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  • the role of interpersonal personality traits and Reassurance seeking in eating disorder symptoms and depressive symptoms among women with bulimia nervosa
    Comprehensive Psychiatry, 2016
    Co-Authors: Tyler B Mason, Thomas E Joiner, Jason M Lavender, Stephen A Wonderlich, Ross D Crosby, James E Mitchell, Scott J Crow, Marjorie H Klein, Daniel Le Grange, Anna M Bardonecone
    Abstract:

    Abstract Introduction The role of interpersonal factors has been proposed in various models of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology and treatment. We examined the independent and interactive contributions of two interpersonal-focused personality traits (i.e., social avoidance and insecure attachment) and Reassurance seeking in relation to global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms among women with bulimia nervosa (BN). Method Participants were 204 adult women with full or subclinical BN who completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Hierarchical multiple OLS regressions including main effects and interaction terms were used to analyze the data. Results Main effects were found for social avoidance and insecure attachment in association with global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms. In addition, two-way interactions between social avoidance and Reassurance seeking were observed for both global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms. In general, Reassurance seeking strengthened the association between social avoidance and global ED psychopathology and depressive symptoms. Conclusion These results demonstrate the importance of Reassurance seeking in psychopathology among women with BN who display personality features characterized by social avoidance.

  • perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness predict excessive Reassurance seeking among clinical outpatients
    Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2015
    Co-Authors: Jennifer L Hames, Bruno Chiurliza, Matthew C Podlogar, April R Smith, Edward A Selby, Michael D Anestis, Thomas E Joiner
    Abstract:

    Objective The current study aimed to investigate whether perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness (i.e., suicide risk factors) were associated with excessive Reassurance seeking (a behavior linked to rejection). It was predicted that perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness would predict higher levels of excessive Reassurance seeking, controlling for depressive symptoms and global functioning. Method A cross-sectional sample of 415 clinical outpatients (62% female; mean age = 28) was examined. Results Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness significantly predicted excessive Reassurance seeking, controlling for depressive symptoms and global functioning. Conclusions Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness predicted excessive Reassurance seeking, suggesting that it would be beneficial for clinicians to assess for and target excessive Reassurance seeking among individuals experiencing perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness so that excessive Reassurance seeking does not elicit interpersonal rejection.

  • vulnerability to depressive symptoms clarifying the role of excessive Reassurance seeking and perceived social support in an interpersonal model of depression
    Cognition & Emotion, 2007
    Co-Authors: Gerald J Haeffel, Zachary R Voelz, Thomas E Joiner
    Abstract:

    This study investigated whether key constructs in Coyne's (1976) interpersonal theory of depression, namely excessive Reassurance seeking and social support, combine to confer risk for future depressive symptoms. Consistent with hypotheses, excessive Reassurance seeking interacted with changes in perceived social support to predict the prospective development of depressive symptoms. Furthermore, the interaction of excessive Reassurance seeking and changes in perceived social support were specific to the development of depressive symptoms, but not anxious symptoms. The implications of these results for the interpersonal theories of depression are discussed.

  • On the specific depressotypic nature of excessive Reassurance-seeking
    Personality and Individual Differences, 2006
    Co-Authors: Andrea B. Burns, Jessica S. Brown, E. Ashby Plant, Natalie Sachs-ericsson, Thomas E Joiner
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    Abstract Excessive Reassurance-seeking has been proposed as a key variable in the development of a depressive spiral in which a dysphoric individual increasingly alienates significant others and thereby compounds his or her own depressive symptoms. Whereas previous research has substantiated an association between Reassurance-seeking and depression, this study sought to establish that this relationship is specific to depressive symptoms, rather than generalized psychopathology. One hundred and seventy-eight undergraduate students completed measures assessing Reassurance-seeking behavior; current symptoms of depression, anxiety, and eating disorders; and personal and family history of diagnosed mental illness and suicide attempts. Partial correlations between Reassurance-seeking and depression and suicide (controlling for other psychopathology) were compared with partial correlations between Reassurance-seeking and other disorders (controlling for other psychopathology, including depression). Results generally supported depressotypic specificity of Reassurance-seeking behaviors.

  • Excessive Reassurance Seeking: Delineating a Risk Factor Involved in the Development of Depressive Symptoms
    Psychological science, 2001
    Co-Authors: Thomas E Joiner, Gerald I. Metalsky
    Abstract:

    Six studies investigated (a) the construct validity of Reassurance seeking and (b) Reassurance seeking as a specific vulnerability factor for depressive symptoms. Studies 1 and 2 demonstrated that Reassurance seeking is a reasonably cohesive, replicable, and valid construct, discernible from related interpersonal variables. Study 3 demonstrated that Reassurance seeking displayed diagnostic specificity to depression, whereas other interpersonal variables did not, in a sample of clinically diagnosed participants. Study 4 prospectively assessed a group of initially symptom-free participants, and showed that those who developed future depressive symptoms (as compared with those who remained symptom-free) obtained elevated Reassurance-seeking scores at baseline, when all participants were symptom-free, but did not obtain elevated scores on other interpersonal variables. Studies 5 and 6 indicate that Reassurance seeking predicts future depressive reactions to stress. Taken together, the six studies support the ...