Measuring Dependence Proneness in the Classroom

Flanders, Ned A.; Anderson, J. Paul; Amidon, Edmund

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“…Diener (1967) and Sinha and Pandey (1972) obtained similar results in samples of American and Indian undergraduates. Similar findings were also obtained by Flanders, Anderson, and Amidon (1961) and Sroufe et al (1983) in mixed-sex samples of elementary and nursery school children.…”

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The dependent personality: Developmental, social, and clinical perspectives.

Bornstein¹

1992

Psychological Bulletin

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Developmental, social, and clinical studies of dependency have produced remarkably consistent results. A review and integration of these findings allow strong conclusions to be drawn regarding the etiology and dynamics of dependency. The etiology of dependency appears to lie in overprotective, authoritarian parenting. In social settings, dependency is associated with suggestibility, conformity, compliance, interpersonal yielding, affiliative behavior, and sensitivity to interpersonal cues. Dependency predicts the onset of certain psychological disorders and follows the onset of others. It seems that the fundamental motivation of the dependent person, from which the behaviors that are exhibited in different situations are derived, is a strong desire to obtain and maintain nurturant, supportive relationships. Implications of these findings for different theoretical models of dependency are discussed.

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The dependent personality: Developmental, social, and clinical perspectives.

Bornstein¹

1992

Psychological Bulletin

249

238

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“…His statements were classified by an observer to demonstrate that desired differences were great enough for students to notice. Second, those students who scored high on a dependence-proneness test, developed by Flanders, Anderson, and Amidon (1960) were selected for the experimental population. Third, control of learning was accomplished by using pre-and posttests of geometry achievement.…”

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The effects of direct and indirect teacher influence on dependent-prone students learning geometry.

Amidon¹,

Flanders²

1961

Journal of Educational Psychology

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“…In laboratory settings, dependent persons ask for help significantly more often than do nondependent persons when engaged in challenging problem-solving tasks (Diener, 1967;Shilkret & Masling, 1981). In classroom settings, dependent students ask for help, support, and reassurance from teachers more frequently than do nondependent students (Flanders, Anderson, & Amidon, 1961;Sroufe, Fox, & Pancake, 1983). In social settings, high levels of interpersonal dependency are associated with a cluster of behaviors that includes help-seeking, conformity, compliance, and suggestibility (Agrawal & Rai, 1988;Masling, Weiss, & Rothschild, 1968).…”

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The dependent patient in a psychiatric inpatient setting: Relationship of interpersonal dependency to consultation and medication frequencies

O'Neill

Bornstein

2001

J Clin Psychol

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To examine the relationship between interpersonal dependency and medical service use in a hospital setting, the number of medical consultations and psychotropic medication prescriptions were compared in matched, mixed-sex samples of 40 dependent and 40 nondependent psychiatric inpatients. Results indicated that dependent patients received more medical consultations and a greater number of medications than did nondependent patients with similar demographic and diagnostic profiles. Implications of these results for theoretical models of interpersonal dependency and for previous research on the dependency-help-seeking relationship are discussed. Practical implications of these findings for work with dependent patients are summarized.

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Measuring Dependence Proneness in the Classroom

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

The dependent personality: Developmental, social, and clinical perspectives.

The dependent personality: Developmental, social, and clinical perspectives.

The effects of direct and indirect teacher influence on dependent-prone students learning geometry.

The dependent patient in a psychiatric inpatient setting: Relationship of interpersonal dependency to consultation and medication frequencies

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