TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Self-Criticism, Dependency, and Stress Reactivity: An Experience Sampling Approach to Testing Blatt and Zuroff’s (1992) Theory of Personality Predispositions to Depression in High-Risk Youth
JO  - Personality and social psychology bulletin
A1  - Adams, Philippe
A1  - Abela, John R. Z.
A1  - Auerbach, Randy
A1  - Skitch, Steven
SP  - 1440
EP  - 1451
VL  - 35
IS  - 11
N2  - S. J. Blatt and D. C. Zuroff’s 1992 theory of personality predispositions to depression posits that individuals who possess high levels of self-criticism and/or dependency are vulnerable to developing depression following negative events. The current study used experience sampling methodology to test this theory in a sample of 49 children ages 7 to 14. Children completed measures of dependency, self-criticism, and depressive symptoms. Subsequently, children were given a handheld computer that signaled them to complete measures of depressive symptoms and negative events at randomly selected times over 2 months. Results of hierarchical linear modeling analyses indicated that higher levels of both self-criticism and dependency were associated with greater elevations in depressive symptoms following negative events. Furthermore, each personality predisposition remained a significant predictor of such elevations after controlling for the interaction between the other personality predisposition and negative events. The results suggest that dependency and self-criticism represent distinct vulnerability factors to depression in youth.<p />
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SN  - 0146-1672
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167209343811
ID  - ref1
ER  -