title: Psychological correlates of codependency in women.
abstract: This study examined several potential psychological correlates of codependency to determine the parameters and feasibility of the codependency construct. Subjects were 171 adult female volunteers from a university. Results indicated significant relationships between codependency and: object relations and reality testing (p = .01), intensity of depression (p < .01), introjective depression (p < .001), and history of abuse (p < .001). The results are supportive of codependency as a useful construct which involves a cluster of difficulties in interpersonal relationships, reality testing, and introjective depression. An association was demonstrated between codependency and parental alcoholism, or history of childhood abuse, or both.
authors.affiliation: San Diego State University, California 92182.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D017004:Codependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D011936:Reality Testing; D012649:Self Concept