The Relation of Rigidity across Relationships with Symptoms and Functioning: An Investigation with the Revised Central Relationship Questionnaire

Autor/inn/en	McCarthy, Kevin S.; Gibbons, Mary Beth Connolly; Barber, Jacques P.
Titel	The Relation of Rigidity across Relationships with Symptoms and Functioning: An Investigation with the Revised Central Relationship Questionnaire
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 55 (2008) 3, S.346-358 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0012578
Schlagwörter	Mental Disorders; Factor Structure; Interpersonal Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Psychometrics; Undergraduate Students; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Questionnaires; Psychology; Introductory Courses; Statistical Analysis; Psychotherapy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit; Faktorenstruktur; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Messdaten; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Fragebogen; Psychologie; Einführungskurs; Statistische Analyse; Psychotherapie
Abstract	The belief that rigidity across relationships is related to greater symptoms and poorer functioning commonly informs the practice of many psychodynamic and interpersonal therapists. Using a profile correlation approach, the authors tested this hypothesis in a sample of 250 clients and 90 undergraduate control participants. Symptoms and functioning were assessed with the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP; L. M. Horowitz, L. E. Alden, J. S. Wiggins, A. L. Pincus, 2000), Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (American Psychiatric Association, 2000), and Brief Symptom Inventory (L. R. Derogatis, & N. Melisaratos, 1983). A revised version of the empirically derived Central Relationship Questionnaire (CRQ; J. P. Barber, C. Foltz, & R. M. Weinryb, 1998) was used to measure interpersonal patterns. Revisions were made to the CRQ to increase the interpersonal dimensions it captured, reduce its length, and model a higher order factor structure. The psychometric properties of the revised CRQ were found to be adequate. Rigidity, as measured with the CRQ, was not related to rigidity measured with the IIP (amplitude) and did not differ significantly among individuals with different interpersonal problems or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) diagnoses. Contrary to theory, however, greater rigidity across relationships was related to fewer symptoms and interpersonal problems. These relations did not appear due to the valence or the extremeness of the interpersonal patterns used in the estimation of rigidity. (Contains 5 footnotes and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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