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Determinants of social functioning in bipolar disorder

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Abstract

Background: Evidence indicates that social outcomes in bipolar disorders (BP) are poorer than previously assumed. This study explores determinants of the quality and quantity of social activity. Methods: Seventy-seven subjects with BP completed self-report and observer-rated questionnaires assessing demographic and clinical factors, personality and social functioning. Results: Quality of functioning and spectrum of activity were found to be independent. The best determinants of the quality of functioning, accounting for 33% of the variance, were premorbid neuroticism and the current level of depressive symptoms. Only 30% of subjects were active in all social domains, and the quantity of social activity was largely explained by social circumstances, namely, living with someone else and later age of illness onset. Conclusions: The implications of these findings are discussed in this paper. We suggest that future studies need to differentiate between factors associated with the quality of functioning as compared with the quantity of social activity. © 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard.

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Author(s): Pope M, Dudley R, Scott J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Bipolar Disorders

Year: 2007

Volume: 9

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 38-44

Print publication date: 01/02/2007

ISSN (print): 1398-5647

ISSN (electronic): 1399-5618

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5618.2007.00323.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2007.00323.x

PubMed id: 17391348

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