Dependency, self-criticism and social interactions.
We investigated the social interactions of college students varying in dependency and self-criticism. Forty-eight college students used a modified version of the Rochester Interaction Record to record quantitative and qualitative features of every 10-minute or longer interaction during a seven-day period. Daily measures of mood were also collected. Dependency was related to more frequent and more intimate interactions, and self-criticism was negatively related to pleasantness of social interactions. Although dependency and self-criticism were both associated with daily dysphoria, the social interaction findings could not be attributed to the effects of mood. The social environments associated with dependency and self-criticism may influence the aetiology and course of depressive episodes.
Zuroff
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Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Stotland
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Sweetman
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Craig
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Koestner
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012931:Social Environment