus low (n = 119) risk of first onset of bipolar disorder based on BAS sensitivity,
a known risk factor for bipolar disorder. Cognitive styles in high-BAS participants paralleled those implicated in bipolar
disorder. Linear regressions indicated that individuals with high BAS sensitivity exhibited greater levels of goal striving,
positive overgeneralization, rumination on positive affect, depressive brooding, perfectionism, and hypomanic personality.
Furthermore, of the cognitive styles, emotion-focused rumination on positive affect mediated the association between BAS sensitivity
and current levels of hypomanic symptoms. These results provide evidence that individuals at risk for the development of bipolar
disorder have higher levels of BAS-relevant cognitive styles and hypomanic personality than do individuals with lower risk,
indicating that these styles are not simply markers of prior (hypo)manic episodes.
among individuals at high (n = 171) versus low (n = 119) risk of first onset of bipolar disorder based on BAS sensitivity,
a known risk factor for bipolar disorder. Cognitive styles in high-BAS participants paralleled those implicated in bipolar
disorder. Linear regressions indicated that individuals with high BAS sensitivity exhibited greater levels of goal striving,
positive overgeneralization, rumination on positive affect, depressive brooding, perfectionism, and hypomanic personality.
Furthermore, of the cognitive styles, emotion-focused rumination on positive affect mediated the association between BAS sensitivity
and current levels of hypomanic symptoms. These results provide evidence that individuals at risk for the development of bipolar
disorder have higher levels of BAS-relevant cognitive styles and hypomanic personality than do individuals with lower risk,
indicating that these styles are not simply markers of prior (hypo)manic episodes.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Article
- Pages 1-11
- DOI 10.1007/s10608-012-9443-x
- Authors
- Jonathan P. Stange, Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
- Benjamin G. Shapero, Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
- Shari Jager-Hyman, Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- David A. Grant, Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
- Lyn Y. Abramson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Lauren B. Alloy, Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
- Journal Cognitive Therapy and Research
- Online ISSN 1573-2819
- Print ISSN 0147-5916