Deconstructing dependency in a five-factor world: A meta-analytic review

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.