著者

前田 直樹 長友 真実 田中 陽子 三浦 宏子

出版者

九州保健福祉大学

雑誌

九州保健福祉大学研究紀要 (ISSN:13455451)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.8, pp.79-87, 2007-03-25

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Co-dependency is a functional deficit whereby individuals control both other's behaviour and their own behaviour in order to keep being depended on by others. It has been pointed out in the clinical field that co-dependency is associated with a variety of mental health problems. There are two parts in this study. The purpose of the first part of the study was to develop a questionnaire of particular co-dependent behaviours and to examine the relationship between co-dependency, depression and dependent personality. The factor analysis of the questionnaire generated two factors, "Self-sacrifice" and "Immaturity" . Based on these factors the subscales were developed. Besides, Self-Depression Scale (SDS) was used to assess their mental health With regard to measuring dependent personality, eight items were extracted from dependent personality disorder from Cluster "C" Personality Disorder of DSM-IV-TR. The sample was 290 social welfare students (179 males, 111 females). The analysis of correlation showed a significant relation between co-dependency, depression and dependent personality. The second part of the study hypothesised that co-dependency of social welfare students would be higher than students majoring in a different subject The co-dependent data, gained from the first par of the study, was compared with data from students majoring in another subject (n=142). However, it was not found a significant difference between them. Further studies in this area should gather more data from clinical field.