Codependency: A new personality disorder?
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1996
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The purpose of the present study was to clarify the concept of
codependency by comparing codependent, borderline, and dependent
personality traits, and to explore the cognitive schema of each of
these personality types. One hundred seventy-four undergraduate
students from Salisbury State University were administered the
Potter-Efron Codependency Scale (Potter-Efron & Potter-Efron, 1989)
to assess eight areas thought to be relevant to the concept of
codependency. The MCMI-II (Millon, 1987) was used to measure
dependent and borderline personality traits, and the Dysfunctional
Attitude Scale (Burns, 1980) was used to look at cognitive schema
for these three personality groups. Pearson Product Moment
correlations were computed and revealed a significant positive
correlation of r=. 73 between codependent and borderline traits. No
correlation was found between dependent traits and codependency.
Codependent and borderline personality traits were also similarly
correlated with specific cognitive schema. Both showed significant
inverse correlations with all seven areas of the DAS. Dependent
personality traits were positively correlated with perfectionism
and inversely correlated with approval and omnipotence.