Theory of mind and hypomanic traits in general population.
Theory of Mind (ToM) is the ability to assign a set of mental states to yourself and others. In bipolar disorders, alteration of social relationship can be explained by the impairment of the functioning of ToM. Deficit in ToM could be a trait marker of bipolar disorder and people in the general population with high hypomanic personality scores would be more likely to develop bipolar disorders. This study examined 298 participants. Measures of hypomanic personality were evaluated using the Hypomanic Personality Scale. ToM was explored using the Yoni task. Participants also completed the BDI-II. Forward multiple regressions were performed to examine the effect of components of the HPS on the total score in the ToM task. In the women's group, no subscales of the HPS were included in the model. Conversely, the analyses performed on men revealed that the mood vitality and excitement subscale was a significant predictor of ToM abilities. Our study is the first to show the impact of certain dimensions of hypomanic personality on performance in ToM in a male sample. This result supports the idea that deficits in ToM can be a trait marker of bipolar disorder in a healthy male population.
Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation, C2S, EA6291 and SFR CAP-Santé Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Sarah
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Terrien
Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation, C2S, EA6291 and SFR CAP-Santé Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Nicolas
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Stefaniak
Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation, C2S, EA6291 and SFR CAP-Santé Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Marine
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Blondel
Laboratoire Cognition, Psychisme, Organisations, EA 7273, Université de Picardie - Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
Harold
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Mouras
Inserm U894-LPMP, Centre Psychiatrie et Neuroscience, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France; Laboratoire CLIPSYD, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, Nanterre, France.
Yannick
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Morvan
Laboratoire Cognition, Santé, Socialisation, C2S, EA6291 and SFR CAP-Santé Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France; Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France. Electronic address: chrystel.besche@univ-reims.fr.
Chrystel
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Besche-Richard
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010641:Phenotype; D056345:Theory of Mind
Gender effect; Hypomanic personality; Theory of mind; Vulnerability