Unfolding interpersonal behavior
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Models of interpersonal traits have traditionally contained two independent dimensions, one referring to dominance as the opposite of submissiveness and the other referring to agreeableness as the opposite of quarrelsomeness. These models are primarily based on psychometric analyses of the co-occurrence of interpersonal characteristics. The present article reviews literature based on event-contingent recording studies that examine whether the structure of interpersonal behavior as revealed in its everyday occurrence is consistent with this model of interpersonal traits. Evidence from studies of the effects of hierarchical social role situations, the relations between behaviors and affect, and the effects of alterations in serotonin are used to evaluate whether dominance, submissiveness, agreeableness, and quarrelsomeness are related, opposite, or independent behavioral systems. The pattern of findings suggests that agreeableness and quarrelsomeness may be part of the same behavioral system while dominance and submissiveness may have separate underlying behavioral systems.
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The event-contingent recording method has been used to measure people's perceptions of their interaction partners' behavior and positive and negative affect in social interactions.
“It was designed for the real-time assessment of interpersonal behavior but has also been used to measure people's perceptions of the behavior of their interaction partners, as well as PA and NA in the context of social interactions (for a review, see Moskowitz, 2005).”
From Mood Disorders in Everyday Life: A Systematic Review of Experience Sampling and Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies (2012) · cites this paper as Moskowitz, 2005
The event-contingent recording method was designed for real-time assessment of interpersonal behavior.
“It was designed for the real-time assessment of interpersonal behavior but has also been used to measure people's perceptions of the behavior of their interaction partners, as well as PA and NA in the context of social interactions (for a review, see Moskowitz, 2005).”
From Mood Disorders in Everyday Life: A Systematic Review of Experience Sampling and Ecological Momentary Assessment Studies (2012) · cites this paper as Moskowitz, 2005
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- Authors
- Moskowitz, D. S.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Moskowitz, D. S.
- ORCID
- Moskowitz, D. S.
- Venue
- Journal of Personality
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2005-09-07
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1607-1632
- ISSN
- 0022-3506 (ISSN-L)
- 1467-6494
- OpenAlex
- W1968885729
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 1.55
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Personality (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
- Keywords
- interpersonal behavior, interpersonal traits, dominance, submissiveness, agreeableness, behavioral systems, serotonin, personality structure
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Aggression, Arousal, Dominance-Subordination, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Personality, Role
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