Interpersonal sensitivities: their links to mood, anger and gender

Gilbert, P., Irons, C., Olsen, K., Gilbert, J. and McEwan, Kirsten 2006. Interpersonal sensitivities: their links to mood, anger and gender. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice 79 (1) , pp. 37-51. 10.1348/147608305X43856

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Abstract

This paper explores two interpersonal sensitivities (to rejection and to social put-down) in a group of 54 depressed men and 50 depressed women. Measures of anhedonia, anxiety, anger, social comparison, and submissive behaviour were also obtained. We found no differences in rejection sensitivity, anger, anhedonia, or anxiety between the sample of depressed men and women. Depressed women rated themselves as more submissive and more inferior than depressed men, and blamed themselves more for being criticized and put-down by other people. Principal components analysis (PCA) revealed three underlying factors: mood (including anxiety and depression), internalization (related to self-blame and feelings of low rank), and externalization (related to anger and blaming others for criticism). For both men and women internalization was significantly correlated with depression. However, externalization was negatively related to depression in women, but positively related to depression in men.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1476-0835
Last Modified:	19 Apr 2017 15:42
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/94034

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