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Relationship between interpersonal psychotherapy problem areas with temperament and character: A pilot study
Author(s) -
Luty Suzanne E.,
Joyce Peter R.,
Mulder Roger T.,
Sullivan Patrick F.,
McKenzie Janice M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6394(1998)8:4<154::aid-da4>3.0.co;2-c
Subject(s) - psychology , temperament , psychotherapist , interpersonal communication , character (mathematics) , interpersonal psychotherapy , clinical psychology , psychoanalysis , social psychology , personality , medicine , surgery , randomized controlled trial , geometry , mathematics
Objective: To examine the relationships between dimensions of personality assessed by using the Temperament and Character Inventory and presenting problem areas in Interpersonal Psychotherapy. Method: One hundred two depressed patients completed the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI), and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) problem areas were assessed using a clinician‐rated questionnaire. Results: Following multiple regression analysis, patients rated as having problems with grief scored low on self transcendence, those with disputes had low cooperativeness, those with role transitions had low novelty seeking, and those with deficits had low reward dependence. Conclusions: Both temperament and character may be relevant to the nature of presenting problems related to Interpersonal Psychotherapy. An understanding of how personality is relevant to presenting interpersonal problems may provide both a framework and a focus with which to work in this form of psychotherapy. Depression and Anxiety 8:154–159, 1998. © 1998 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.