SOCIETY FOR INTERPERSONAL THEORY AND RESEARCH SECOND ANNUAL MEETING

Pyle Conference Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Friday, May 14, 1999

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM Welcoming Address
The Fields of Interpersonal Behavior Jerry S. Wiggins (Personality and Cognition Laboratory, GRC, NIA, NIH)

10:20 AM to 12:20 PM Session 2. Interpersonal Theory: Origins and Extensions

The Social Psychology of Harry Stack Sullivan
Arlene Vadum* (Assumption College)

An Interpersonal Approach to Understanding and Measuring Social Support
Krista K. Trobst (Personality and Cognition Laboratory, GRC, NIA, NIH)

Voices from the Past: An Exploration of Links between Early Parental Relationships and Contemporary Interpersonal Behaviors using SASB
Kenneth L. Critchfield & Lorna Smith Benjamin (University of Utah)

Modeling Interpersonal Discourse: Exploratory and Confirmatory P-Technique Robert L. Russell & Cara Lanza (Loyola University Chicago)

How People Disclose a Socially Undesirable Experience without Really Disclosing
Mikkel B. Hansen (Stanford University)

Open Discussion of Papers
* Session Chair


1:50 PM to 3:30 PM Session 3. Psychotherapy Process and the Therapeutic Alliance

Personality Disorder Traits and Reciprocal Interpersonal Impacts During Outpatient Intake Interviews
Christopher C. Wagner* (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Interpersonal Problem Patterns and the Process of Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Lynn E. Alden & William Koch (University of British Columbia)

Differential Formation of Therapeutic Alliance for Clients with Various Interpersonal Problem Domains
Robert L. Hatcher & Susan E. Cutler (University of Michigan)

Personality Disorders and Therapy: Do Interpersonal Problems Influence the Therapeutic Alliance?
Lisa K. Damour (University of Michigan)

Open Discussion of Papers
* Session Chair

3:50 PM to 5:00 PM Session 4. Interpersonal Defense Theory Panel

The Functional Role Played by Interpersonal Defense
Michael A. Westerman*, Edward M. Steen, Denise Pietro, & Marisa Ryan (New York University)

Open Discussion
*Session Chair

5:00 PM to 6:30 PM SITAR Poster Session

Reviving the Interpersonal Grid: A Review and Illustration
Robert L. Russell, Rachel A. Neff, & Cara Lanza (Loyola University Chicago)

Comparison of the Big Five Factors and Interpersonal Problems in a Clinical Population Jim A. Haugh & Robert Hatcher (University of Michigan)

Complexity and Conflict in Interpersonal Profiles Nick Haslam (New School for Social Research)

Gender Differences in Personality: Applying Circumplex Analyses to Effect Sizes Michael B. Gurtman, Michelle Dennis, & Dana M. Ballewske (University of Wisconsin-Parkside)

Where do CCRT's, Parental Bonding, and Interpersonal Problems Meet? Hadas Wiseman, Alon Raz, Jacques Barber, & Carol Foltz (University of Haifa, Israel & University of Pennsylvania Medical School)

Addressing Theoretical and Methodological Criticisms of Behavioral Concordance Findings: A Replication Using Knowledgeable Informant Reports
Jennifer Archambault, D. S. Moskowitz, & Marc A. Fournier (McGill University)

Interpersonal Wishes and Fears: An investigation of the SASB-based "Attitudes about Significant Relationships Questionnaire (ASR)
Kenneth L. Critchfield, Jill R. Goedken, Suzanne I. Tyndall, & William P. Henry
(University of Utah)

Interpersonal Derivations of Achievement Conflicts in Elite Athletes and Performing Artists
David E. Conroy, Artur Poczwardowski, & Keith P. Henschen (University of Utah)

Interpersonal Factors Contributing to the Expression of Aggression
Jamie D. Bedics, William P. Henry, Tim Smith, & Suzanne Tyndall (University of
Utah)

Saturday, May 15

9:00 AM to Noon
Session 6. SITAR Focal Topic Panels: Interpersonal Complementarity

Panel I: Critical Issues in Interpersonal Complementarity Theory and Research
Terence J. G. Tracey* (University of Illinois), Michael B. Gurtman (University of Wisconsin-Parkside), Lorna Smith Benjamin (University of Utah), & Aaron L. Pincus (Pennsylvania State University)

Panel II: Theoretical Difficulties with the Concept of Complementarity: A Proposed Reformulation with Experimental Support
Eric A. Person, Nicole B. Shechtman, & Leonard M. Horowitz (Stanford University)

Open Discussion of Panels

* Session Chair

1:30 PM to 3:20 PM Session 7. Interpersonal Aspects of Psychopathology

Personality Vulnerability to Depression, Circumplex Behaviors, and Rejection in Roommate Relationships
Myriam Mongrain* (York University) & Ralph Lubbers (University of British
Columbia)

The Effect of depression on mother-infant complementarity defined by Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB)
Gretta Cushing & Lorna Smith Benjamin (University of Utah)

Panel: An Interpersonal Analysis of Grandiose and Vulnerable Narcissism
Kelly A. Dickinson, Kelly R. Wilson, & Aaron L. Pincus (Pennsylvania State University)

Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Values: Psychometric Properties and Applicability to Personality Disorders
Kenneth Locke (University of Idaho)

Open Discussion of Papers

* Session Chair

3:40 PM to 5:40 PM Session 8. Social Interaction

Panel: Factors that Impede the Development of Affiliation: Experimental Studies
Emily A. Butler, Deborah G. Tatar, Lynne Henderson, & Leonard M. Horowitz* (Stanford University)

The Influence of Social Skills on Emotional Disclosure in Dyadic Interactions
Timothy Anderson & Kimi L. Carson (Ohio University)

Affect Regulation in Social Interaction: Interpersonal and Ethological Perspectives
Marc A. Fournier & D. S. Moskowitz (McGill University)

Open Discussion of Papers

* Session Chair

6:00 PM to 6:30 PM Business Meeting