This result could be influenced by the small size of the study groups, as both diagnosis and family membership approached significance in the concurrent and lagged models.
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The relationships between impulsivity and mood in bipolar disorder: An ecological momentary assessment study.
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Consider replacing with “marginally significant” or simply report the p-values without interpretation. 3-2.Model Justification in Methods:Though addressed in the response letter, a brief explanation in the manuscript text of why dichotomization was necessary (due to assumption violations) would improve transparency for readers. 3-3.Mood Assessment Limitations:Consider briefly discussing how a single-item mood measure may not differentiate between positive and negative affect, which may explain some differences from Titone et al. or Depp et al. 4.Conclusion: The authors have made substantive improvements in response to the first review.
The diagnosis of BD and belonging to multiplex families were near to significance in concurrent and lagged models but not reach the threshold.