Table 3: Distribution of responses for each item of the view of self scale in a sample of depressed patients.

Item

Response Options (%)

0

1

2

3

4

I think I am a failure in my important relationships.

23.4

19.1

6.4

27.7

23.4

I think that almost nothing I do at work (or school or household chores) is as good as what other people can do.

36.2

17

17

14.9

14.9

I feel that I deserve to be loved.

36.2

10.6

19.1

19.1

14.9

I feel like something is fundamentally wrong with me.

12.8

14.9

10.6

29.8

31.9

I feel that I am loved by friends, family, and/or my significant other.

23.4

23.4

17

27.7

8.5

I feel that I have let people down in some important ways.

8.5

12.8

21.3

19.1

38.3

I feel like I screw up everything I try.

23.4

17

21.3

21.3

17

I think I am too unlovable to reveal myself to other people.

38.3

4.3

23.4

19.1

14.9

When people show interest in me, I feel I am fooling them.

34

19.1

14.9

12.8

19.1

I think I am not important in any way.

38.3

10.6

21.3

14.9

14.9

I see myself as physically attractive.

106

17

17

27.7

27.7

I feel that I am worthless.

29.8

25.5

17

10.6

17

I think I am no good at all.

36.2

17

21.3

12.8

12.8

I have little respect for myself.

34

14.9

23.4

14.9

12.8

I like myself as a person.

17

25.5

25.5

21.3

10.6

I feel like I am a loser in every way.

36.2

8.5

25.5

14.9

14.9

I think that I drive people away from me.

21.3

17

19.1

12.8

29.8

I believe that I am not worthy of people's attention or affection.

31.9

10.6

21.3

19.1

17

I feel that I'm not lovable.

38.3

10.6

14.9

17

19.1

I feel like I am flawed and defective.

29.8

12.8

23.4

17

17

I think that I do not have much to be proud of.

23.4

23.4

25.5

8.5

19.1

I believe that no one I desire would want to stay close to me if he/she knew the real me.

21.3

21.3

23.4

10.6

23.4

I feel like I am unacceptable in basic ways.

36.2

12.8

21.3

21.3

8.5

I believe that no one likes me.

40.4

14.9

19.1

17

8.5

I feel like I am a failure as a person.

29.8

12.8

17

14.9

25.5

I often feel that I am stupid.

40.4

19.1

21.3

8.5

10.6

I think that I am useless.

42.6

4.3

25.5

8.5

19.1

I think that I am able to do things as well as most other people.

19.1

25.5

31.9

14.9

8.5

I think that I am able to succeed.

21.3

25.5

25.5

12.8

14.9

I feel like I can't do anything right.

27.7

17

23.4

23.4

8.5

I feel like I can't finish anything I am supposed to do.

17

21.3

31.9

19.1

10.6

I feel like I am hopeless.

38.3

10.6

17

19.1

14.9

I think I am incompetent when it comes to achievement.

46.8

10.6

23.4

8.5

10.6