Affective disruption from social rhythm and behavioral approach system (BAS) sensitivities: A test of the integration of the social zeitgeber and BAS theories of bipolar disorder

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 418-432

  Boland, Elaine M ^a,b   Stange, Jonathan P ^c   LaBelle, Denise R ^c   Shapero, Benjamin G ^d   Weiss, Rachel B ^e,f   Abramson, Lyn Y ^g   Alloy, Lauren B ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral approach system; Bipolar spectrum disorder; Life events; Social rhythms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978859498     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702615603368     Document Type: Article

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