title: Correlations of interpersonal sensitivity with negative working models of the self and other: evidence for link with attachment insecurity.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It has been suggested that interpersonal sensitivity, a personality trait associated with depression and anxiety disorders, is linked with attachment insecurity. To confirm this link, we studied the correlations of interpersonal sensitivity with working models of the self and other.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 301 healthy Japanese. Interpersonal sensitivity and working models of the self and other were assessed by the Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (IPSM) and the Relationship Scales Questionnaire, respectively. The correlations of the IPSM total scores with the self-model or other-model scores were analyzed by the multiple regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The IPSM total scores were correlated negatively with the self-model scores (β = -0.48, p < 0.001) and to a lesser extent with the other-model scores (β = -0.15, p < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study suggests that interpersonal sensitivity is correlated with negative working models of the self and other, providing evidence for its link with attachment insecurity.
authors: Koichi
authors: K
authors: Otani
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Yamagata University School of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iidanishi, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan. suzukiakihito@hotmail.com.
authors: Akihito
authors: A
authors: Suzuki
authors: Yoshihiko
authors: Y
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Naoshi
authors: N
authors: Shibuya
authors: Ryoichi
authors: R
authors: Sadahiro
authors: Masanori
authors: M
authors: Enokido