Gary S. Kutcher’s research while affiliated with University of Miami and other places

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The Personal Style Inventory: Preliminary validation studies of new measures of sociotropy and autonomy
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December 1994

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Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

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Jon Ladd

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Joan Welkowitz

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Gary Kutcher

We conducted five studies with depressed patients, demographically matched controls, and college students to develop and psychometrically evaluate new measures of concerns about interpersonal relationships (sociotropy) and autonomous achievement (autonomy), constructs that have been proposed to confer vulnerability to depression. The final version of the Personal Style Inventory (PSI) Sociotropy and Autonomy scales showed a good factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and test-retest stability, a low correlation with each other, and weak or no gender differences. Convergent and discriminant validity were examined with respect to depressive symptom levels, the Dependency and Self-Criticism scales of the Revised Depressive Experiences Questionnaire, and a social desirability scale and were generally acceptable. Further evaluations of the construct validity of the PSI are indicated.

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Measures of Depressive Dimensions: Are They Interchangeable?

July 1991

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Several theorists have posited two focuses for depressive experience and/or vulnerability: dependency and rejection, and self-criticism and failure. In turn, three instruments have emerged, each addressing these two components, respectively: the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ; Dependent and Self-Critical scales), the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scales (SAS), and the Anaclitic and Introjective Dysfunctional Attitude Scales (DAS). In this study, we addressed the relations within and among these three pairs of scales in a large undergraduate sample. Generally, the DEQ-Dependent, SAS-Sociotrophy, and DAS-Anaclitic scales showed substantial convergent and discriminant validity. Although this was true also for the DEQ-Self-Critical and DAS-Introjective scales, neither scale was closely related to the SAS-Autonomy scale, which appeared instead to be a better measure of counter dependency than a measure of self-critical, introjective features.

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... Sociotropy is a construct that evolved from the clinical literature on cognitive processes in depression and refers to an excessive concern regarding interpersonal relationships. Individuals high in sociotropy have a strong need for positive relationships, pleasing others, and seeking approval (Robins et al., 1994(Robins et al., , 1997. Sociotropy manifests itself and is measurable in children aged around 8 and older (Brenning et al., 2011;Hammen & Goodman-Brown, 1990;Little & Garber, 2000). ...

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Children’s emotional responses to outperforming others: a new angle on excellence policies in education
The Personal Style Inventory: Preliminary validation studies of new measures of sociotropy and autonomy

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

... The relationship between the pairs of Blatt and Beck's personality dimensions (dependency and sociotropy; self-criticism and autonomy) has been discussed in the literature (e.g., Blaney & Kutcher, 1991;Nietzel & Harris, 1990;Zuroff, 1994). Previous research as discussed, the personality models of Blatt and Beck in conjunction with the Cloninger et al. temperament and character model separately. ...

Measures of Depressive Dimensions: Are They Interchangeable?
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  • July 1991