Personality and depressive illness
Acta Psychiatrica ScandinavicaPublished 1 August 1979
I. Pilowsky
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This paper reports an investigation into the relationship between personality (as measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire) and depressive illness type, as determined by responses to the Levine‐Pilowsky Depression Questionnaire.
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This paper reports an investigation into the relationship between personality (as measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire) and depressive illness type, as determined by responses to the Levine-Pilowsky Depression Questionnaire. When the effects of age and depressive severity are accounted for, a significant difference emerges between "endogenous" and "non-endogenous" depressive states in that the former are associated with a lower score on Factor E, indicating a more submissive, dependent personality. The possible implications of this finding are discussed.
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