Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research

Friday, May 16, 2003

8:30- 9:30 Keynote Address

Attachment and Abusive Relationships
Kim Bartholomew

9:30-10:30 Panel: Interpersonal Motives and the Self-Image: Two Important
Determinants of Interpersonal Behavior.

Paper 1. The Interrelatedness of Self-Organization Constructs and their Association
with Psychological Adjustment.
Michael J. Constantino, Kelly R. Wilson, Leonard M. Horowitz,
& Elizabeth C. Pinel

Paper 2. Assessing the complexity of the interpersonal self.
Kenneth Locke

10:45-12:15 Paper Session: Theory and Structure of Interpersonal Behavior

Paper 1. Flux, Pulse, and Spin: Dynamic Additions to the Personality Lexicon
D. S. Moskowitz and David C. Zuroff

Paper 2. Replicating the Interpersonal Adjectives Scales: Implications for Test and
Model Validity
Michael B. Gurtman, Melissa L. Kaefer, Tracy C. Kohloff-Blauser, Joan A Windis,
& Lewis R. Goldberg

Paper 3. Levels of Interpersonal Behavior
Terence J. G. Tracey

Afternoon Session
Theme: Psychopathology

1:15- 3:15 Paper Session: Personality Disorders

Paper 1. The Interpersonal Nexus of Personality Disorders
Aaron L. Pincus.

Paper 2. Examining the Personality in Personality Disorder Assessment.
Lindsay E. Ayearst & Krista K. Trobst

Paper 3. Circular Structure of Emotional Assessment System (EAS) Personality
Disorder Scales
Stephen Strack, James P Choca & Christopher Haddy

Paper 4. A Neurobehavioural Theory of Disordered Personality: Frontal Lobe
Dysfunction and Personality Pathology
Anthony C. Ruocco & Krista K. Trobst

3:30- 4:45 Paper Session: Shyness and Social Phobia

Paper 1. Perceptions of Facial Affect in the Shy and Non-shy
Lynne Henderson and Philip Zimbardo

Paper 2. Parental Overprotection in Generalized Social Phobia:
An Interpersonal Perspective
Charles T. Taylor & Lynn E. Alden

Paper 3. Generalized Social Phobia and Social Interpretation: Effects of
Childhood Abuse
Lynn Alden, Charles Taylor, Tanna Mellings, and Judith Laposa

Poster Session

The choreography of dancing bears, Part II: Understanding intra- and
inter-individual perception of personality disorders and interpersonal problems
Dawn E. Brandlmayr & Krista K. Trobst
York University

Three Versions of the Interpersonal Adjective Scales and Their Fit to the
Circumplex Model
Ryan S. Adams & Terence J. G. Tracey
Arizona State University

An Interpersonal Conceptualization of the Relationships between Attachment Styles
and Personality Disorders
Patricia Cardona, Dawn E. Brandlmayr, & Krista K. Trobst
York University

Interpersonal Complementarity of Circumplex Traits and Its Effect on Relationship
Satisfaction
Rotem Regev, Krista K. Trobst, & Dawn E. Brandlmayr
York University

Attachment, worry and coping behaviors: An exploration of their associations.
Colleen J. Allison, Kim Bartholomew, & Marlene Moretti
Simon Fraser University

Saturday, May 17, 2003

9:00- 10:30 Paper Session: Interpersonal Processes in Treatment

Paper 1. The Clinical Utility of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems: A
demonstration with the Pennsylvania Practice-Research Network
Mark A. Ruiz, Aaron L. Pincus, Thomas D. Borkovec, Ruben Echemendia, and
Stephen Ragusea

Paper 2. Balance of Expressed Affect as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Quality of Object Relations and Group Therapy Outcome
William E. Piper, John S. Ogrodniczuk, Mary McCallum, Anthony S. Joyce and
John S. Rosie

Paper 3. Client interpersonal problems, therapeutic interactions and working alliance in outpatient interpersonal psychotherapy for treatment of depression.
Christopher Wagner, Carolina Cristi, Paula Ravitz, David C. Zuroff and D. S. Moskowitz,

10:45-12:15 Paper Session: New Directions

Paper 1. How can statistical models of interdependence be used to answer
questions related to interpersonal theory?
Pamela Sadler and Erik Woody

Paper 2. Psychological Outcomes of Dating Violence: The Moderating Effects of
Ego-resiliency and Social Support
Michelle J. McDonald, Mary L. Wandrei, Elesha Bennett,
Tammie Nelson, Kimberly Scott and Chad Sobotka

Paper 3. An Examination of Interpersonal Goals and Behavior
Christy Hofsess, Debbiesiu Lee, Terence J.G. Tracey

Paper 4. Development of the Child and Adolescent Interpersonal Survey; The CAIS.
Sandro Sodano

1:30 Invited Panel: The future of interpersonal theory and research.

Leonard Horowitz, Aaron Pincus, Christopher Wagner and Michael Gurtman

2:40 Business Meeting