Interpersonal Personality Measures Show Circumplex Structure Based on New Psychometric Criteria

Acton, G. Scott; Revelle, William

doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa7903_04

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“…Our results are twofold: [1] we compared the patterns of interpersonal behavior displayed in male dyads where one participant has Asperger's syndrome (AS) to those displayed in male dyads with two neurotypical (NT) participants and [2] examined the experiential consequences of these patterns for the participants in the two different types of dyads (AS dyads, NT dyads). Next, we will discuss these two types of results in two separate sections.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The circumplex structure implies that those variables that fall close together are more related than those that fall further apart on the circle, with opposite variables being negatively related and orthogonal variables unrelated. The circumplex structure can also be seen to suggest that all variables are equally spaced around the circle [98], while sophisticated psychometric tests can be applied to determine whether the interpersonal variables really meet the criteria for exact circumplex structure [1]. Figure 1.…”

Section: Interpersonal Theorymentioning

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“…The overall levels of affiliation and dominance expressed by the participants was assessed regarding the possible differences [1] between AS dyads and NT dyads ('Dyadtype') and [2] between the beginning and end phases of conversation ('Phase'). We found no differences between AS and NT dyads in their overall levels of affiliation or dominance (see Supplement Table S2 in the electronic Supplementary information).…”

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confidence: 99%

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On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Stevanovic¹,

Henttonen²,

Koski³

et al. 2017

J Autism

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We compared the patterns of affiliative and dominant behavior displayed in male dyads where one participant has Asperger's syndrome (AS) with those displayed in male dyads with two neurotypical (NT) participants. Drawing on interpersonal theory, according to which affiliation and dominance constitute two orthogonal axes of the "interpersonal circle," we used a computer-joystick apparatus to assess the participants' moment-to-moment affiliative and dominant behaviors throughout conversation. The patterns of affiliation and dominance were subsequently studied in relation to post-conversation questionnaires that targeted the interactional experiences of the participants in the two different types of dyads (AS dyads, NT dyads). We found the overall interpersonal notion of complementarity to hold for AS and NT dyads alike: greater affiliation in one participant invoked greater affiliation in the co-participant, and greater dominance invoked greater submissiveness in the co-participant. The AS and NT dyads, however, differed with regard to how affiliative and dominant behaviors related to each other during the time course of a single conversation. Furthermore, we found important differences between the AS and NT dyads in how the different patterns of affiliation and dominance were experienced by the participants. For example, a high level of affiliation synchrony was experienced in more negative terms by the participants in the AS dyads than by those in the NT dyads, while a high level of dominance coordination was experienced in more positive terms by the participants in the AS dyads than by those in the NT dyads. The paper increases understanding of the details of the interactional deficits associated with AS and of the conditions in which AS participants may get maximally positive interactional experiences. More generally, our study highlights the necessity to take the study of individual differences in the experiences of patterns of affiliation and dominance into the official agenda of empirical interaction research.

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On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Stevanovic¹,

Henttonen²,

Koski³

et al. 2017

J Autism

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“…These dimensions are the first two factors that were detected when the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems was initially developed; furthermore it is argued in interpersonal theory that the full range of interpersonal behaviors can be operationalized by these two dimensions (Horowitz et al, 1997). Whereas the different subscales or segments of interpersonal circumplex models may vary in number as well as in specific labels they use, all these models display a two-dimensional array organized around the axes of dominance and affiliation (Acton and Revell, 2002;Horowitz et al, 1988). Given these aspects we choose to use scores for these two dimensions in stead of using the subscale scores.…”

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Interpersonal Problems and Cognitive Characteristics of Interpersonal Representations in Alexithymia

Inslegers

Vanheule

Meganck

et al. 2012

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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In this study associations between alexithymia, interpersonal problems and cognitivestructural aspects of internal interpersonal representations were examined. Alexithymia was measured using the Structured Interview for Alexithymia (TSIA) and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20). To measure interpersonal problems, dominance and affiliation dimensions scores of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP-64) were used and cognitive-structural characteristics of interpersonal representations were measured using the Social Cognition and Object Relations Scale (SCORS). As hypothesized, alexithymia was related to cold and withdrawn, but not to dominant or submissive, interpersonal functioning.In terms of the SCORS, alexithymia was negatively related to complexity of interpersonal representations, both in TAT and in interview narratives, indicating a link between alexithymia and mentalization. However, alexithymia was only related to the dimension of social causality when this dimension was scored on TAT narratives. Overall the TSIA provides the most consistent and stable results after controlling for negative affectivity.

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“…Personality traits, interpersonal styles, and behavioral signatures can then be correlated with these lifespace areas and to the person's life story more generally (Acton & Revelle, 2002;Bauer & McAdams, 2004).…”

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A Tale of Two Visions: Can a New View of Personality Help Integrate Psychology?

Mayer¹

2005

American Psychologist

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Interpersonal Personality Measures Show Circumplex Structure Based on New Psychometric Criteria

Cited by 79 publications

References 76 publications

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

On the Asperger experience of interaction: Interpersonal dynamics in dyadic conversations

Interpersonal Problems and Cognitive Characteristics of Interpersonal Representations in Alexithymia

A Tale of Two Visions: Can a New View of Personality Help Integrate Psychology?

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