The proposed study will examine emotional involvement/overinvolvement in the relatives of individuals with bipolar disorder. Specifically, this research aims to 1) develop an observational measure that assesses emotional involvement/overinvolvement in the context of bipolar disorder; 2) evaluate the measure's psychometric properties; 3) use the measure to investigate the family environment of bipolar disorder. In particular, the latter aim will involve identifying patient and relative characteristics that are associated with relatives' emotional involvement/overinvolvement and using the construct of emotional involvement/overinvolvement to predict the clinical course of bipolar disorder over time. Taken together, the aims of this investigation will address limitations of the literature on the family context of bipolar disorder in that the proposed investigation focuses on adaptive and maladaptive family involvement in bipolar disorder, an area that has been relatively neglected in the empirical literature on bipolar disorder. Advanced methodological (i.e., observational data coding) and statistical analytic techniques (e.g., structural equation modeling) will facilitate a sophisticated examination of the proposed aims. ? ?

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
1F31MH072124-01
Application #
6836881
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-BBBP-G (21))
Program Officer
Wynne, Debra K
Project Start
2004-06-23
Project End
2006-06-22
Budget Start
2004-06-23
Budget End
2005-06-22
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$27,980
Indirect Cost
Name
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
608195277
City
Chapel Hill
State
NC
Country
United States
Zip Code
27599
Fredman, Steffany J; Baucom, Donald H; Boeding, Sara E et al. (2015) Relatives' emotional involvement moderates the effects of family therapy for bipolar disorder. J Consult Clin Psychol 83:81-91
Fredman, Steffany J; Baucom, Donald H; Miklowitz, David J et al. (2008) Observed emotional involvement and overinvolvement in families of patients with bipolar disorder. J Fam Psychol 22:71-9