caa a22 4500 467897646 CHVBK 20180406152808.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10608-006-9052-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10608-006-9052-7 Neediness and Interpersonal Life Stress: Does Congruency Predict Depression? [Elektronische Daten] [Alex Cogswell, Lauren Alloy, Jelena Spasojevic] Dependency is linked to depression in clinical theory and research, although inadequate evidence exists establishing dependency as a stable personality risk factor for depression. The Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ; Blatt, D'Afflitti, & Quinlan, 1976, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 383-389) has shown two subfactors within dependency, "neediness” or more immature dependency, and "connectedness” or more mature dependency (Rude & Burnham, 1995, Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 323-340). A 2.5year prospective study of 168 nondepressed individuals, a subset of the larger Temple-Wisconsin Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression (CVD) Project sample, was used to examine whether neediness was a risk factor for major depression. Results demonstrated that neediness was a stable risk factor for major depression, controlling for concurrent depressive symptoms, but not controlling for past depressive episodes. Further, this study evaluated the congruency hypothesis that individuals become depressed after experiencing stressful life events matching their particular vulnerabilities. No evidence was found for congruency with respect to neediness, as indicated by a nonsignificant neediness×interpersonal stress interaction. These findings provide partial support for considering neediness a stable depressogenic personality vulnerability. They also augment the accumulating inconsistencies in tests of the congruency hypothesis. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Dependency nationallicence Neediness nationallicence Congruency hypothesis nationallicence Life stress nationallicence Depression nationallicence Cogswell Alex Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Weiss Hall, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Alloy Lauren Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Weiss Hall, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut Spasojevic Jelena Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA aut Cognitive Therapy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/4(2006-08-01), 427-443 0147-5916 30:4<427 2006 30 10608 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9052-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-006-9052-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cogswell Alex Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Weiss Hall, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alloy Lauren Department of Psychology, Temple University, 1701 N. 13th Street, Weiss Hall, 19122, Philadelphia, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Spasojevic Jelena Department of Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cognitive Therapy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 30/4(2006-08-01), 427-443 0147-5916 30:4<427 2006 30 10608 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer