Origins and Applications of the Interpersonal Circumplex

Fournier, Marc A.; David, Deborah S.; Zuroff, David C.

doi:10.1002/9781118001868.ch4

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“…Toward this end, videotaped couple interactions were coded using the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB) (Benjamin, Rothwiler, & Critchfield, 2006), specifically the SASB-Composite Observational Coding Scheme (SASB-COMP; Florsheim & Benjamin, 2001). SASB is a refinement of the interpersonal circumplex (for a review, see Fournier, Moskowitz, & Zuroff, 2011), the latter describing interpersonal behavior as varying in affiliation (i.e., warm and friendly vs. cold and quarrelsome) and control (i.e., dominant and directive vs. submissive and yielding). Although SASB and the IPC differ in the conceptualization of the control dimension, dominant or controlling behavior is specifically assessed in SASB (see Smith et al, 2009, for a more detailed discussion of marital behavior assessment in this sample).…”

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Incremental validity of spouse ratings versus self-reports of personality as predictors of marital quality and behavior during marital conflict.

Cundiff¹,

Smith²,

Frandsen³

2012

Psychological Assessment

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The personality traits of neuroticism and agreeableness are consistently related to marital quality, influencing the individual's own (i.e., actor effect) and the spouse's marital quality (i.e., partner effect). However, this research has almost exclusively relied on self-reports of personality, despite the fact that spouse ratings have been found to have incremental validity over self-reports for a variety of other important outcomes. In a study of 300 middle-aged and older married couples, we examined the incremental validity of spouse ratings of neuroticism and agreeableness in predicting concurrent levels of self-reported marital quality, observations of behavior during a marital disagreement task, and depressive symptoms. Neuroticism and agreeableness had expected actor and partner effects on each of these outcomes. Spouse ratings of these traits demonstrated incremental validity in estimates of actor and partner effects on marital quality, marital behavior, and depressive symptoms. Results suggest that spouse ratings of personality may be important additions to the typical reliance on self-reports for research and clinical assessment in marriage.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Incremental validity of spouse ratings versus self-reports of personality as predictors of marital quality and behavior during marital conflict.

Cundiff¹,

Smith²,

Frandsen³

2012

Psychological Assessment

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“…In contemporary interpersonal theory, agency and communion undergird the structure that forms the basis of a clinically flexible and extensively-validated model for organizing and assessing interpersonal functioning, the Interpersonal Circumplex (IPC; Leary, 1957; Fournier, Moskowitz, & Zuroff, 2011; Wiggins, 1996; Figure 1). At the level of behavior, agency and communion vary along dominance-submission and warmth-coldness respectively.…”

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The Interpersonal Core of Personality Pathology

Hopwood¹,

Wright

Ansell³

et al. 2013

Journal of Personality Disorders

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The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that personality pathology is, at its core, fundamentally interpersonal. We review the proposed DSM-5 Section 3 redefinition of personality pathology involving self and interpersonal dysfunction, which we regard as a substantial improvement over the DSM-IV (and DSM-5 Section 2) definition. We note similarities between the proposed scheme and contemporary interpersonal theory and interpret the DSM-5 Section 3 definition using the underlying assumptions and evidence base of the interpersonal paradigm in clinical psychology. We describe how grounding the proposed DSM-5 Section 3 definition in interpersonal theory, and in particular a focus on the “interpersonal situation”, adds to its theoretical texture, empirical support, and clinical utility. We provide a clinical example that demonstrates the ability of contemporary interpersonal theory to augment the DSM-5 definition of personality pathology. We conclude with directions for further research that could clarify the core of personality pathology, and how interpersonal theory can inform research aimed at enhancing the DSM-5 Section 3 proposal and ultimately justify its migration to DSM-5 Section 2.

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“…The major dimensions of the IPC are dominance versus submissiveness on the vertical axis, and affiliation versus disaffiliation on the horizontal axis. Interpersonal theory asserts that, “all forms of social behavior can in turn be viewed as combinations of the four poles” (Fournier, Moskowitz, & Zuroff, 2011; p. 58).…”

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

Ross¹,

Girard²,

Wright³

et al. 2017

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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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Origins and Applications of the Interpersonal Circumplex

Cited by 56 publications

References 48 publications

Incremental validity of spouse ratings versus self-reports of personality as predictors of marital quality and behavior during marital conflict.

Incremental validity of spouse ratings versus self-reports of personality as predictors of marital quality and behavior during marital conflict.

The Interpersonal Core of Personality Pathology

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

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