El Desequilibrio en la pareja: la codependencia desde la teoría de interdependencia

Codependency is traditionally studied as a personality trait. However, there are suggestions about its possible explanation from more social models. Using the interdependence model, its prediction is proposed through conflict management and power styles. For this, a study was carried out in which 571 adults participated (M = 20.20 years, SD = 1.93), who answered scales of conflict management, power styles and codependency. Evidence was found in favor of the interdependence model, since the management of noncollaborative conflict in the couple, as well as accommodation and avoidance in the codependent, together with negative power styles, are predictors of codependency. The applicability of the interdependence theory as a model to explain codependency is discussed, as well as the benefits for understanding the initiation and maintenance of codependent patterns.