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The relationship between sociotropy/autonomy and patterns of symptomatology in the depressed elderly
Author(s) -
Allen Nicholas B.,
Ames David,
Layton Timothy,
Bennetts Kerryn,
Kingston Kim
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01235.x
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , autonomy , depression (economics) , depressive symptoms , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , population , psychiatry , cognition , social psychology , demography , sociology , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined the relationship between the personality constructs of sociotropy and autonomy and clinical symptoms of depression among 80 elderly people reporting to a range of psychiatric services for the treatment of depression. These investigations provided support for the association of sociotropy to a hypothesized pattern of clinical symptomatology, but no support for the relationship of autonomy to its hypothesized pattern of symptoms. Future investigations on elderly depressive people needs to accommodate the clinical patterns more typical of this population. Research on the relationship between depression and personality would benefit from empirically derived symptom profiles. It may also need to take into account the influence of personality on changes in symptoms over and between episodes of depression.