Implementing High-Quality Educational Reform Efforts: An Interpersonal Circumplex Model Bridging Social and Personal Aspects of Teachers’ Motivation

2009 ◽  
pp. 253-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannine E. Turner ◽  
Ralph M. Waugh ◽  
Jessica J. Summers ◽  
Crissie M. Grove
Keyword(s):  
Educational Reform ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
High Quality

Assessing the Interpersonal Circumplex Model in Late Childhood

Assessment ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Di Blas ◽  
Michele Grassi ◽  
Riccardo Luccio ◽  
Silvia Momentè
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Late Childhood ◽  
Circumplex Model

scholarly journals When Depression Breeds Rejection Rather Than Compassion: Disagreeableness, Stigma, and Lack of Empathic Concern Among Support Providers

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myriam Mongrain ◽  
Ariel Shoikhedbrod
Keyword(s):  
Community Sample ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Support Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Shed Light

Past research has shown that the close relationships of depressed individuals are often characterised by rejection rather than compassion. The goal of this research was to broaden interpersonal models of depression by investigating the reports of support providers themselves. Individual differences, including disagreeableness, stigmatic beliefs about depression, and empathic concern were measured. These were examined in relation to reported interpersonal behaviours toward a significant other who was currently depressed. A cross-sectional design was used in an undergraduate (N = 312) and community sample (N = 296). Disagreeable individuals reported less compassionate and more rejecting behaviours toward depressed significant others based on an interpersonal circumplex model of social support. Serial mediation models further indicated that the associations between disagreeableness and rejecting behaviours reported by providers were mediated by stigma and lower empathic concern. The current studies shed light on how the personality, attitudes and emotions of support providers influence the level of compassion expressed toward depressed individuals.

scholarly journals The Nomological Network of the Short Dark Tetrad Scale (SD4)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Blötner ◽  
Matthias Ziegler ◽  
Caroline Wehner ◽  
Mitja Back ◽  
Michael P. Grosz
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Nomological Network ◽  
Sociosexual Orientation ◽  
Very High

The present study examined the nomological network of the Short Dark Tetrad scale (SD4). The SD4 measures narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism. We translated the original English SD4 into German and used an online sample (N = 594, 77% women) to investigate its nomological network with regard to the Big Five, honesty-humility, maladaptive personality traits, impulsivity, aggression, motives, values, sociosexual orientation, the octants of the interpersonal circumplex model, and self-esteem. The overall profile similarities between the observed and hypothesized nomological networks were very high. Few correlations differed concerning direction or magnitude. Hence, our study extends the nomological network of the Dark Tetrad in a meaningful way and suggests that the SD4 can be validly interpreted and used for the assessment of narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism.

scholarly journals Non-verbal Adaptation to the Interlocutors' Inner Characteristics: Relevance, Challenges, and Future Directions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Carrard
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Verbal Communication ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Communication Behaviors ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Verbal Responses ◽  
Actual Change ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
And Control

Human diversity cannot be denied. In our everyday social interactions, we constantly experience the fact that each individual is a unique combination of characteristics with specific cultural norms, roles, personality, and mood. Efficient social interaction thus requires an adaptation of communication behaviors to each specific interlocutor that one encounters. This is especially true for non-verbal communication that is more unconscious and automatic than verbal communication. Consequently, non-verbal communication needs to be understood as a dynamic and adaptive process in the theoretical modeling and study of social interactions. This perspective paper presents relevance, challenges, and future directions for the study of non-verbal adaptation in social interactions. It proposes that non-verbal adaptability is more pertinently studied as adaptation to interlocutor's inner characteristics (i.e., expectations or preferences) than to interlocutor's behaviors per se, because behaviors are communication messages that individuals interpret in order to understand their interlocutors. The affiliation and control dimensions of the Interpersonal Circumplex Model are proposed as a framework to measure both the interlocutors' inner characteristics (self-reported) and the individuals' non-verbal responses (external coders). These measures can then be compared across different interactions to assess an actual change in behavior tailored to different interlocutors. These recommendations are proposed in the hope of generating more research on the topic of non-verbal adaptability. Indeed, after having gathered the evidence on average effects of non-verbal behaviors, the field can go further than a “one size fits all” approach, by investigating the predictors, moderators, and outcomes of non-verbal adaptation to the interlocutors' inner characteristics.

A Contemporary Interpersonal Model of Personality Pathology and Personality Disorder

2012 ◽  
pp. 371-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron L. Pincus ◽  
Christopher J. Hopwood
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychological Theory ◽  
Personality Pathology ◽  
Interpersonal Theory ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Regulatory Processes ◽  
Agency And Communion ◽  
Personality Psychopathology ◽  
Interpersonal Model

We present a model of personality psychopathology based on the assumptions; descriptive metastructure; and developmental, motivational, and regulatory processes of the contemporary integrative interpersonal theory of personality. The interpersonal model of personality psychopathology distinguishes between the definition of personality pathology and individual differences in the expression of personality disorder. This approach facilitates interdisciplinary conceptualizations of functioning and treatment by emphasizing the interpersonal situation as a prominent unit of analysis, organized by the metaconstructs of agency and communion and the interpersonal circumplex model. Linking personality psychopathology to agentic and communal constructs, pathoplastic relationships with those constructs, patterns of intraindividual variability, and interpersonal signatures allows personality dysfunction to be tied directly to psychological theory with clear propositions for research and treatment planning. The model’s relevance for DSM-5 is highlighted throughout the chapter. We conclude by bringing the interpersonal model from bench to bedside with an articulation of its clinical implications.

scholarly journals The Interpersonal Circumplex and the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders: Relationships among Older Adults

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 898-899
Author(s):  
Lisa Stone ◽  
Daniel Segal
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Circumplex Model ◽  
Personality Functioning ◽  
Inventory Of Interpersonal Problems ◽  
Interpersonal Dysfunction ◽  
Pathological Personality Traits

Abstract Introduction The interpersonal circumplex model measures interpersonal dysfunction along two axes (communion and agency), resulting in eight unhealthy patterns: Domineering, Vindictive, Cold, Socially Avoidant, Nonassertive, Exploitable, Overly Nurturant, and Intrusive. It is unclear how the circumplex model applies to older adults and their unique biopsychosocial contexts. This study examined relationships between the circumplex and personality disorder features, using the Alternative Model of Personality Disorder’s (AMPD) personality functioning and pathological personality trait constructs. Method: Older adults (N = 202) completed the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Short Circumplex (IIP-SC), the Levels of Personality Functioning Scale-Self-Report (LPFS-SR), and the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) to measure pathological personality traits. Results Correlations were computed between the IIP-SC’s eight circumplex scales with the LPFS-SR’s four personality functioning domains and with the PID-5’s five domains. All circumplex scales significantly (p < .001) and positively correlated with all LPFS-SR and PID-5 domains, with large effect sizes (> .45). Next, regressions were conducted, with the LPFS-SR and PID-5 domains predicting each IIP-SC scale. Across the eight regressions, the AMPD constructs accounted for significant variance in the IIP-SC scales, ranging from 38% (Nonassertive) to 64% (Domineering and Cold). Discussion Significant overlap between the interpersonal circumplex and the AMPD was demonstrated, but patterns are distinct from previous research among younger adults. The circumplex was limited in its relation to the AMPD’s personality functioning, but the pathological personality trait model was well represented through the circumplex. Results indicate that the circumplex may have some validity among older adults and warrants further investigation.

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