With a little flak from my friends: Development and preliminary validation of the Test of Negative Social Exchange (TENSE).

Ruehlman, Linda S.; Karoly, Paul

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Section: Daily Measures Of Interpersonal Competence and Functioningmentioning

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“…We derived a total conflict score for each period by summing across all 17 items; daily conflict scores were derived by taking the mean of these three total scores within each day. Previous research supports the internal consistency, test-retest reliability across 2 days, and convergence of the TENSE scales with measures of social support (rs = −.11 to −.25), loneliness (rs = .21 to .40), and depression (rs = .32 to .52; Ruehlman & Karoly, 1991).Negative Affect-Participants rated their affective state within each time period using the Multidimensional Mood Questionnaire (MDMQ; Wilhelm & Schoebi, 2007), which consists of six bipolar items assessing three aspects of mood: valence, calmness, and energetic arousal. As described in a previous study (Turner et al, 2016), given the strong withinperson correlations between the Valence and Calmness scales, we created a composite score by averaging these two z-transformed subscales to index daily negative affect, with higher scores indicating more negative and higher arousal emotional states.…”

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“…Negative Interpersonal Interactions-Within each daily period, participants were asked to rate the presence (1) or absence (0) of 17 unpleasant interactions using the Test of Negative Social Exchange (TENSE; Ruehlman & Karoly, 1991). The TENSE assesses unpleasant interactions in four domains: Hostile/Impatient interactions (e.g., "someone lost his or her temper with me"), Insensitive interactions (e.g., "someone took me for granted"), Interfering interactions (e.g., "someone prevented me from working on my goals"), and Ridiculing interactions (e.g., "someone made fun of me").…”

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Compared to people who have never engaged in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), people with a history of NSSI report multiple interpersonal problems. Theories propose that these interpersonal difficulties play a role in prompting and maintaining NSSI. The cross-sectional nature of most studies in this area limits our understanding of how day-to-day interpersonal experiences relate to the global interpersonal impairments observed among individuals with NSSI, and vice versa. This study compared young adults with (n = 60) and without (n = 56) recent, repeated NSSI on baseline and daily measures of interpersonal functioning during a 14-day daily diary study. Groups differed in baseline social anxiety, excessive reassurance seeking, and use of support seeking relative to other coping strategies, but did not differ in self-perceived interpersonal competence. In terms of day-to-day functioning, participants with (vs. without) NSSI had significantly less contact with their families and friends, perceived less support following interactions with friends, and were less likely to seek support to cope, regardless of level of negative affect. With the exception of contact with family members, these group differences in daily interpersonal functioning were accounted for by baseline levels of social anxiety and use of support seeking. Contrary to expectations, participants with NSSI had more frequent contact with their romantic partners, did not differ in perceptions of support in romantic relationships, and did not report more intense negative affect following negative interpersonal interactions. This study provides a novel test of recent interpersonal theories of NSSI using daily reports.Keywords nonsuicidal self-injury; self-harm; social support; experience sampling; daily diary Address correspondence to Brianna J. Turner, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada, V5A 1S6; briannat@sfu.ca. Conflict of Interest StatementThe authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.Behav Ther. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 July 11. CIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author Manuscript CIHR Author ManuscriptAlthough nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) has been recognized for decades as a serious clinical problem due to its associations with psychopathology, suicidality, and functional impairment (Glenn & Klonsky, 2013;Selby, Bender, Gordon, Nock, & Joiner, 2011), recent evidence suggests that NSSI is also associated with impairments in interpersonal functioning. Compared to individuals without a history of NSSI, those with NSSI report pervasive interpersonal problems, including poorer quality relationships with peers and caregivers (Claes, Houben, Vandereycken, Bijttebier, & Muehlenkamp, 2010;Gratz, Conrad, & Roemer, 2002;Hilt, Nock, Lloyd-Richardson, & Prinstein, 2008;Hoff & Muehlenkamp, 2009), greater loneliness (Giletta, Scholte, Engels, Ciairano, & Prinstein, 2012;Glenn & Klonsky, 2013;Guertin, Lloyd-Richardson, Spirito, Donaldson, & Boergers, 2001), higher rate...

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“…We suggest this for future research, as well as studies examining reciprocity across a variety of settings and organizational levels, and considering the influence of context and content of transactions (e.g., task request versus pay request). Also, while using the TENSE (test of negative social exchange) (Ruehlman & Karoly, 1991) allowed us to assess behavior that is consistent with those associated with negative reciprocity, it does not directly measure this behavior in terms of a reaction to another's behavior. We suggest that future research consider the degree to which the negative exchanges are in retaliation for what another person has done.…”

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“…As suggested by Liden et al (1997), we also used an established measure of TENSE, or Test of Negative Social Exchange (Ruehlman & Karoly, 1991), to capture aspects of negative social exchange. TENSE is an 18-item measure designed to assess hostility, insensitivity, interference, and ridicule in a relationship.…”

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