TRIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE - ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH SOCIAL PHOBIA AND A CONTROL-GROUP

We administered the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire to 40 con trol subjects and to 47 social phobia patients who met Structured Clin ical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID) criteria for social phobia and par ticipated in a multicenter treatment study. Multiple comparisons with Bonferroni correction showed a significant increase in total Harm Avoi dance scale scores and all four subscale scores for the social phobia group. On a Reward Dependence subscale that measures persistence versu s irresoluteness the mean was significantly lower in the social phobia group than the control group. Present findings extend an earlier repo rt of increased Harm Avoidance in major depressive disorder and other clinical diagnostic groups.