Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects
AbstractBackground.Impairments in social and nonsocial cognition have been demonstrated in both patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD) and their unaffected relatives and might therefore represent a heritable marker of risk. This study investigated the relevance of emotional intelligence (EI)...
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| author | Beatrice Frajo-Apor Georg Kemmler Silvia Pardeller Markus Huber Christian Macina Anna-Sophia Welte Christine Hoertnagl Alex Hofer |
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| description | AbstractBackground.Impairments in social and nonsocial cognition have been demonstrated in both patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD) and their unaffected relatives and might therefore represent a heritable marker of risk. This study investigated the relevance of emotional intelligence (EI) as part of the emotion processing domain of social cognition in this regard.Methods.A total of 54 outpatients suffering from BD, 54 unaffected siblings, and 80 control subjects were investigated using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS). Analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) were performed with adjustment for the BACS composite score. The three groups were compared by one-way analysis of variance or chi-square test, depending on the variable type. As the three groups differed significantly in their level of education, additional ANCOVAs with adjustment for education were performed.Results.Patients achieved significantly lower levels of overall EI and overall nonsocial cognitive functioning compared to unaffected siblings and controls, whereas performance of the latter two groups was comparable in both domains.Conclusions.Due to comparable levels of EI in unaffected siblings of patients suffering from BD and control subjects, EI assessed by means of the MSCEIT does not represent an endophenotype for BD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aee1b314ed5b4bd8a0f532b153f198cd2023-03-09T12:33:57ZengCambridge University PressEuropean Psychiatry0924-93381778-35852020-01-016310.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.66Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjectsBeatrice Frajo-Apor0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4385-1863Georg Kemmler1Silvia Pardeller2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8542-6136Markus Huber3Christian Macina4Anna-Sophia Welte5Christine Hoertnagl6Alex Hofer7Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Division of Psychiatry I, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Division of Psychiatry I, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Division of Psychiatry I, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry, General Hospital Brunico, 39031 Brunico, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, General Hospital Brunico, 39031 Brunico, ItalyDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Division of Psychiatry I, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Division of Psychiatry I, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: Division of Psychiatry I, Medical University Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaAbstractBackground.Impairments in social and nonsocial cognition have been demonstrated in both patients suffering from bipolar disorder (BD) and their unaffected relatives and might therefore represent a heritable marker of risk. This study investigated the relevance of emotional intelligence (EI) as part of the emotion processing domain of social cognition in this regard.Methods.A total of 54 outpatients suffering from BD, 54 unaffected siblings, and 80 control subjects were investigated using the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS). Analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) were performed with adjustment for the BACS composite score. The three groups were compared by one-way analysis of variance or chi-square test, depending on the variable type. As the three groups differed significantly in their level of education, additional ANCOVAs with adjustment for education were performed.Results.Patients achieved significantly lower levels of overall EI and overall nonsocial cognitive functioning compared to unaffected siblings and controls, whereas performance of the latter two groups was comparable in both domains.Conclusions.Due to comparable levels of EI in unaffected siblings of patients suffering from BD and control subjects, EI assessed by means of the MSCEIT does not represent an endophenotype for BD.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933820000668/type/journal_articleBipolar disorderemotional intelligenceendophenotypenonsocial cognition |
| spellingShingle | Beatrice Frajo-Apor Georg Kemmler Silvia Pardeller Markus Huber Christian Macina Anna-Sophia Welte Christine Hoertnagl Alex Hofer Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects European Psychiatry Bipolar disorder emotional intelligence endophenotype nonsocial cognition |
| title | Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects |
| title_full | Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects |
| title_fullStr | Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects |
| title_short | Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects |
| title_sort | emotional intelligence in bipolar i disorder a comparison between patients unaffected siblings and control subjects |
| topic | Bipolar disorder emotional intelligence endophenotype nonsocial cognition |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933820000668/type/journal_article |
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