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Sociotropy and autonomy are two personality dimensions that relate to
an individual's vulnerability to depression. Independent and interdepe
ndent self-construals are two distinctive cognitive formulations of th
e self derived from cross-cultural research. Both of these sets of con
structs reflect self and other orientations. The purpose of the presen
t study was to empirically examine the various factors that emerge whe
n these two constructs are integrated. 652 participants responded to t
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Four factors emerged from a factor analysis conducted on the items of
the three scales measuring sociotropy-autonomy and independent and int
erdependent self-construal. These four factors are discussed in the co
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