Momentary assessment of interpersonal process in psychotherapy.

Thomas, Katherine M.; Hopwood, Christopher J.; Woody, Erik Z.; Ethier, Nicole; Sadler, Pamela

doi:10.1037/a0034277

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“…Such work has yielded results that highlight the importance of contextual factors and the interpersonal behavior of one's interactants (Pincus et al, 2014; Thomas et al, 2014b; Wright et al, 2017; Zuroff et al, 2007). …”

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Interpersonal problems across levels of the psychopathology hierarchy

Girard

Wright

Beeney

et al. 2017

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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We examined the relationship between psychopathology and interpersonal problems in a sample of 825 clinical and community participants. Sixteen psychiatric diagnoses and five transdiagnostic dimensions were examined in relation to self-reported interpersonal problems. The structural summary method was used with the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex Scales to examine interpersonal problem profiles for each diagnosis and dimension. We built a structural model of mental disorders including factors corresponding to detachment (avoidant personality, social phobia, major depression), internalizing (dependent personality, borderline personality, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress, major depression), disinhibition (antisocial personality, drug dependence, alcohol dependence, borderline personality), dominance (histrionic personality, narcissistic personality, paranoid personality), and compulsivity (obsessive-compulsive personality). All dimensions showed good interpersonal prototypicality (e.g., detachment was defined by a socially avoidant/nonassertive interpersonal profile) except for internalizing, which was diffusely associated with elevated interpersonal distress. The findings for individual disorders were largely consistent with the dimension that each disorder loaded on, with the exception of the internalizing and dominance disorders, which were interpersonally heterogeneous. These results replicate previous findings and provide novel insights into social dysfunction in psychopathology by wedding the power of hierarchical (i.e., dimensional) modeling and interpersonal circumplex assessment.

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confidence: 99%

Interpersonal problems across levels of the psychopathology hierarchy

Girard

Wright

Beeney

et al. 2017

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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“…In the clinical context, CAID has recently been used to link affiliation and dominance with outcomes during psychotherapy (Sadler, Woody, McDonald, Lizdek, & Little, 2015; Thomas et al, 2014). It has also informed a number of findings linking complementarity with particular relationship outcomes (e.g., Markey, Lowmaster, & Eichler, 2010).…”

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Momentary patterns of covariation between specific affects and interpersonal behavior: Linking relationship science and personality assessment.

Ross¹,

Girard²,

Wright³

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Psychological Assessment

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Relationships are among the most salient factors affecting happiness and wellbeing for individuals and families. Relationship science has identified the study of dyadic behavioral patterns between couple members during conflict as an important window in to relational functioning with both short-term and long-term consequences. Several methods have been developed for the momentary assessment of behavior during interpersonal transactions. Among these, the most popular is the Specific Affect Coding System (SPAFF), which organizes social behavior into a set of discrete behavioral constructs. This study examines the interpersonal meaning of the SPAFF codes through the lens of interpersonal theory, which uses the fundamental dimensions of Dominance and Affiliation to organize interpersonal behavior. A sample of 67 couples completed a conflict task, which was video recorded and coded using SPAFF and a method for rating momentary interpersonal behavior, the Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID). Actor partner interdependence models in a multilevel structural equation modeling framework were used to study the covariation of SPAFF codes and CAID ratings. Results showed that a number of SPAFF codes had clear interpersonal signatures, but many did not. Additionally, actor and partner effects for the same codes were strongly consistent with interpersonal theory’s principle of complementarity. Thus, findings reveal points of convergence and divergence in the two systems and provide support for central tenets of interpersonal theory. Future directions based on these initial findings are discussed.

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“…Such work has yielded results that highlight the importance of contextual factors and the interpersonal behavior of one's interactants (Pincus et al, 2014;Thomas et al, 2014b;Wright et al, 2017;Zuroff et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Interpersonal Problems Across Levels of the Psychopathology Hierarchy

Girard¹,

Wright²,

Beeney³

et al. 2017

Preprint

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We examined the relationship between psychopathology and interpersonal problems in a sample of 825 clinical and community participants. Sixteen psychiatric diagnoses and five transdiagnostic dimensions were examined in relation to self-reported interpersonal problems. The structural summary method was used with the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex Scales to examine interpersonal problem profiles for each diagnosis and dimension. We built a structural model of mental disorders including factors corresponding to detachment (avoidant personality, social phobia, major depression), internalizing (dependent personality, borderline personality, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress, major depression), disinhibition (antisocial personality, drug dependence, alcohol dependence, borderline personality), dominance (histrionic personality, narcissistic personality, paranoid personality), and compulsivity (obsessivecompulsive personality). All dimensions showed good interpersonal prototypicality (e.g., detachment was defined by a socially avoidant/nonassertive interpersonal profile) except for internalizing, which was diffusely associated with elevated interpersonal distress. The findings for individual disorders were largely consistent with the dimension that each disorder loaded on, with the exception of the internalizing and dominance disorders, which were interpersonally heterogeneous. These results replicate previous findings and provide novel insights into social dysfunction in psychopathology by wedding the power of hierarchical (i.e., dimensional) modeling and interpersonal circumplex assessment.

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Momentary assessment of interpersonal process in psychotherapy.

Cited by 60 publications

References 52 publications

Interpersonal problems across levels of the psychopathology hierarchy

Interpersonal problems across levels of the psychopathology hierarchy

Momentary patterns of covariation between specific affects and interpersonal behavior: Linking relationship science and personality assessment.

Interpersonal Problems Across Levels of the Psychopathology Hierarchy

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