Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality: A Functional Theory and Methodology for Personality Evaluation.

Personality disorders.

“…Relational diagnosis looks at patterns of communication, themes, multigenerational processes, feedback loops, and interpersonal processes such as complementarity (Kaslow & Patterson, 2006). The relational classification of personality stems from many sources: the interpersonal model of Harry Stack Sullivan (1953), which dealt with dyadic configurations; the systemic model of Murray Bowen (1978), which dealt with triadic configurations; the circumplex model of Leary (1957); and Benjamin's (1993) structural analysis of social behavior. A movement has emerged to develop and codify a comprehensive relational model (Kaslow & Patterson, 2006), and another advocates expanding the use of relational diagnoses in the DSM (Beach et al, 2006).…”

Existence and relationality: A synthesis of existential thought and contemporary interpersonal theory.

“…Communion and agency also constituted the primary axes of a map, the Interpersonal Circumplex (IPC; Leary, 1957; for historical review see Fournier et al, 2011). Because communion and agency are broad metaconstructs that can be overly expansive in their meaning, the labels of the IPC are typically more concrete: the communion axis ranges from warmth to coldness whereas the agency axis ranges from dominance to submissiveness (see Figure 1).…”

“…Interpersonal authenticity also entails being true to one's personality and values (Bugental, 1965(Bugental, , 1976de Beauvoir, 1948de Beauvoir, /1976Sartre, 1943Sartre, / 19841967/1993. However, these values are essentially interpersonal in nature (Horowitz, 2004;Leary, 1957) and manifest as stylistic patterns of interaction that repeat across time and situation (Pincus et al, 2010;Wiggins & Trapnell, 1996;Wright et al, 2020). Although a person may instantiate their interpersonal values and styles into particular projects that bring meaning to their life (de Beauvoir, 1948(de Beauvoir, /1976Sartre, 1943Sartre, /1984Webber, 2018), in order to be authentic a person must remain flexible in interacting with others.…”

The Game Grid

“…The version of the ICL used as the basis for the Game Grid (IGG) described in this paper is the version published by Leary (1957). This book included a chapter which was credited as a reproduction with permission of a paper by LaForge and Suczek (1955).…”

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The author presents his own design of a Game Grid which can be overlaid on the original version of the circumplex attributed to Leary (1957). The original Interpersonal Check List (ICL) and associated axes and domains (sections) are retained as the purpose is to prompt individuals to explore their own behaviours and how these link to their life positions and the psychological games they may play.

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