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Peer reviewedOrford, Jim – Psychological Review, 1986
This article critically examines the evidence for interpersonal complementarity according to four recent theories. The only prediction found to be regularly supported is that friendly-dominant and friendly-submissive behaviors are complementary. A repeated finding is that hostile-dominant acts are frequently responded to with further…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Hostility
