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Area of Science:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Interpersonal problems are common in psychiatric disorders.
  • Social phobia and unipolar depressive disorders often involve social difficulties.
  • Understanding specific interpersonal profiles can aid differential diagnosis and treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare interpersonal problem profiles between outpatients with social phobia and unipolar depressive disorders.
  • To identify distinct interpersonal difficulties associated with each disorder.

Main Methods:

  • Fifty outpatients diagnosed with social phobia and fifty with unipolar depressive disorders participated.
  • The Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP) was administered to all participants.
  • Multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA) were used to compare group differences.

Main Results:

  • Significant group differences were found in interpersonal problem profiles.
  • Social phobia patients reported lower scores on the Control dimension of the IIP.
  • Social phobia patients reported higher scores on the Social Avoidance subscale compared to depressed patients.

Conclusions:

  • Social phobia is characterized by distinct interpersonal problems, particularly social avoidance and issues with control.
  • These findings align with previous analogue studies, reinforcing the link between social phobia and severe relationship issues.
  • Interpersonal problems, especially social avoidance, should be a key focus in the treatment of social phobia.