Dependent Personality

Robert F. Bornstein received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1986. He is currently Associate Professor of Psychology at Gettysburg College. Dr. Bornstein has published numerous articles on perception without awareness, as well as on the antecedents, dynamics, and correlates of dependent personality traits. He is the author of The Dependent Personality, a comprehensive review of the empirical literature on dependency, which will be published by Guilford Press in 1993.**

• 1. Dependency in Context: Conceptual and Theoretical FrameworksTheoretical Models of DependencyThe Psychoanalytic and Social Learning Models of Dependency: A ComparisonDomains of Dependency ResearchDefining Dependency2. Assessing DependencyObjective and Projective Dependency MeasuresInterview and Rating MeasuresPsychometric Issues3. The Development of DependencyThe Epigenesis of DependencyEvaluating the Psychoanalytic and Social Learning Models with Respect to the Etiology of DependencyDependency, Gender, and Sex Role4. Interpersonal Correlates of DependencyDependency, Suggestibility, Yielding, and ComplianceDependency, Help Seeking, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and AffiliationDependency, Evaluation, and Performance Anxiety5. Dependency as a Social CueDependency and Sociometric StatusDependency and HelpingDependency and Abusive Behavior6. Dependency and PsychopathologyDependency and DepressionDependency and PhobiasDependency and AlcoholismDependency and SmokingDependency and Substance Use DisordersDependency, Obesity, and Eating DisordersDisentangling the Dependency Psychopathology Relationship7. Dependent Personality DisorderThe Construct Validity of the DPD Symptom CriteriaThe Prevalence of DPDSex Differences in DPD8. Dependency and Physical DisordersThe Dependency Disease Link: Historical RootsThe Dependency Disease Link: Empirical EvidenceSome Possible Mechanisms Underlying the Dependency Disease Relationship9. Dependency and ParenthoodDependency and Help Seeking in Clinical SettingsDependency and Treatment ComplianceDependency, Perceptions of the Psychotherapist, and Psychotherapy Preference10. The Dependent Personality: Toward an Integrated Theoretical ModelToward an Integrated Theoretical Model of DependencyThe Future of Dependency ResearchA Final CommentReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index

An admirably comprehensive, probing, and clear review of the research literature on individual differences in dependency. Besides demonstrating that the literature is surprisingly coherent and that it converges on important insights into human social behavior, Bornstein's thoughtful review of more than 700 sources proves that behavioral science research can, in the right hands, be made to yield conclusions of deep and lasting significance. The book will be of great interest and value to personality theorists, researchers, methodologists, and clinicians. --Phillip R. Shaver, Ph.D., University of California, DavisWonderfully clear, integrative and critical research review from diverse fields of psychology. Integrates findings with theory. Should be valuable to anyone interested in this important dimension of personality. I gained renewed appreciation of the dependent personality, and I'm sure other researchers and clinicians, as well as their graduate students, will find this book of value. --Harold Cook, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; President of the Psychoanalytic Research SocietyA landmark integration of extensive theoretical, clinical and research literature on the etiology and development, as well as the clinical, social, and interpersonal consequences of dependency. A major contribution demonstrating how the concept of personality or character style offers an integrative theoretical structure for linking normal and pathological psychological development. --Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D., Yale University - This book makes a substantial contribution to understanding dependency. The author synthesizes a huge research literature and distills the primary conceptual threads into an integrated theoretical model. --Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 5/2/1993ƒƒ This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of dependency. It is a well-balanced combination of the theoretical and research findings pertaining to the dependent personality...is a highly recommended as an excellent overview of the vast dependency literature. --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 5/2/1993