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Background: Recognized as a common and debilitating condition with a high recurrence rate, depression
is considered a severe public health problem. The association between interpersonal problems and
depressive disorders is well documented, but studies in non-clinical populations are scarce. The
working hypotheses were that (Hp1) depressed women report more interpersonal problems than nondepressed ones, and (Hp2) depression is predicted by interpersonal problems.
Methods: The present study analyzes the relationship between depression and interpersonal problems,
assessed by the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP64), in a non-clinical Portuguese female
population (n=240), aged 18 to 81. Two groups of participants were considered, based on the Beck
Depression Inventory – short form (BDI-SF) cut-off points: G1 "non-depressed" (n=119, M=44.18,
SD=12.34) and G2 “depressed” (n=121, M=41.14, DS=13.74). One-way ANOVA and binary logistic
regression with forward selection were performed.
Results: There was a significant difference in interpersonal problems between depressed and nondepressed women. Specifically, when women experienced depressive symptoms, they identified more
interpersonal problems. The sub-scales IIP1 dominating/controlling, IIP7 Self-sacrifice and IIP4
Socially inhibited had the most significant impact on the likelihood of depression.
Conclusions: This study emphasizes that clinical practice and universal and selective prevention strategies
for depression should include analyses and interventions on factors such as inhibition, reduction of
the social network, difficulty in emotional expression and low gratification experienced in interpersonal
relationships
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Fonseca, A., Gois, C., & de Matos, M. G. (2023). Can interpersonal problems predict female depression? Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-3614
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University of Messina