The Intelligence of Children and Their Parents With Schizophrenia and Affective Illness

Worland, Julien; Hesselbrock, Victor

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1980.tb01795.x

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“…Although it was expected that the children of psychiatrically disturbed parents, especially the schizophrenia-risk children, would display cognitive deficits, our results are consistent with some previous studies that showed no difference between high-risk and control children on standardized IQ tests (e.g. Cohler, Grunebaum, Weiss, Gamer & Gallent, 1977;Worland & Hesselbrock, 1980;Worland et al, 1984). However, the findings from the digit-span task are not consistent with previous reports of children at risk for schizophrenia performing significantly worse than normal controls (Harvey, Winters, Weintraub & Neale, 1981;Neale et al, 1984).…”

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The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology

Bergman

Walker

1995

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Previous studies have generally found that children at risk for psychopathology (i.e. children characterized by risk factors such as parental psychopathology and maltreatment) display more deviant behavior and cognitive dysfunctions than children not at risk. The present study examined the relationship between behavioral deviance and cognition in children characterized by a variety of risk factors (parental schizophrenia, parental psychiatric disorders other than schizophrenia, parental maltreatment). The results indicated that the effects of parental schizophrenia could be distinguished from the more generalized effects of maltreatment and that cognitive deficits were associated with schizoid behavior in children at risk for schizophrenia. These findings suggest that cognitive ability may serve as a moderator of vulnerability to maladjustment in children at risk for schizophrenia.

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“…Cohler, Grunebaum, Weiss, Gamer & Gallent, 1977;Worland & Hesselbrock, 1980;Worland et al, 1984). However, the findings from the digit-span task are not consistent with previous reports of children at risk for schizophrenia performing significantly worse than normal controls (Harvey, Winters, Weintraub & Neale, 1981;Neale et al, 1984).…”

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The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology

Bergman

Walker

1995

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…Furthermore, retrospective studies of adolescents who develop BP found that these children had premorbid academic achievement difficulties, particularly in arithmetic [36], and were more likely to experience delayed language, social or motor development [37]. Others reported no difference in IQ between children at risk of BP and children of healthy controls [38]. In a more recent study, 21 children (age range 8–12 years) of BP parents and 20 children of parents without mood disorders were investigated [39].…”

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Review of studies of child and adolescent offspring of bipolar parents

2001

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Studies suggest that children (< or =21 years) of BP parents are at increased risk for developing mood and other disorders (e.g., disruptive, anxiety). Therefore, additional investigations are clearly warranted. In the context of current research on diagnosis, assessment, longitudinal course and comorbidity of childhood mania, the following suggestions for the design of future studies should be considered: 1) Phenotypic specification of bipolar manifestations (e.g., BP-I, BP-II, BP-NOS) in child/adolescent offspring and in bipolar parents themselves. 2) Control groups that are pediatric-age relevant and thus include attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. 3) Assessments that include items for prepubertal mania and for onsets and offsets of all occurrences of symptoms and of environmental factors (e.g., life events) in offspring and in parents so that trajectories of overlap and sequence between child and parental mania can be investigated. 4) These detailed onsets and offsets of symptoms are also necessary to investigate prodromal manifestations of mania in the offspring. 5) Unaffected offspring present a unique opportunity to study pre- and postmorbid cognitive and physiological endophenotypes and structural and functional brain abnormalities. Findings from offspring studies will be crucial to inform research on the development of early intervention and prevention strategies.

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“…There is no support for this hypothesis of higher IQ in these studies. Offspring of persons with mania have been found to have IQ scores that are lower than or comparable to the general population and other psychiatric control groups (Decina et al, 1983;Waters, Marchenko-Bouer, & Smiley, 1981;Worland & Hesselbrock, 1980). In sum, higher IQ does not appear to explain the attainment associated with a history of mania.…”

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Mania and dysregulation in goal pursuit: a review

Johnson

2005

Clinical Psychology Review

346

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This paper reviews evidence for deficits in goal regulation in bipolar disorder. A series of authors have described mania as related to higher accomplishment, elevated achievement motivation, and ambitious goal setting. These characteristics appear to be evident outside of episodes, and to some extent, among family members of people with a history of mania. In addition, people with a history of mania demonstrate intense mood reactivity, particularly in response to success and reward. During positive moods, they appear to experience robust increases in confidence. These increases in confidence, coupled with a background of ambitious goals, are believed to promote excessive pursuit of goals. This excessive goal engagement is hypothesized to contribute to manic symptoms after an initial life success.

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The Intelligence of Children and Their Parents With Schizophrenia and Affective Illness

Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology

The Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Behavioral Deviance in Children At Risk for Psychopathology

Review of studies of child and adolescent offspring of bipolar parents

Mania and dysregulation in goal pursuit: a review

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