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International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 1 Comparisons of personality traits, psychosocial functioning, and marital adjustment of index parents with bipolar disorder (BD) and index healthy control parents and of intimate partners of parents with BD and intimate partners of healthy control parents

From: A comprehensive assessment of personality traits and psychosocial functioning in parents with bipolar disorder and their intimate partners

 

Index parents

Intimate partners

BD

Healthy control

  

Of adults with BD

Of healthy controls

  

M (SD)

M (SD)

F

η2

M (SD)

M (SD)

F

η2

Personality (NEO-PI-R)a

n = 55

n = 47

  

n = 59

n = 43

  

Neuroticism

60.40 (12.70)

45.11 (8.80)

33.41**

.25

50.49 (10.20)

44.58 (8.70)

7.41**

.07

Extraversion

48.47 (9.11)

51.45 (7.35)

1.62

.02

47.10 (7.87)

52.67 (7.22)

11.08**

.10

Openness

50.95 (10.50)

52.85 (8.65)

.01

.00

48.20 (8.35)

50.98 (7.04)

.99

.01

Agreeableness

49.56 (9.74)

54.04 (6.74)

4.08*

.04

51.19 (8.41)

49.67 (8.77)

1.14

.01

Conscientiousness

44.44 (11.10)

50.43 (6.07)

6.25*

.06

50.18 (9.84)

51.42 (7.74)

.19

.00

Negative life events (LES)b

n = 48

n = 32

  

n = 28

n = 33

  

Dependent

2.83 (1.98)

1.09 (1.28)

13.41**

.15

1.93 (1.33)

1.58 (1.56)

.90

.02

Independent

.44 (.62)

.31 (.59)

.89

.01

.32 (.55)

.39 (.55)

.25

.00

Coping skills (CISS)c

n = 55

n = 47

  

n = 58

n = 43

  

Task-oriented

44.80 (10.80)

51.60 (9.75)

5.82*

.06

49.40 (8.85)

51.88 (8.11)

.98

.01

Emotion-focused

55.27 (10.40)

46.70 (8.68)

11.39**

.10

49.90 (8.79)

45.63 (7.51)

5.69*

.06

Avoidance-oriented

53.04 (11.90)

44.62 (9.24)

15.10**

.13

48.34 (9.63)

46.37 (10.6)

1.07

.01

Social support (ASSI)d

n = 55

n = 47

  

n = 59

n = 43

  

Size of social network

10.04 (6.66)

17.85 (13.80)

7.65**

.07

10.25 (7.74)

16.60 (12.40)

8.66**

.08

Satisfaction with social network

25.53 (3.56)

28.30 (2.01)

17.78**

.15

25.98 (3.46)

28.23 (2.45)

11.80**

.11

Amount of social contact

6.27 (6.98)

12.47 (11.8)

7.08**

.07

7.61 (7.91)

12.65 (11.8)

5.47*

.05

Satisfaction with social contact

4.25 (.95)

4.74 (.61)

6.40*

.06

4.14 (.97)

4.63 (.691)

7.09**

.07

Marital adjustment (DAS)e

n = 38

n = 45

  

n = 43

n = 40

  

Consensus

50.87 (7.80)

53.62 (5.66)

2.46

.03

49.77 (8.12)

52.88 (6.54)

4.89*

.06

Affectional expression

8.24 (2.50)

9.31 (1.81)

7.05**

.08

8.00 (2.66)

9.10 (2.41)

3.47

.04

Satisfaction

35.71 (7.70)

39.56 (4.46)

5.54*

.07

32.63 (8.90)

39.53 (4.83)

17.49**

.18

Cohesion

13.79 (5.48)

16.18 (3.51)

4.94*

.06

13.81 (5.49)

15.68 (4.04)

3.60

.04

Verbal aggression (CTS)f

n = 38

n = 45

  

n = 44

n = 41

  

From partner

18.39 (21.60)

8.62 (11.60)

3.97*

.05

14.98 (21.00)

10.61 (10.8)

.41

.01

Towards partner

16.71 (21.90)

8.73 (9.78)

3.76

.05

23.73 (26.80)

8.95 (9.31)

8.11**

.09

  1. T-scores were used for the Personality and Coping Skills subcategories, *p < .05, **p < .01
  2. BD: bipolar disorder
  3. aFrom the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised
  4. bFrom the Life Events Scale
  5. cFrom the Coping Inventory of Stressful Situations
  6. dFrom the Arizona Social Support Interview
  7. eFrom the Dyadic Adjustment Scale
  8. fFrom the Conflict Tactic Scale
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