Abstract
Several theorists have proposed that dependency and perfectionism differentially characterize depression in women and men. Structural equation modeling was conducted on a sample of 427 patients with mood disorders to test the hypotheses that: (1) depressed women exhibit greater dependency than depressed men, (2) depressed men exhibit greater perfectionism than depressed women, (3) dependency is more related to depression in women, (4) perfectionism is more related to depression in men, (5) reductions in dependency during treatment are more associated with recovery in women, and (6) reductions in perfectionism during treatment are more associated with recovery in men. No support was found for any of the hypothesized gender differences. Women and men did not differ in the level of dependency or perfectionism, or in the correlation between these variables and depression. In addition, changes in dependency and perfectionism during treatment were not differentially associated with changes in depression in women and men.
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