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Longitudinally followed remitted depressed Ss (N= 59) to determine whether dependent or self-critical persons are more vulnerable to relapse after exposure to life events that have a bearing on interpersonal or achievement concerns. Regression analyses indicated that congruency effects, as measured by the occurrence of achievement-related adversity in the lives of self-critical Ss, accounted for a significant increment in relapse variance over each variable entered singly. When data from the 2 mo just before relapse were analyzed, some evidence of congruency effects in dependent Ss experiencing interpersonal-related adversity was obtained. Findings highlight the dimensional qualities of life event impact and call for greater differentiation in modeling the activation of a diathesis and precipitation of depression after life stress.(PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)