title: Conceptualizing and measuring personality vulnerability to depression: comment on Coyne and Whiffen (1995).
abstract: J. C. Coyne and V. E. Whiffen (1995) reviewed research on personality vulnerability to depression, focusing on S. J. Blatt's (1974, 1990) concepts of dependency and self-criticism and A. T. Beck's (1983) concepts of sociotropy and autonomy. The authors discuss 6 issues raised in that review: (a) the typological or dimensional nature of vulnerability, (b) the theoretical implications of "mixed" vulnerability, (c) the relations of vulnerability to Neuroticism. (d) the potential confounding of vulnerability with concurrent depression, (e) the potential confounding of vulnerability with social context, and (f) the differentiation of dependency from relatedness. The authors conclude that Blatt's and Beck's concepts are continuous, nearly orthogonal dimensions that can be identified and measured independently from Neuroticism, depression, and social context.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada. zuroff@ego.psych.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Zuroff
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mongrain
authors.forename: Darcy A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Santor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment; D010553:Personality Development; D012307:Risk Factors; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment