title: Role of behavioral addictions in predicting reactivity in bipolar mood disorder patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Behavioral addictions (BAs) can be understood as disorders characterized by repetitive occurrence of reactivity and uncontrolled behaviors. Very few studies have investigated their association with bipolar mood disorders.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to determine the role of behavioral addictions in predicting interpersonal behavioral addictions in bipolar mood disorder patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study had a cross-sectional correlation design. The statistical population was composed of all outpatients with bipolar mood disorders referring to clinical centers in Ardabil. The sample included 60 bipolar mood patients selected from patients referring to clinical centers using the available sampling method. A researcher-made behavioral addiction checklist, Interpersonal Behavioral Addictions Index, and exercise, sexual, and work addiction questionnaires, were used for data collection. The data were analyzed with a Pearson's correlation coefficient and multivariate regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed a significant negative relationship between behavioral addictions and interpersonal behavioral addictions (P ≥ 0.01). Multivariate regression analysis results also showed that behavioral addictions are significant and can explain 61% of the variance of interpersonal behavioral addictions in bipolar mood patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that addictive behaviors can affect behavioral addictions in bipolar mood patients. Behavioral addictions lead to negative emotional regulation strategies and result in increased behavioral addictions in these patients. People with high levels of arousal or those who cannot control their behavioral addictions are probably more prone to addictive behaviors.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, IR Iran.
authors: Abbas
authors: A
authors: Abolghasemi
authors: Young Researchers Club and Elites, Islamic Azad University Branch Science and Research of Ardabil, Ardabil, IR Iran.
authors: Hasan
authors: H
authors: Sadeghi
authors: Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University Branch Science and Research of Ardabil, Ardabil, IR Iran.
authors: Azar
authors: A
authors: Kiamarsi
authors: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Salman Farsi University of Kazerun, Kazerun, IR Iran.
authors: Moslem
authors: M
authors: Abbasi
keywords: Behavior, Addictive; Bipolar Disorder; Interpersonal Relations