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Personality and depressive illness
Author(s) -
Pilowsky I.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1979.tb03585.x
Subject(s) - personality , psychology , depression (economics) , clinical psychology , type d personality , depressive symptoms , personality assessment inventory , endogenous depression , psychiatry , big five personality traits , anxiety , social psychology , mood , economics , macroeconomics
This paper reports an investigation into the relationship between personality (as measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire) and depressive illness type, as determined by responses to the Levine‐Pilowsky Depression Questionnaire. When the effects of age and depressive severity are accounted for, a significant difference emerges between “endogenous” and “non‐endogenous” depressive states in that the former are associated with a lower score on Factor E, indicating a more submissive, dependent personality. The possible implications of this finding are discussed.