Four Dimensions of Interpersonal Behavior
- 1 April 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 30 (2) , 499-512
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1972.30.2.499
Abstract
A review of the major category systems in use in the social-psychological literature suggests that 2 category systems should be used concurrently, one for process and the other for content. The content system is based on Parsons' 4 categories for functional analysis: A-Adaptation, G-Goal attainment, I-Integration, and L-Latent pattern maintenance and tension management. The process system, derived from the work of Bales and Couch, also has four dimensions: I. Dominant vs submissive, II. Positive vs negative, III. Serious vs expressive, and IV. Conforming vs nonconforming.Keywords
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