| Summary: | 碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 諮商與工商心理學系碩士班 === 105 === American Psychiatric Association published the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fifth edition (DSM-5) in 2013. Bipolar and Related Disorders and Depressive Disorders (DD) in the cluster of Mood Disorders in the DSM-IV-TR formed into new cluster and Mood Disorders this term was removed from the DSM-5. In addition, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) was introduced into DD, which is featured with severe recurrent temper outbursts and persistent irritable or anger in children and adolescents between six to eighteen years older. By so doing, hoping to correct over-diagnosis of children’s bipolar disorders. DMDD is a newly established diagnosis, an urge for assembling research. In risk factors studies, family risk factors are the key and critical to children. The current research accordingly searches for family risks of core moods in DMDD, including depression, anger, irritation, and mania in bipolar disorders. A total of 280 elementary schoolers were recruited. The questionnaire was used to collect data from children’s main caregivers which including the Level 2 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measures (American Psychiatric Association). The results show that significant family risk factors in depression are life street events, parents’ low socioeconomic status (SES), children living without parents, number of siblings, and poor family functioning. The main family risk factors in anger are mood disorders family history, parents’ low SES and poor family functioning. For irritation, family risk factors are father’s low SES, significant loss experience, and poor family functioning. At last, in mania, family risk factor is related to high emotional expression. In summary, there are more family risk factors in depression than in mania, also different picture stands out. The further implications were discussed.
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