Patterns and predictors of family environment among adolescents at high and low risk for familial bipolar disorder.

ABSTRACT: Children's perceptions are important to understanding family environment in the bipolar disorder (BD) high-risk context. Our objectives were to empirically derive patterns of offspring-perceived family environment, and to test the association of family environment with maternal or paternal BD accounting for offspring BD and demographic characteristics. Participants aged 12-21 years (266 offspring of a parent with BD, 175 offspring of a parent with no psychiatric history) were recruited in the US and Australia. We modeled family environment using latent profile analysis based on offspring reports on the Conflict Behavior Questionnaire, Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scales, and Home Environment Interview for Children. Parent diagnoses were based on the Diagnostic Interview for

SUBMITTER: Stapp EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6546513 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature