Abstract

This research is purposed to survey the characteristics of depressive persons by Multiphasic Persona Inventory. The Persona scores of the high(n=54) and the low(n=224) depressive students among 366 students were compared in Study 1. The Persona scores of the 42(male 21, female 21) depressives and 44(male 22, female 22) normals were compared in Study 2. The common results both of Study 1 and 2 were that the scores of the Critic and the Vulnerable Child Persona were significantly higher, and the score of the Playful Child was significantly lower in depressive groups than control groups. Among the subfactors, the scores of 'vulnerable-sensitiveness', 'striving for the strength', 'disgusting the mistakes', and 'defensing the face' were significantly higher and the score of 'the liveliness' was significantly lower in depressives. The results of correlation analysis and the step-wise regression analysis in study 1 were that the Critic had the strongest association with depression and the highest variance for explaining the depression.