The relationship between becks concepts of sociotropy and. Sas abbreviation stands for sociotropy autonomy scale. This study assesses the relations between sociotropyautonomy sociotropyautonomy scale and five personality dimensions, i. Demographic data sheet, attitude toward teaching scale, locus of control scale and sociotropyautonomy scale. Therefore, the present study examined the relations of sociotropy and autonomy with core beliefs about self and others. The participants scored higher on the autonomy scale than the sociotropy scale table 2. Depressive experiences questionnaire or deq, was rationally constructed and assesses distorted or depreciated sense of self, dependency. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the sas were conducted in two separate samples of psychiatric. Sociotropy and autonomy were assessed by the sociotropyautonomy scale, and working models of the self and other were evaluated by the relationship scales questionnaire.
Patients with delusions may also be highly intolerant of ambiguity. Properties of the autonomyconnectedness scale acs30 article pdf available in journal of personality assessment 861. In their study, which was conducted on a group of students in turkey, sahin et al. Participants n 514 responded to the personal style inventory, the sociotropy autonomy scale, and the beck depression inventory a. The sociotropy score was correlated negatively with the selfmodel score. Cognitive personality characteristics impact the course of. According to becks cognitive theory of depression, individuals who score high on the personality dimensions of either sociotropy or autonomy are considered to be vulnerable to depression. In general, the sociotropy scores were higher than autonomy scores. Emery, 1983 was administered to 2,067 psychiatric outpatients with predominantly dsmiiir mood or anxiety disorders. Sandra lorensini submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the. Both scales sociotropeautonomy have been reported to have excellent interval consistency and good construct validity in both students and depressed patients ouimette et al.
The sociotropyautonomy scale mental health articles. The sample of this study consisted of 321 healthy japanese volunteers. We hypothesized that these inconsistent findings may be related to the factor structure of the sas. The sociotropyautonomy scale, in a university population. Both agglomerativehierarchical and nonhierarchical cluster analyses performed on. Sociotropy appears related to other measures of theoretically congruent constructs like dependency, lack of assertion, and introversion cappeliez, 1993. Although past research has provided abundant support for the relationship between sociotropy and depression, very little support has been provided. Sociotropy and autonomy have been examined in relation to measures in personality psychology, such as the neo personality inventory neopi. This study assesses the relations between sociotropy autonomy sociotropy autonomy scale and five personality dimensions, i. Construct validation of the sociotropyautonomy scale.
The final version of the personal style inventory psi sociotropy and autonomy scales showed a good factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and testretest stability, a low correlation with each other, and weak or no gender differences. Resultsthe sociotropy score was correlated negatively with the selfmodel score. The cognitive model of depression posits two distinctive personality. There was a significant association between autonomy and sub scale of defensive break and suicidal tendency in men and in women. The sociotropy autonomy scale sas, especially the autonomy scale, has demonstrated inconsistent results concerning its relationship to depression and psychopathology.
Sociotropy and autonomy were evaluated by the corresponding subscales of the sociotropyautonomy scale. The proposal scale, composed of 29 items, was applied to two study groups in turkey. This sample was used to determine cutpoints for the two dimensions on the sociotropy autonomy scale sas. This study is a crosssectional research and because it is limited with freshman and senior nursing students in. Almost all nurses 85% felt responsible for their own work and actions and the progress of their patients however autonomy level of cypriot icu nurses is moderate mean4. Beck depression inventory, the dysfunctional attitudes scale, the auto matic thoughts questionnaire, and the sociotropyautonomy scale. Because norms directing feminine social behavior span both the achieve. The goal of the study is to develop a scale named learner autonomy scale las for determining the learner autonomy of the students toward english lesson. Autonomy reflects the need for control, selfdetermination and taskorientated achievement.
Participants n 5 14 responded to the personal style inventory, the. Beck as a means of assessing two cognitivepersonality constructs hypothesized as risk factors in depression. Beck, epstein, harrison and emery unpublished manuscript, 1983 developed the sociotropy autonomy scale sas to assess personality constructs that were considered possible vulnerability factors to reactive depression. Sociotropyautonomy and other personality measures mental. Sociotropy and autonomy are complex constructs, each with adaptive and maladaptive aspects. Both scales sociotrope autonomy have been reported to have excellent interval consistency and good construct validity in both students and depressed patients ouimette et al. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the sas were conducted in two separate samples of psychiatric outpatients n. Sociotropy and autonomy are 2 personality dimensions related to an individuals vulnerability to depression a. The role of conformity to the superwoman ideal in the. What is the abbreviation for sociotropy autonomy scale. Advances in behaviour research and therapy, 5, 141202.
Construct validation of the sociotropy autonomy scale. The sociotropy autonomy scale and the statetrait anger scale were used in data collection. The sociotropyautonomy scale and the statetrait anger scale were used in data collection. To determine whether psychiatric outpatients represented distinct personality types with respect to sociotropy and autonomy, the sociotropy and autonomy scale sas. Demographic data sheet, attitude toward teaching scale, locus of control scale and sociotropy autonomy scale. Effect of self awareness education on the self efficacy. Sociotropy and autonomy and their relationship to psychological distress and homesickness in college freshmen. These results show that autonomy is more in iranians. The group of exploratory factor analysis that aims to determine the psychometric. The sociotropy autonomy scale sas, especially the autonomy scale, has demonstrated inconsistent results concerning its relationship to depression and psy. The scale focuses on the two personality traits of sociotropy social dependency and autonomy satisfying independency. A nonclinical normative sample aged 1787 confirmed becks theoretical dimensions of sociotropy and autonomy. For sociotropy autonomy scales, group means were found to be 70. Psychometric characteristics of revised sociotropy and.
Beck, epstein, harrison and emery unpublished manuscript, 1983 developed the sociotropyautonomy scale sas to assess personality constructs that were considered possible vulnerability factors to reactive depression. Other measures of these constructs are the depressive experiences questionnaire deq. The present study explored the constructs of sociotropy and autonomy with a group of turkish depressed inpatients, who were administered the beck depression inventory, the dysfunctional attitudes scale, the automatic thoughts questionnaire, and the sociotropy. The scale focuses on the two personality traits of sociotropy social dependency and. Pdf the stability and validity of the sociotropy and autonomy. Consistent with becks 1983 interactional model, tests of clinical significance. Brown the sociotropy autonomy scale sas, especially the autonomy scale, has demon.
Based on previous research it was hypothesized that all personality dimensions would be directly correlated with disordered eating, but that adherence to the superwoman ideal would mediate the relationship between sociotropy and autonomy. Importantly, these studies begin to highlight the heterogeneity of features that might comprise a sociotropic or autonomous mode. Beck 1983 has proposed the existence of two personality. A psychometric refinement of becks sociotropyautonomy scale.
Marked differences in core beliefs about self and others, between sociotropy and autonomy. Sociotropy is a personality trait characterized by excessive investment in interpersonal. The mean value of the sociotropy level of nurses was 66. The relationship between personality styles of sociotropy and. Beck 1983 proposed that two personality dimensions, sociotropy and autonomy, represent vulnerability factors for depression. The results obtained from 167 college freshmen, assessed 67 weeks after beginning their. The treatment utility of the sociotropy autonomy scale was evaluated by matching or mismatching subjects to either individual or group cognitive therapy according to their dominant personality dimension. Both groups of subjects obtained statistically significant, but equivalent, reductions in depression. Sas abbreviation stands for sociotropyautonomy scale. Sociotropy autonomy scale, and the beck depression inventory a. Thus, the original factor analysis of the sas contained inconsistencies at the level of factor extraction and rotation, and this. The study was an attempt to extend aaron becks formulation of the sociotropic and autonomous vulnerabilities involved in depressogenesis to a population experiencing depressive symptoms due to adjustment related difficulties, namely freshman college students beginning their first semester.
The relationship between nurses sociotropyautonomy. The sociotropy autonomy scale, in a university population. The sociotropyautonomy scale sas was introduced by aaron t. The sociotropy autonomy scale sas was introduced by aaron t. Paper presented at the world congress of cognitive therapy, oxford, england. Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 4 369388. However, adjustment problems with depressive symptomatology also make up a significant portion of those seeking psychological help. Attitude toward teaching scale attitude toward teaching scale atts is a likerttype response scale developed by erkus 2000 at mersin university, turkey. Frank bond leads the way with this measure, but many in the act community have been involved in the development the aaq2 assesses a persons experiential avoidance and immobility and acceptance. The study result indicated that the psychiatric nurses self efficacy was improved at post educational program, a significant difference was observed between the pretest and posttest mean scores for the. A principal component analysis on all of the items of the 2 scales revealed a fourfactor structure 2 sociotropy and 2 autonomy. Psi personal style inventory is a likert scale with 48 items designed to measure the constructs of sociotropy and autonomy robins et al.
Marked differences in core beliefs about self and others. The resulting sociotropy subscales were positively correlated, whereas the autonomy subscales had weak intercorrelations. Psychometric characteristics of revised sociotropy and autonomy. Effect of self awareness education on the self efficacy and. The case of sociotropydependency and autonomyselfcriticism pdf, psychological bulletin. What is the abbreviation for sociotropyautonomy scale. Principal components analyses were run on the items to examine the structure of the scales more closely. Distinctive correlations of sociotropy and autonomy with. Frank bond leads the way with this measure, but many in the act community have been involved in the development. Indicate to what degree each of the statements below applies to you.
792 1582 684 52 1371 1394 429 607 773 1231 512 650 1360 410 265 1177 667 399 128 298 122 416 489 1556 18 915 1520 975 897 282 1069 402 781 777 712 325 1423 508 1029 1263 245 272 696 171 1158 566 1131