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Couples
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Couples with a partner with BD and PD vs healthy control couples
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Couples with a partner with BD no PD vs healthy control couples
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Couples with a partner with BD and PD vs couples with a partner with BD no PD
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One partner with BD
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Two healthy control partners
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PD
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No PD
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M (SD)
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M (SD)
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M (SD)
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F
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η2
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Personality (NEO-PI-R)a
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n = 21
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n= 37
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n= 47
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Neuroticism
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58.52 (7.40)
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53.59 (6.93)
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44.94 (7.35)
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20.37**
|
.29
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✔
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✔
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Extraversion
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45.59 (6.18)
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49.17 (6.31)
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52.10 (5.56)
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5.79**
|
.10
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✔
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Openness
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48.79 (9.44)
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50.18 (6.60)
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52.10 (6.46)
|
.07
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.00
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Agreeableness
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49.29 (6.58)
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50.58 (6.98)
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52.16 (5.71)
|
.27
|
.01
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Conscientiousness
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47.90 (7.55)
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46.68 (7.90)
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51.06 (5.45)
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3.45*
|
.06
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✔
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Negative life events (LES)b
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n = 18
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n = 30
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n = 33
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Dependent
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2.22 (1.34)
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2.75 (1.53)
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1.32 (1.17)
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7.81**
|
.17
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✔
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Independent
|
.50 (.49)
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.33 (.48)
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.35 (.41)
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1.60
|
.04
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Coping skills (CISS)c
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n = 21
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n = 36
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n = 47
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Task-oriented
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45.83 (6.31)
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47.57 (8.03)
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51.60 (7.20)
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2.81
|
.05
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✔
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✔
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Emotion-focused
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53.72 (6.54)
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51.88 (7.47)
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46.19 (6.08)
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6.71**
|
.12
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✔
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✔
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Avoidance-oriented
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46.72 (4.99)
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54.01 (8.48)
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45.38 (7.60)
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13.93**
|
.22
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✔
|
✔
|
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Social support (ASSI)d
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n = 21
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n = 37
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n = 47
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Size of social network
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9.17 (5.47)
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10.73 (5.86)
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17.20 (9.22)
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6.20**
|
.11
|
✔
|
✔
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Satisfaction with social network
|
26.04 (2.90)
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25.59 (2.92)
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28.27 (1.85)
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10.84**
|
.18
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✔
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✔
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Amount of social contact
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5.87 (6.44)
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7.64 (5.77)
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12.44 (8.10)
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4.41**
|
.08
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✔
|
✔
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|
Satisfaction with social contact
|
4.10 (.80)
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4.24 (.74)
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4.70 (.47)
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5.25**
|
.09
|
✔
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✔
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Marital adjustment (DAS)e
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n = 19
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n = 26
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n = 46
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Consensus
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48.35 (7.07)
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51.88 (6.16)
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53.52 (5.44)
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5.89**
|
.12
|
✔
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✔
|
|
Affectional expression
|
7.78 (1.84)
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8.31 (2.78)
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9.23 (1.95)
|
3.84*
|
.08
|
✔
| | |
|
Satisfaction
|
31.68 (8.08)
|
35.81 (7.25)
|
39.72 (4.22)
|
10.88**
|
.20
|
✔
|
✔
|
✔
|
|
Cohesion
|
13.14 (4.72)
|
14.69 (5.00)
|
16.15 (3.32)
|
3.50*
|
.07
|
✔
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Verbal aggression (CTS)f
|
n = 19
|
n = 26
|
n = 45
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Inter-partner
|
22.85 (19.60)
|
15.24 (19.12)
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9.44 (9.34)
|
2.31
|
.05
|
✔
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- Due to non-independence of data and to obtain a global estimate of couple functioning, mean scores across all available parents were used for these analyses when there was more than one parent in a family [number of single-parent families = 11 (7 BD)]
- T-scores were used for the Personality and Coping Skills subcategories, *p < .05, ** p < .01
- BD: bipolar disorder; PD: personality disorder; ✔: significant group difference
- aFrom the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised
- bFrom the Life Events Scale
- cFrom the Coping Inventory of Stressful Situations
- dFrom the Arizona Social Support Interview
- eFrom the Dyadic Adjustment Scale
- fFrom the Conflict Tactic Scale
