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The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between sense of classroom community and interpersonal sensitivity in high school students. The research population was composed of 409 students from an Anatolian high school located in Ümraniye county of Istanbul city. The sample consisted of 208 females and 201 male students and the mean age was 15.37. The data were obtained by using the Classroom Community Index and Interpersonal Sensitivity Scale. The descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation coefficient and path analysis were used in the analysis of the data. There were significant and negative correlations among high school students' sense of classroom community and interpersonal worry and dependency, unassertive interpersonal behavior and low self-esteem levels which are the subscales of the interpersonal sensitivity. Results of the path analysis indicated that interpersonal sensitivity had a significant, negative predictive role on sense of classroom community. This analysis also stated that the fit indices for the proposed structural model were good (²/df = 1.61, SRMR = 0.01, GFI = 0.99, RMSEA = 0.039, CFI = 0.99, TLI = 0.98). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Purpose: In the face of adverse and traumatic events throughout their lives, individuals respond in different ways depending on their degree of resilience, factors of which include their individual resources for coping with those events. This study examined the predictive role of emotional self-efficacy and interpersonal sensitivity on psychological resilience among young adults in order to gain insights into psychological resilience and its protective factors. In particular, its purpose was to examine how perceiving emotions of the self and others, using emotions to facilitate thought, regulating emotions in the self and others, interpersonal awareness, need for approval, separation anxiety, timidity, fragile inner self, and understanding emotions, the emotional self, and others affect perceptions of the future, structural style, social competence, family cohesion, and social resources. Method: Using the relational screening model, participants were selected via basic random sampling. The sample included volunteers--243 women (73.4%) and 88 men (26.6%)--with a mean age of 21.46 years. The Resilience Scale for Adults, Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale, and Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure were used as measuring instruments. Findings: Following simultaneous multiple regression analysis, psychological resilience could be predicted according to emotional self-efficacy and interpersonal sensitivity. Conclusions and Recommendations: Similar to earlier research in the field, this study showed that psychological resilience and its aspects can be explained in light of emotional self-efficacy and interpersonal sensitivity. However, since psychological resilience had not heretofore been examined in such detail, this study offers significant contributions to trauma and preventive psychological counselling studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background The present study was conducted to examine the hypothesis based on our previous studies, that the multiple diagnoses of comorbid anxiety disorders (ADs) and higher interpersonal sensitivity predict treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Methods The participants were 199 consecutive outpatients with major depressive disorder (MDD), who were comprehensively diagnosed using the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). TRD was defined as the failure to achieve remission with two or more adequate antidepressant trials. Using multiple logistic regression, the clinical features including the number of comorbid ADs and the Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (IPSM) score of the TRD group (N = 31) were compared with those of the remission group (N = 123). Results Comorbid ADs (odds ratio (OR), 4.5), higher IPSM score (OR, 4.1), suicidal risk (OR, 3.9), and non-melancholic features (OR, 3.3) were identified as the most discriminative variables associated with TRD. All the participants with two or more comorbid ADs (N = 12) belonged to the TRD group. Conclusion The results showed that the multiple diagnoses of comorbid ADs and higher interpersonal sensitivity were associated with TRD, suggesting that considering the concept of MDD with “anxious distress,” which appears in DSM-5, may be useful for managing TRD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We developed the Interpersonal Sensitivity/Privileged Self Scale (IPS) to measure personality traits related to “modern-type depression,” and assessed its validity and reliability through three surveys completed by 804 undergraduates. Factors for validity were examined by confirmatory factor analysis. As predicted, the scale comprised two superordinate factors: interpersonal sensitivity (IS) and privileged self (PS). Criterion-related validity for the IPS scale was assessed by examining its relationship with depressive symptoms and typus melancholicus, and by comparing subscale scores regarding depression types (i.e., melancholic, atypical). All subscale scores were positively correlated with depressive symptoms. Correlations between typus melancholicus and subscales showed that the interpersonal sensitivity subscale was positively correlated with typus melancholicus, while the privileged self subscale was not correlated. An analysis of variance revealed that the “self-righteousness” score was significantly higher for the atypical depression group compared to the melancholic depression group. The test-retest correlation indicated good test-retest reliability for all subscales. Overall, the findings indicated that the IPS has high validity and reliability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The mental health of elderly individuals in rural areas is increasingly relevant as populations age and social structures change. While social support satisfaction is a well-established predictor of quality of life, interpersonal sensitivity symptoms may diminish this relation. The current study extends the findings of Scogin et al by investigating the relationship among interpersonal sensitivity, social support satisfaction, and quality of life among rural older adults and exploring the mediating role of social support in the relation between interpersonal sensitivity and quality of life (N = 128). Hierarchical regression revealed that interpersonal sensitivity and social support satisfaction predicted quality of life. In addition, bootstrapping resampling supported the role of social support satisfaction as a mediator between interpersonal sensitivity symptoms and quality of life. These results underscore the importance of nurses and allied health providers in assessing and attending to negative self-perceptions of clients, as well as the perceived quality of their social networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Summary Background In order to provide optimal professional care to patients, nurses must possess a positive self-image and professional identity. High interpersonal sensitivity, coping problems and dysfunctional automatic thoughts can prevent nursing students to be self-confident and successful nurses. Helping nursing students experiencing interpersonal sensitivity problems via cognitive-behavioral counseling strategies can contribute to shape good nurses. Objectives This study aims to evaluate interpersonal sensitivity, ways of coping and automatic thoughts of nursing students before and after a cognitive behavioral group counseling program. Design An intervention study with 43 nursing students. Measurements were done before the counseling program, at the end of the program and 4.5 months after the program. Settings The students were chosen from a faculty of nursing in Turkey. Participants 43 second and third year nursing students who were experiencing interpersonal sensitivity problems constituted the sample. Methods Brief Symptom Inventory, Ways of Coping Inventory and Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire were used for data collection. Results The students’ scores of “interpersonal sensitivity”, “hopeless” and “submissive” copings and “automatic thoughts” were significantly lower at the end of and 4.5 months after the program than the scores before the program (Interpersonal sensitivity F = 52.903, p = 0.001; hopeless approach F = 19.213, p = 0.001; submissive approach F = 4.326, p = 0.016; automatic thoughts F = 45.471, p = 0.001). Scores of “self-confident”, “optimistic” and “seeking social support” copings were higher at the end of and 4.5 months after the program than the scores before the program (Self confident F = 11.640, p = 0.001; optimistic F = 10.860, p = 0.001; seeking social support F = 10.411, p = 0.001). Conclusions This program helped the students to have better results at interpersonal sensitivity, ways of coping and automatic thoughts at the end of and 4.5 months after the program. We have reached the aim of the study. We suggest that such counseling programs should be regular and integrated into the services provided for students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Aim: We examined the relationship between return to work (RTW) from sick leave (SL) and personality traits in workers with major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods: Eighty-eight Japanese individuals with ≥2 weeks of SL episode and with ≥2 months of pharmacotherapy history were assessed. Measurements included Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D), Neuroticism, and Interpersonal Sensitivity Measure (IPSM). Multivariate analyses were conducted to clarify the association between personality traits and RTW status. In order to minimize the state effect of depressive symptoms to personality traits, we performed an additional analysis among a subgroup of subjects in remission (HAM-D ≤7). Results: Thirty-seven subjects (42.0%) had returned to work. Among whole subjects, factors associated with RTW status were: shorter SL duration in the past 5 years, longer treatment duration of the recent major depressive episode, HAM-D ≤7, and IPSM ≤94. In the subgroup of remission subjects (n =53), factors associated with RTW status were: IPSM ≤94, no comorbid current anxiety disorder, and shorter SL duration in the past 5 years. Conclusions: Low interpersonal sensitivity, along with depression remission, was associated with post-SL RTW status among workers with MDD. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: This study evaluated the interpersonal sensitivity of third culture individuals, defined as people who lived in a country other than that of their nationality during their developmental years, by comparing them to mono-cultured individuals. While the notion that third culture individuals develop enhanced perceptual skills as a result of intercultural adaptation is widely accepted in popular and professional literature, this assertion has not been empirically tested. Previous research on intercultural communication competence and adaptation has almost exclusively focused on intercultural exposure among adults. This study collected data from 142 individuals using web-based surveys. The instruments measured two aspects of participants’ interpersonal sensitivity: social and emotional sensitivity. Results showed that third culture individuals have significantly higher social sensitivity than mono-cultured individuals, while mono-cultured individuals reported higher emotional sensitivity. Additionally, no significant correlation was found between greater intercultural experience and increased interpersonal sensitivity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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Abstract: This exploratory study assessed interpersonal sensitivity and dysfunctional cognitions in patients with social phobia and depression. Thirty patients with social phobia/depression were compared with community sample of 30 participants on measures of interpersonal sensitivity and dependency. The clinical sample also responded to measures of dysfunctional cognitions, anxiety and depression. Test retest reliability for the IPSM was established. Results indicated higher interpersonal sensitivity and dependency in clinical sample and positive correlations between interpersonal sensitivity, dependency and dysfunctional attitudes. Anxiety was associated with both interpersonal measures. The paper discusses implications of interpersonal sensitivity for psychological interventions and cultural differences. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Examines the efficacy of Fluoxetine on the treatment of social phobia. Description of social phobia; Effectiveness of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor for avoidant personality disorder; Findings from the placebo-controlled trials of fluoxetine.