In:
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Wiley, Vol. 57, No. 1 ( 2016-02), p. 83-91
Abstract:
Chronic depression is assumed to be caused and maintained by interpersonal deficits. We describe the development and psychometric evaluation of the Interactive Test of Interpersonal Behavior ( ITIB ) that we developed for self‐assessment of these deficits. Participants with chronic depression ( CD , N = 15), episodic depression ( ED , N = 15) and healthy controls ( HC , N = 15) participated in this pilot study. They completed the ITIB and a number of pen and paper questionnaires including the Lübeck Questionnaire of Preoperational Thinking ( LQPT ) and the inventory of interpersonal problems ( IIP ). The ITIB was highly acceptable for use in these participants. Internal consistency for the ITIB was adequate for group comparisons (Cronbach's alpha = 0.649). Item‐total correlations indicated adequate discriminatory power of five of the six items. The ITIB correlated moderately with the LQPT ( r = 0.524) and the IIP ( r = –0.568). The ITIB score differed significantly between the diagnostic groups ( ANOVA F(2,42) = 6.22, p = 0.004). It was the only measure that – albeit at a trend level – was associated with diagnostic group ( CD vs. ED ) on multinomial logistic regression analysis (B = 0.049 ± 0.029; OR 1.051; p = 0.088). We found preliminary evidence that the ITIB is an acceptable and psychometrically adequate measure of interpersonal behavior that distinguishes between patients with CD and patients with ED . If replicated with an improved version of the test, our results could support the hypothesis that having interpersonal problems is a core deficit in patients with CD .
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0036-5564
,
1467-9450
DOI:
10.1111/sjop.2016.57.issue-1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2016
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2022171-X
SSG:
5,2