Pathways between neurocognition, social cognition and emotion regulation in bipolar disorder

Abstract

Objective: Converging evidence suggests that in bipolar disorder (BD), social cognition and emotion regulation are affected by the capacity for effective neurocognitive function. Adaptive emotion regulation may also rely on intact social cognition, and it is possible that social cognition acts as a mediator in its relationship with neurocognition. We aimed to address this hypothesis by explicitly examining interrelationships among neurocognition, social cognition and emotion regulation in an out-patient sample meeting criteria for a DSM-IV-TR diagnosis of BD compared with controls. Method: Fifty-one BD patients and 52 healthy controls completed a battery of tests assessing neurocognition, so..