People with this personality type are excessively and passively dependent on others; the dependent personality is characterised by a need for someone else to take charge of most aspects of their life, even the most important ones, and by an inability to make decisions without a great deal of advice and reassurance from others.
Consequently, they avoid roles that place them in positions of responsibility or decision-making, such as leadership roles, and those with a dependent personality put the needs of others before their own.