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The association between depressive personality and treatment outcome for depression following a group cognitive–behavioral intervention
Author(s) -
Saulsman Lisa M.,
Coall David A.,
Nathan Paula R.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20278
Subject(s) - psychology , depression (economics) , personality , clinical psychology , cognition , association (psychology) , intervention (counseling) , big five personality traits , psychiatry , psychotherapist , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
The present study investigated the association of depressive personality traits to treatment outcome for depression. One hundred and nineteen patients with a primary diagnosis of major depression were divided into high‐ and low‐depressive personality groups, and depression symptomatology was assessed pre‐ and postparticipation in a standardized group cognitive–behavioral intervention. Analyses revealed poorer pre‐state and end‐state functioning for the high‐depressive personality group. However, rate of improvement pre‐ to posttreatment was comparable between the two groups. Subsequent multiple regression analyses revealed that when controlling for pretreatment depression severity, depressive personality was not a predictor of depression treatment outcome. Within the methodological parameters of the current study, depressive personality traits were not associated with a poorer response to cognitive–behavioral treatment for depression. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 62: 1181–1196, 2006.