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First described by Zuroff (2004, 2005), interpersonal spin (spin) refers to within-person variability in the types of interpersonal behaviors an individual engages in across social interactions. This variability is typically conceptualized as maladaptive lability; it is predicted by higher trait Neuroticism and lower trait Agreeableness (Moskowitz & Zuroff, 2004, 2005 and has been associated with indicators of maladjustment (e.g., Rappaport et al., 2014;Russell et al., 2007) and especially with impaired social functioning (e.g., Côté et al., 2012;Sadikaj et al., 2015). How spin might arise is less well-elucidated. The present research aims to examine the perceptual processes that individuals with higher spin engage in within social interactions and whether

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Based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT), we examined mediational models connecting autonomy support and self-criticism to negative affect [NA], positive affect [PA], and goal progress [GP] via autonomous and controlled motivation. Separate measures were obtained within eight domains (e.g., academic performance and intimate relationships) for 346 university students. Multilevel structural equation modeling was used to test whether, both between-persons and within-person, autonomy support and self-criticism predicted autonomous and controlled motivation, which in turn predicted NA, PA, and GP. In addition to several between-persons indirect effects, we found numerous significant within-person indirect effects, including: 1) in domains where they experienced greater autonomy support, people experienced greater PA and greater GP, mediated by greater autonomous motivation and 2) in domains where they experienced greater self-criticism, people experienced more NA mediated by greater controlled motivation, and less PA mediated by greater controlled motivation and lesser autonomous motivation. These results support systematically adopting a multilevel perspective in SDT research.

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