Further exploration of the relationship between depression and dependence

Two instruments, the Self Rating Questionnaire and the Interpersonal Dependency Inventory, were used to examine further the relationship between dependence and depression. Dependence scores on both measures correlated highly with scores on measures of neuroticism, self-esteem, depressive cognition and depression. Dependence scores were significantly higher in samples of depressed subjects than in samples of non-depressed subjects. The scores of depressives who fully recovered dropped, but those of depressives who remained depressed or who only partially recovered remained high. In non-depressed subjects there was no relationship between dependence and gender. There was no support for the use of subscales of dependence.