DEPENDENCY, SELF-CRITICISM AND SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

We investigated the social interactions of college students varying in dependency and self-criticism Forty-eight college students used a mod ified version of the Rochester Interaction Record to record quantitati ve and qualitative features of every 10-minute or longer interaction d uring a seven-day period. Daily measures of mood were also collected. Dependency was related to more frequent and more intimate interactions , and self-criticism was negatively related to pleasantness of social interactions. Although dependency and self-criticism were both associa ted with daily dysphoria, the social interaction findings could not be attributed to the effects of mood. The social environments associated with dependency and self-criticism may influence the aetiology and co urse of depressive episodes.