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Psychological Motives and Defensive Person Perception: A Brief Historical Account and a Revised Model.
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Assor, Avi – Social Behavior and Personality, 1987
Provides brief historical account of three stages in development of theoretical framework which has guided research on defensive effects of motives on person perception, then proposes revised interactive model as fourth stage of conceptualization. New model suggests that defensive effects of motives on person perception are most likely to occur in…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Models
Interpersonal Correlates of Fromm's Character Types.
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Akin, Gib – Social Behavior and Personality, 1982
Based on Fromm's proposed personality theory of the productive and nonproductive use of four character types, studied the productive facet of the four life-style orientations. Analyses of the data from surveys of life and interpersonal relations orientations supported the four orientations suggested by Fromm's theory. (RC)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Style, Interpersonal Relationship
Psychological Importance of the "Big Five": Impression Formation and Context Effects.
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Williams, John E.; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Personality's basic dimensions are: extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability; conscientiousness, and openness. Rated items of Adjective Check List for psychological importance, then rated hypothetical applicants described with different combinations of personality dimensions. Applicants described with extraversion and agreeableness…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
Reinforcing and Attracting Functions of Yielding
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Lombardo, John P.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Attitudes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Individual Characteristics, Interaction Process Analysis
Group Structure and Group Process: Personal Construct Theory and Group Development.
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Neimeyer, Greg J.; Merluzzi, Thomas V. – Small Group Behavior, 1982
Presents literature relevant to initial group structure and advances a model of group development based upon personal construct theory. The proposed model illuminates the relationship between initial structure and the psychological processes underlying group development. Research questions are posited to advance empirical tests of the model. (RC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Contracts, Group Dynamics
Relation Between Parental Interpersonal Styles and Their Children's Psychological Distance
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Tolor, Alexander; And Others – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Distance, Individual Characteristics, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Adolescent Psychopathy and Personality Theory--The Interpersonal Circumplex: Expanding Evidence of a Nomological Net
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Salekin, Randall T.; Leistico, Anne-Marie R.; Trobst, Krista K.; Schrum, Crystal L.; Lochman, John E. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2005
The construct validity of psychopathy was examined in a sample of 114 male and female young offenders ([M.sub.age] = 15.16) at a southeastern detention center. The interpersonal circumplex served as a framework of general personality from which to examine the construct of adolescent psychopathy. A supplementary analysis of the psychopathy measures…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Construct Validity, Personality Theories, Adolescents
Jealousy and the Characteristics of One's Rival: A Self-Evaluation Maintenance Perspective.
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DeSteno, David A.; Salovey, Peter – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1996
Two studies provide support for a model of jealousy based on self-evaluation maintenance theory. Greater jealousy was reported when the domain of a rival's achievements was also a domain of high self-relevance to the participant. Notes sex differences in the impact of relationship partners on domains of self-definition. (LSR)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes