Vulnerability factors in depression: The facets of sociotropy and autonomy

Author(s): McCann, D.

Journal/Book: J Psychopathol Behav Assess. 1997; 19: 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. Plenum Publ Corp. 41-62.

Abstract: Sociotropy-autonomy (Beck, 1983) describes a set of personality dimensions that relate to an individual's vulnerability to depression. Two recently developed scales, the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale (Clark & Beck, 1991) and the Personal Style Inventory (Robins et al, 1994), have been developed in order to assess these personality dimensions. Typically, these measures are used in isolation and little published information is available concerning their interrelationship. The present study examined the relationship between the two scales and specified the various factors that emerge when the items of the two scales are integrated. Six hundred fifty-two participants responded to the Personal Style Inventory (Robins et al, 1994) and the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale (Clark & Beck 1991). A factor analysis on all of the items of the two scales revealed a five-factor structure (two sociotropy, two autonomy and one achievement factor). The relationships among depression, the five derived factors, and the original scales developed by Clark and Beck (1991) and Robins et al (1994) were critically examined. The results are discussed in the context of vulnerability to depression.

Note: Article Sato T, York Univ, Dept Psychol, 4700 Keele St, N York, ON M3J 1P3, CANADA

Keyword(s): depression; measurement; personality; psychopathology; LIFE EVENTS; NEUROTIC PERFECTIONISM; INVENTORY; DISORDERS

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