TY - JOUR
T1 - Tethering theory to timescale
T2 - Advances in measuring interpersonal complementarity and covariation
AU - Roche, Michael J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - Interpersonal theory suggests interpersonal functioning is healthier when exchanging dominance throughout a conversation (agentic complementarity). However, many research paradigms measure agency across conversations rather than within conversations. This leads to different timescales (minutes vs. seconds) and analyses (between-situation vs. within-situation), complicating how interpersonal complementarity is researched and applied clinically. Interpersonal processes (complementarity, covariation) are examined across different timescales, and a new way to measure within-situation complementarity using EMA data is proposed. Participants across two datasets (n = 186, n = 180) completed 20 social interaction records. New measures of within-situation interpersonal processes were more often and stronger related to measures of psychopathology at baseline and in daily life. I discuss the implications for theory and assessment of interpersonal processes moving forward.
AB - Interpersonal theory suggests interpersonal functioning is healthier when exchanging dominance throughout a conversation (agentic complementarity). However, many research paradigms measure agency across conversations rather than within conversations. This leads to different timescales (minutes vs. seconds) and analyses (between-situation vs. within-situation), complicating how interpersonal complementarity is researched and applied clinically. Interpersonal processes (complementarity, covariation) are examined across different timescales, and a new way to measure within-situation complementarity using EMA data is proposed. Participants across two datasets (n = 186, n = 180) completed 20 social interaction records. New measures of within-situation interpersonal processes were more often and stronger related to measures of psychopathology at baseline and in daily life. I discuss the implications for theory and assessment of interpersonal processes moving forward.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104264
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104264
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85134468216
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 99
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104264
ER -