BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder(BD)is a severe mental illness.BD often coexists with borderline personality disorders,making the condition more complex.AIM To explore the differences in cognitive impairment between patien...BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder(BD)is a severe mental illness.BD often coexists with borderline personality disorders,making the condition more complex.AIM To explore the differences in cognitive impairment between patients with BD and those with BD comorbid with borderline personality disorder.METHODS Eighty patients with BD and comorbid borderline personality disorder and 80 patients with BD alone were included in groups A and B,respectively,and 80 healthy volunteers were included as controls.Cognitive function in each group was evaluated using the Chinese version of the repeatable battery for the assess-ment of neuropsychological status(RBANS),the Stroop color-word test,and the Wechsler intelligence scale-revised(WAIS-RC).RESULTS The indices of the RBANS,Stroop color-word test,and WAIS-RC in groups A and B were significantly lower than those of the control group(P<0.05).Group A had significantly longer Stroop color-word test times for single-character,single-color,double-character,and double-color,lower scores of immediate memory,visual breadth,verbal function dimensions and total score of the RBANS,as well as lower scores of verbal IQ,performance IQ,and overall IQ of the WAIS-RC compared with group B(P<0.05).Compared to group B,group A exhibited significantly longer single-character time,single-color time,double-character time,and double-color time in the Stroop color-word test(P<0.05).CONCLUSION The cognitive function of patients with BD complicated with borderline personality disorder is lower than that of patients with BD.展开更多
Curiosity,as the strong desire to acquire new information,plays a crucial role in human behaviors.While recent research has delved into the effects,behavioral manifestations,and neural underpinnings of curiosity,the a...Curiosity,as the strong desire to acquire new information,plays a crucial role in human behaviors.While recent research has delved into the effects,behavioral manifestations,and neural underpinnings of curiosity,the absence of standardized assessment tools for measuring curiosity may hinder advancements in this field.Here,we translated different curiosity scales into Chinese and tested each translated scale by examining its reliability and structural validity.Our results showed that the scores derived from these scales have comparable reliability to those original versions.The confirmatory factor analysis results of the curiosity scales were consistent with previous results.We also found significant associations between different types of curiosity within taxonomy and demonstrated that personality traits such as impulsive sensation seeking,intolerance of uncertainty,and openness can jointly predict trait curiosity.Additionally,we confirmed the social dimension of curiosity,showing that loneliness partially mediates the relationship between social anxiety and social curiosity.This study provides validated Chinese versions of curiosity scales and elucidates the mechanisms of curiosity from multiple perspectives,potentially advancing curiosity research in the Chinese and cross-cultural contexts.展开更多
基金Hebei Province Medical Science Research Project,No.20221407.
文摘BACKGROUND Bipolar disorder(BD)is a severe mental illness.BD often coexists with borderline personality disorders,making the condition more complex.AIM To explore the differences in cognitive impairment between patients with BD and those with BD comorbid with borderline personality disorder.METHODS Eighty patients with BD and comorbid borderline personality disorder and 80 patients with BD alone were included in groups A and B,respectively,and 80 healthy volunteers were included as controls.Cognitive function in each group was evaluated using the Chinese version of the repeatable battery for the assess-ment of neuropsychological status(RBANS),the Stroop color-word test,and the Wechsler intelligence scale-revised(WAIS-RC).RESULTS The indices of the RBANS,Stroop color-word test,and WAIS-RC in groups A and B were significantly lower than those of the control group(P<0.05).Group A had significantly longer Stroop color-word test times for single-character,single-color,double-character,and double-color,lower scores of immediate memory,visual breadth,verbal function dimensions and total score of the RBANS,as well as lower scores of verbal IQ,performance IQ,and overall IQ of the WAIS-RC compared with group B(P<0.05).Compared to group B,group A exhibited significantly longer single-character time,single-color time,double-character time,and double-color time in the Stroop color-word test(P<0.05).CONCLUSION The cognitive function of patients with BD complicated with borderline personality disorder is lower than that of patients with BD.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Development Fund(FDCT)of Macao(0127/2020/A3,0041/2022/A)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2021A1515012509)+2 种基金Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Science and Technology Innovation Project(Category C)(SGDX2020110309280100)MYRG of University of Macao(MYRG2022-00188-ICI)the SRG of University of Macao(SRG2020-00027-ICI).
文摘Curiosity,as the strong desire to acquire new information,plays a crucial role in human behaviors.While recent research has delved into the effects,behavioral manifestations,and neural underpinnings of curiosity,the absence of standardized assessment tools for measuring curiosity may hinder advancements in this field.Here,we translated different curiosity scales into Chinese and tested each translated scale by examining its reliability and structural validity.Our results showed that the scores derived from these scales have comparable reliability to those original versions.The confirmatory factor analysis results of the curiosity scales were consistent with previous results.We also found significant associations between different types of curiosity within taxonomy and demonstrated that personality traits such as impulsive sensation seeking,intolerance of uncertainty,and openness can jointly predict trait curiosity.Additionally,we confirmed the social dimension of curiosity,showing that loneliness partially mediates the relationship between social anxiety and social curiosity.This study provides validated Chinese versions of curiosity scales and elucidates the mechanisms of curiosity from multiple perspectives,potentially advancing curiosity research in the Chinese and cross-cultural contexts.
