Differences in parental bonding between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Evidence of prodromal symptoms?

BACKGROUND: The Parental Bonding Instrument (PBI) examines parent-child bonds and attachment during the first 16 years. Our study aims to compare PBI scores between patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder (BD). METHODS: We analyzed PBI scores in 59 patients with schizophrenia, 36 with BD and 52 healthy controls using ANCOVA, with age, gender and years of education as covariates. Bonferroni correction was used to adjust for multiple …