Emotional intelligence in bipolar-I-disorder: A comparison between patients, unaffected siblings, and control subjects

• Published in: European psychiatry Vol. 63; no. 1; p. e69
• Main Authors: Frajo-Apor, Beatrice, Kemmler, Georg, Pardeller, Silvia, Huber, Markus, Macina, Christian, Welte, Anna-Sophia, Hoertnagl, Christine, Hofer, Alex
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Cambridge University Press 29.06.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Bipolar disorder; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Case-Control Studies; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Cognitive ability; Education; Emotional Intelligence; Emotions; endophenotype; Endophenotypes; Female; Humans; Intelligence Tests; Male; Medical screening; Mental disorders; Middle Aged; nonsocial cognition; Patients; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Siblings; Siblings - psychology; Variables; Variance analysis; endophenotype; Bipolar disorder; emotional intelligence; nonsocial cognition

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 emot...