The treatment utility of the sociotropyautonomy scale was evaluated by matching or mismatching subjects to either individual or group cognitive therapy according to their dominant personality dimension. The sociotropy score was correlated negatively with the selfmodel score. Sandra lorensini submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the. Beck 1983 has proposed the existence of two personality. In general, the sociotropy scores were higher than autonomy scores. What is the abbreviation for sociotropy autonomy scale. Distinctive correlations of sociotropy and autonomy with.
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. Therefore, the present study examined the relations of sociotropy and autonomy with core beliefs about self and others. Sociotropy and autonomy have been examined in relation to measures in personality psychology, such as the neo personality inventory neopi. 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. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the sas were conducted in two separate samples of psychiatric.
The sociotropy autonomy scale sas, especially the autonomy scale, has demonstrated inconsistent results concerning its relationship to depression and psychopathology. Both agglomerativehierarchical and nonhierarchical cluster analyses performed on. Psychometric characteristics of revised sociotropy and. 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. The sociotropy autonomy scale and the statetrait anger scale were used in data collection. Thus, the original factor analysis of the sas contained inconsistencies at the level of factor extraction and rotation, and this. Attitude toward teaching scale attitude toward teaching scale atts is a likerttype response scale developed by erkus 2000 at mersin university, turkey. Indicate to what degree each of the statements below applies to you.
Sociotropy and autonomy are complex constructs, each with adaptive and maladaptive aspects. The case of sociotropydependency and autonomyselfcriticism pdf, psychological bulletin. Effect of self awareness education on the self efficacy. However, adjustment problems with depressive symptomatology also make up a significant portion of those seeking psychological help. Beck as a means of assessing two cognitivepersonality constructs hypothesized as risk factors in depression. Although past research has provided abundant support for the relationship between sociotropy and depression, very little support has been provided. Both groups of subjects obtained statistically significant, but equivalent, reductions in depression. Personality vulnerability, psychiatric diagnoses, and. We hypothesized that these inconsistent findings may be related to the factor structure of the sas. Frank bond leads the way with this measure, but many in the act community have been involved in the development. 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. Beck depression inventory, the dysfunctional attitudes scale, the auto matic thoughts questionnaire, and the sociotropyautonomy scale.
What is the abbreviation for sociotropyautonomy scale. Bentall and rebecca swarbrick university of manchester, uk some theories implicate abnormal selfschemas in the development of psychosis in general and in paranoid delusions in particular. 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. Advances in behaviour research and therapy, 5, 141202. Sociotropy appears related to other measures of theoretically congruent constructs like dependency, lack of assertion, and introversion cappeliez, 1993. 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. Sociotropy autonomy scale, and the beck depression inventory a. Revised date 4 october 2006 5 the acceptance and action questionnaire aaq2 author.
Paper presented at the world congress of cognitive therapy, oxford, england. Beck 1983 proposed that two personality dimensions, sociotropy and autonomy, represent vulnerability factors for depression. The proposal scale, composed of 29 items, was applied to two study groups in turkey. The scale focuses on the two personality traits of sociotropy social dependency and autonomy satisfying independency. Cognitive personality characteristics impact the course of. These results show that autonomy is more in iranians. Demographic data sheet, attitude toward teaching scale, locus of control scale and sociotropyautonomy scale. The sociotropyautonomy scale and the statetrait anger scale were used in data collection. In their study, which was conducted on a group of students in turkey, sahin et al.
Other measures of these constructs are the depressive experiences questionnaire deq. Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment 4 369388. 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 sample of this study consisted of 321 healthy japanese volunteers. Properties of the autonomyconnectedness scale acs30 article pdf available in journal of personality assessment 861. Depressive experiences questionnaire or deq, was rationally constructed and assesses distorted or depreciated sense of self, dependency. This study is a crosssectional research and because it is limited with freshman and senior nursing students in. 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. This study assesses the relations between sociotropyautonomy sociotropyautonomy scale and five personality dimensions, i. The sociotropyautonomy scale, in a university population. 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.
Pdf the stability and validity of the sociotropy and autonomy. Psychometric characteristics of revised sociotropy and autonomy. 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. Sas abbreviation stands for sociotropy autonomy scale.
Although past research has provided abundant support for the relationship between sociotropy and depression, very little support has. A nonclinical normative sample aged 1787 confirmed becks theoretical dimensions of sociotropy and autonomy. 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 participants scored higher on the autonomy scale than the sociotropy scale table 2. 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. Sociotropy and autonomy are 2 personality dimensions related to an individuals vulnerability to depression a.
The sociotropy autonomy scale, in a university population. Demographic data sheet, attitude toward teaching scale, locus of control scale and sociotropy autonomy scale. Participants n 5 14 responded to the personal style inventory, the. Construct validation of the sociotropy autonomy scale. The relationship between becks concepts of sociotropy and. Consistent with becks 1983 interactional model, tests of clinical significance. For sociotropy autonomy scales, group means were found to be 70.
Sociotropy is a personality trait characterized by excessive investment in interpersonal. Importantly, these studies begin to highlight the heterogeneity of features that might comprise a sociotropic or autonomous mode. Patients with delusions may also be highly intolerant of ambiguity. Resultsthe sociotropy score was correlated negatively with the selfmodel score. Sociotropy and autonomy were evaluated by the corresponding subscales of the sociotropyautonomy scale. Principal components analyses were run on the items to examine the structure of the scales more closely. Sociotropyautonomy and other personality measures mental. Participants n 514 responded to the personal style inventory, the sociotropy autonomy scale, and the beck depression inventory a. This sample was used to determine cutpoints for the two dimensions on the sociotropy autonomy scale sas. There was a significant association between autonomy and sub scale of defensive break and suicidal tendency in men and in women. The relationship between nurses sociotropyautonomy. Sociotropy and autonomy were assessed by the sociotropyautonomy scale, and working models of the self and other were evaluated by the relationship scales questionnaire. The results obtained from 167 college freshmen, assessed 67 weeks after beginning their. Emery, 1983 was administered to 2,067 psychiatric outpatients with predominantly dsmiiir mood or anxiety disorders.
A principal component analysis on all of the items of the 2 scales revealed a fourfactor structure 2 sociotropy and 2 autonomy. Sociotropy and autonomy and their relationship to psychological distress and homesickness in college freshmen. This study assesses the relations between sociotropy autonomy sociotropy autonomy scale and five personality dimensions, i. Brown the sociotropy autonomy scale sas, especially the autonomy scale, has demon. Psi personal style inventory is a likert scale with 48 items designed to measure the constructs of sociotropy and autonomy robins et al. The mean value of the sociotropy level of nurses was 66. To determine whether psychiatric outpatients represented distinct personality types with respect to sociotropy and autonomy, the sociotropy and autonomy scale sas. 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 the beck depression inventory.
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the sas were conducted in two separate samples of psychiatric outpatients n. The sociotropyautonomy scale sas was introduced by aaron t. The role of conformity to the superwoman ideal in the. Autonomy reflects the need for control, selfdetermination and taskorientated achievement. The group of exploratory factor analysis that aims to determine the psychometric.
The resulting sociotropy subscales were positively correlated, whereas the autonomy subscales had weak intercorrelations. Core beliefs about self and others were assessed by the negativeself, positiveself, negativeother and positiveother subscales of the brief core schema scales. The relationship between personality styles of sociotropy and. The sociotropyautonomy scale mental health articles. The scale focuses on the two personality traits of sociotropy social dependency and. The sociotropy autonomy scale sas, especially the autonomy scale, has demonstrated inconsistent results concerning its relationship to depression and psy. Sas abbreviation stands for sociotropyautonomy scale.
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