title: Relationships of sociotropy and autonomy with dimensions of the Temperament and Character Inventory in healthy subjects.
abstract: The relationships of sociotropy and autonomy, the 2 personality traits postulated as vulnerability factors for depression, with 7 dimensions of the Temperament and Character Inventory, a comprehensive measure of personality, were studied in 305 healthy subjects. Sociotropy and autonomy were assessed by the sociotropy and autonomy subscales, respectively, of the original 60-item Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale. In multiple regression analysis, sociotropy was significantly correlated with higher harm avoidance, reward dependence (RD), and self-transcendence (ST), and lower self-directedness; and the correlation was strongest with higher RD (β = 0.27) and second strongest with lower self-directedness (β = -0.25). Meanwhile, autonomy was significantly correlated with higher persistence and ST, and lower RD; and the correlations were especially strong with higher ST (β = 0.37) and lower RD (β = -0.28). These results support Beck's concepts of these personality traits, that is, the orientation toward interpersonal relationships of sociotropy, and that toward mastery and independence of autonomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Mitsuhiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Naoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Ryoichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sadahiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002605:Character; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013694:Temperament