THE 3 FACES OF INTERPERSONAL DEPENDENCY - STRUCTURAL-ANALYSES OF SELF-REPORT DEPENDENCY MEASURES

Using the interpersonal circumplex and the 5-factor model of personali ty as a structural framework, the authors identified 3 aspects of inte rpersonal dependency in structural analyses of the universe of content defined by the combined item pool of widely used self-report dependen cy measures: love dependency, exploitable dependency, and submissive d ependency. Markers of these aspects of interpersonal dependency were r econstituted, and their relations with neuroticism (N), conscientiousn ess (C), and openness to experience (O) were examined. All forms of in terpersonal dependency are related positively with N. Exploitable and submissive dependency are increasingly negatively correlated with C an d O, whereas love dependency is positively correlated with C and O. Im plications regarding the assessment of dependency and multifactor mode ls of dependency are discussed, and hypotheses for future research lin king dependency and depression are proposed.