Benue State University, Makurdi

Personality type “A” and self-concept as predictors of depression in medically ill patients in Makurdi.

Ojobo, Odeh Victor & Aondoaver Ucho
(Department of Psychology, Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria +2347062663826, uchoaondoaver@yahoo.com)

Abstract

The study examined personality type “A” and self-concept as predictors of depression in patients with medical illnesses.A sample of 250 participants was drawn from five hospitals in Makurdi; 132 male and 118 female in-patients were involved, their age range from16 to 65 years. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample participants for the study. Type 'A' Behaviour Scale (TABS); Index of Self-Esteem (ISE) and Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) were used for the collection of data, to measure personality type, self-concept and Depression respectively. Regression Analysis was used to test the hypotheses and the results indicated that, personality type“A” predicted depression with a significant value (â=.32, p?.001). Self-concept also predicted depression with a significant value (â=.43, p?.001). Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that personality type “A” and self-concept assessments be carried out on patients immediately when admitted to determine their predisposition to depression on admission.

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