Understanding the Structure of Interpersonal Problems: The Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Circumplex Scales

Circumplex scales of interpersonal values: reliability, validity, and applicability to interpersonal problems and personality disorders.

Three studies describe the development, psychometric properties, and potential utility of a new self-report measure, the Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Values (CSIV). The CSIV was designed to complement other interpersonal circumplex measures that assess interpersonal behavior by efficiently assessing a comprehensive set of agentic and communal values. The eight 8-item scales of the CSIV we...

Interpersonal Problems and the Psychotherapy Context: The Construct Validity of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems

This research investigated the construct validity of Ihe Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP; L. M. Horowitz, S. E. Rosenberg, B. A. Baer, G. Ureno, & V. S. Villasenor, 1988) in the context of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The interpersonal circumplex was used to categorize patients reporting interpersonal distress into 1 of 4 problem quadrants: Friendly Dominant, Hostile Dominant, Hostile ...

Circumplex Measures of Interpersonal Constructs

Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Personality Disorder scales: operating characteristics and confirmatory factor analysis in nonclinical samples.

Research involving clinical samples has demonstrated the utility of a 28-item personality disorder (PD) screening measure (Inventory of Interpersonal Problems--Personality Disorder scale [IIP-PD]) culled from the IIP in the prediction of the presence or absence of a PD (Pilkonis, Kim, Proietti, & Barkham, 1996). This article extends these diagnostic efficiency findings to nonclinical samples an...

The Interpersonal Circumplex as a Structural Model in Clinical Research: Examples from Group Psychotherapy, Interpersonal Problems, and Personality Disorders

I entered psychology with a strong background in natural sciences and mathematics. I also have a skeptical personality. I, therefore, gradually noticed the lack of consensual agreement between therapists facing the same clinical material. Two experts facing the same patient at a case conference often disagreed radically about the nature of the patient’s difficulties. Such experiences, repeated ...