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Evidence for bipolar mood states

M Lorr, D M McNair, S U Fisher

    Journal of Personality Assessment
    |August 1, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    This study challenges the monopolar view of mood states. By analyzing psychiatric patients, it reveals five distinct bipolar mood dimensions, suggesting moods exist on a spectrum.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Psychiatry
    • Affective Science

    Background:

    • Current understanding regards mood states as monopolar.
    • This perspective may overlook the complex, bidirectional nature of human affect.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the presence of five hypothesized bipolar mood states in psychiatric subjects.
    • To determine if mood states possess bipolar characteristics after accounting for response bias.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a sample of 303 psychiatric cases (anxious, depressed, agoraphobic).
    • Intercorrelated ratings of 72 adjectives from the Profile of Mood States.
    • Applied principal component analysis after partialling out extreme response bias.

    Main Results:

    • Five distinct factors emerged from the analysis.
    • These factors provide strong support for the hypothesized bipolar nature of mood states.

    Conclusions:

    • Mood states are not strictly monopolar but exhibit bipolar characteristics.
    • This finding necessitates a re-evaluation of current models of affective experience.

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