Meta-analysis of studies assessing the relation between interpersonal depen
dency test scores and five-factor model(FFM) domain scores revealed that de
pendency scores are positively correlated with FFM Neuroticism and Agreeabl
eness scores and negatively correlated with FFM Extraversion. Openness, and
Conscientiousness scores. The magnitudes of these correlations were all in
the small-to-moderate range, and comparable score intercorrelations were o
btained when participants' dependency levels were assessed by means of a tr
ait dependency questionnaire. dependent personality disorder questionnaire,
or dependent personality disorder interview. These findings have implicati
ons for researchers' efforts to deconstruct dependency into its basic trait
elements and for the dimensional approaches to personality disorders being
considered for future versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders.