Assessing interpersonal profiles associated with varying levels of effortful control.
Research has linked individual differences in effortful control (EC) with variations in interpersonal functioning in children and adolescents. Using the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Short Circumplex (Hopwood, Pincus, DeMoor, & Koonce, 2008), this study investigated interpersonal problem profiles associated with EC in 763 nonclinical young adults. We found that individuals with low EC reported intrusive interpersonal problems and high levels of interpersonal distress, whereas individuals with high EC reported cold interpersonal problems but low levels of interpersonal distress. Results suggest that EC might play an important role in shaping interpersonal functioning.
a Department of Psychology , Long Island University Brooklyn Campus.
Nicole M
NM
Cain
Chiara
C
De Panfilis
Kevin B
KB
Meehan
John F
JF
Clarkin
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory; D057566:Self Report; D012917:Social Adjustment; D055815:Young Adult