A Longitudinal Study of Family Functioning in Offspring of Bipolar Parents Research Study

A Longitudinal Study of Family Functioning in Offspring of Bipolar Parents Research Study

Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (BD), parents without BD, and healthy control (HC) parents from the Bipolar Offspring Study (BIOS), were followed for an average of 4.3 years to compare the longitudinal course of family functioning in offspring of parents with BD, offspring of parents with non-BD psychopathology, and offspring of HC parents. The data were analyzed using multivariate multilevel regression, generalized linear estimating equation models, and path analysis.