Neediness and depression in women

Campos, Rui C.; Mesquita, Isabel; Besser, Avi

doi:10.1521/bumc.2014.78.1.16

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“…In contrast, reduction in neediness, a less-adaptive form of dependency, was related to reduction in depression regardless of condition. This finding is consistent with the general finding on the inverse relation between neediness and depression in the literature (e.g., Campos, Mesquita, Besser, & Blatt, 2014; Rude & Burnham, 1995). The present study underscores the importance of examining different aspects of dependency over the course of treatment for depression.…”

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Dependency and self-criticism in treatments for depression.

Chui¹,

Zilcha‐Mano²,

Dinger³

et al. 2016

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Dependency and self-criticism are vulnerability factors for depression. How these personality factors change with treatment for depression, and how they relate to symptom change across different types of treatment require further research. In addition, cultural differences that interact with the dependency/self-criticism-depression relation remain under-investigated. One hundred and forty-nine adults with major depression were randomly assigned to receive active medication (MED; n = 50), supportive-expressive therapy (SET; n = 49), or placebo pill (PBO; n = 50). Participants completed the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ; Blatt, D'Afflitti, & Quinlan, 1976) before and after treatment, and were administered the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Hamilton, 1967) throughout the course of treatment. Self-criticism as measured on the DEQ decreased with treatment similarly across conditions. DEQ Dependency decreased in MED but remained unchanged in SET and PBO. Higher initial dependency, but not higher initial self-criticism, predicted poor treatment response across conditions. Greater reduction in self-criticism was associated with greater reduction in depressive symptoms, but the effect was weaker for racial minorities (vs. White). Increase in connectedness, an adaptive form of dependency, was associated with symptom improvement in SET but not MED. Hence, different pathways of change seem to be implicated in the treatment of depression depending on culture and type of intervention. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Dependency and self-criticism in treatments for depression.

Chui¹,

Zilcha‐Mano²,

Dinger³

et al. 2016

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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“…The subscale neediness reflects "a generalized, undifferentiated dependence on others and feelings of helplessness and fears of desertion and abandonment" (Blatt, Zohar, Quinlan, Zuroff, & Mongrain, 1995) and a vulnerability to interpersonal stressors as loss of care from a significant other (Campos, Mesquita, Besser, & Blatt, 2014;Dunkley, Blankstein, Zuroff, Lecce, & Hui, 2006). A link between dependent personality characteristics and high levels of attachment anxiety seems likely and is based on aspects of personality development (Blatt & Homann, 1992;Fonagy, Gergely, & Target, 2008…”

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Functional connectivity changes following interpersonal reactivity

Krause

Čolić

Borchardt

et al. 2017

Human Brain Mapping

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Attachment experiences substantially influence emotional and cognitive development. Narratives comprising attachment-dependent content were proposed to modulate activation of cognitive-emotional schemata in listeners. We studied the effects after listening to prototypical attachment narratives on wellbeing and countertransference-reactions in 149 healthy participants. Neural correlates of these cognitive-emotional schema activations were investigated in a 7 Tesla rest-task-rest fMRI-study (23 healthy males) using functional connectivity (FC) analysis of the social approach network (seed regions: left and right Caudate Nucleus, CN). Reduced FC between left CN and bilateral dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) represented a general effect of prior auditory stimulation. After presentation of the insecure-dismissing narrative, FC between left CN and bilateral temporo-parietal junction, and right dorsal posterior Cingulum was reduced, compared to baseline. Post-narrative FC-patterns of insecure-dismissing and insecure-preoccupied narratives differed in strength between left CN and right DLPFC. Neural correlates of the moderating effect of individual attachment anxiety were represented in a reduced CN-DLPFC FC as a function of individual neediness-levels. These findings suggest specific neural processing of prolonged mood-changes and schema activation induced by attachment-specific speech patterns. Individual desire for interpersonal proximity was predicted by attachment anxiety and furthermore modulated FC of the social approach network in those exposed to such narratives.

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“…Only a few theoretical (Campos & Mesquita, 2014) and empirical papers (Kealy, Tsai, & Ogrodniczuk, 2012; Luyten, Crowley, Janssen, & Mayes, 2014) have linked pathological narcissism with both types of maladaptive personality dimensions, but to date no study has investigated the relationship between selfobject needs according to Kohut’s (1971, 1984) perspective and Blatt’s (2008) personality dimensions.…”

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The associations between the maladaptive personality dimensions of neediness and self-criticism, defense styles, selfobject needs, and attachment styles in an Iranian sample.

Tondar¹,

Campos²,

Shakiba³

et al. 2017

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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The present study extends previous findings by examining whether defense styles, selfobject needs, attachment styles relate to Neediness and Self-Criticism, as maladaptive personality dimensions focused, respectively, on relatedness and self-definition in an Iranian sample. Three hundred and 52 participants completed a sociodemographic questionnaire as well as the Persian forms of the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, Experience of Close Relationships-Revised, Defense Style Questionnaire, Beck Depression Inventory-II and Selfobject Needs Inventory. Two multiple linear regression analyses, entering Self-criticism and Neediness as criterion variables, were computed. According to the results, high attachment anxiety, high immature defenses, high depressive symptoms, and high need for idealization were related to self-criticism, and explained 47% of its variance. In addition, high attachment anxiety, low mature defenses, high neurotic defenses, high avoidance of mirroring, and low avoidance of idealization/twinship were related to neediness, and explained 40% of its variance. A principal components analysis was performed, entering all the studied variables. Three factors emerged; 1 describing a maladaptive form of psychological functioning and 2 describing more mature modes of psychological functioning. The results are discussed in their implications for the understanding of neediness and self-criticism as maladaptive personality dimensions focused, respectively, on relatedness and self-definition.

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Neediness and depression in women

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Cited by 6 publications

References 61 publications

Dependency and self-criticism in treatments for depression.

Dependency and self-criticism in treatments for depression.

Functional connectivity changes following interpersonal reactivity

The associations between the maladaptive personality dimensions of neediness and self-criticism, defense styles, selfobject needs, and attachment styles in an Iranian sample.

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