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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Affective Science

Background:

  • Emotional dysregulation is a core feature of bipolar disorders (BD).
  • The Affect Intensity Measure (AIM) assesses emotional reactivity in non-clinical populations.
  • Validating the AIM for clinical BD samples is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the factor structure of the French AIM translation in euthymic BD patients.
  • To examine associations between AIM sub-scale scores and demographic/illness characteristics.

Main Methods:

  • Principal Component Analysis of the AIM in 310 euthymic BD patients.
  • Assessment of reliability and factor structure of the French AIM.
  • Correlational analyses with demographic and clinical variables.

Main Results:

  • A four-factor solution (Positive Affectivity, Unpeacefulness, Negative Reactivity, Negative Intensity) explained 47% of variance.
  • Unpeacefulness associated with age, psychotic symptoms, and substance misuse.
  • Negative Intensity linked to social phobia; gender associated with Negative Reactivity.

Conclusions:

  • The AIM demonstrates good reliability and a valid factor structure in euthymic BD patients.
  • AIM sub-scales correlate with specific demographic and clinical features of BD.
  • The AIM is a potentially valuable tool for characterizing BD.