TY - JOUR A2 - Francesc, Colom AU - Raes, Filip AU - Ghesquière, Ine AU - Van Gucht, Dinska PY - 2012 DA - 2011/12/07 TI - Cognitive Reactivity to Success and Failure Relate Uniquely to Manic and Depression Tendencies and Combine in Bipolar Tendencies SP - 753946 VL - 2012 AB - The present study examined simultaneously the relations between cognitive reactivity to success and failure, on the one hand, and depression, manic, and bipolar tendencies, on the other hand. Participants (161 students) completed measures of success and failure reactivity, current manic and depressive symptoms, and tendencies towards depression, mania, and bipolarity. Results showed that respondents with a greater tendency towards depression evidenced greater (negative) reactivity to failure, whereas those with a greater tendency toward mania evidenced greater (positive) reactivity to success. Depression vulnerability was unrelated to success reactivity, and manic vulnerability was unrelated to failure reactivity. Tendencies toward bipolarity correlated significantly with both failure and success reactivity in a negative and positive manner, respectively. These findings add to the growing body of literature, suggesting that different features or cognitive tendencies are related to depression vulnerability versus manic vulnerability and imply that these “mirrored” cognitive features both form part of vulnerability to bipolar disorder. SN - 2090-1321 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/753946 DO - 10.1155/2012/753946 JF - Depression Research and Treatment PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -