Mood and Global Symptom Changes among Psychotherapy Clients with Depressive Personality

Table 3

Multiple regression analyses: DPDI as a predictor of outcome.

Analysis 1: depression	B	SE B	β
Step  1
Constant	.430	.158
SCL-90 depression^a	.418	.077	.483*
Step  2
Constant	−.336	.319
SCL-90 depression^a	.160	.121	.184
DPDI^a	.008	.003	.381*
Analysis 2: global symptoms	B	SE B	β
Step  1
Constant	.265	.087
SCL-90 GSI^a	.439	.064	.577*
Step  2
Constant	−.336	.319
SCL-90 GSI^a	.306	.095	.403*
DPDI^a	.003	.002	.233

Analysis 1:  𝑅²=.223 for Step  1, Δ𝑅²=0.056 for Step  2 (𝑃<.01).
Analysis 2: 𝑅²=.333 for Step  1, Δ𝑅²=0.024 for Step  2 (𝑃=.07).
* P < .01.
^aScores at pretreatment.
Note. DPDI: depressive personality disorder inventory; SCL: symptom checklist-90; GSI: global severity index.