Ross Jaclyn M, Girard Jeffrey M, Wright Aidan G C, Beeney Joseph E, Scott Lori N, Hallquist Michael N, Lazarus Sophie A, Stepp Stephanie D, Pilkonis Paul A
Department of Psychology, University of California-Los Angeles.
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh.
Psychol Assess. 2017 Feb;29(2):123-134. doi: 10.1037/pas0000338. Epub 2016 May 5.
Relationships are among the most salient factors affecting happiness and wellbeing for individuals and families. Relationship science has identified the study of dyadic behavioral patterns between couple members during conflict as an important window in to relational functioning with both short-term and long-term consequences. Several methods have been developed for the momentary assessment of behavior during interpersonal transactions. Among these, the most popular is the Specific Affect Coding System (SPAFF), which organizes social behavior into a set of discrete behavioral constructs. This study examines the interpersonal meaning of the SPAFF codes through the lens of interpersonal theory, which uses the fundamental dimensions of Dominance and Affiliation to organize interpersonal behavior. A sample of 67 couples completed a conflict task, which was video recorded and coded using SPAFF and a method for rating momentary interpersonal behavior, the Continuous Assessment of Interpersonal Dynamics (CAID). Actor partner interdependence models in a multilevel structural equation modeling framework were used to study the covariation of SPAFF codes and CAID ratings. Results showed that a number of SPAFF codes had clear interpersonal signatures, but many did not. Additionally, actor and partner effects for the same codes were strongly consistent with interpersonal theory's principle of complementarity. Thus, findings reveal points of convergence and divergence in the 2 systems and provide support for central tenets of interpersonal theory. Future directions based on these initial findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
人际关系是影响个人和家庭幸福与福祉的最显著因素之一。关系科学已将研究夫妻成员在冲突期间的二元行为模式视为了解关系功能的一个重要窗口，这具有短期和长期影响。已经开发了几种方法来即时评估人际互动中的行为。其中，最流行的是特定情感编码系统（SPAFF），它将社会行为组织成一组离散的行为结构。本研究通过人际理论的视角来审视SPAFF编码的人际意义，该理论使用支配和亲和的基本维度来组织人际行为。67对夫妻的样本完成了一项冲突任务，该任务被录像，并使用SPAFF和一种即时人际行为评分方法——人际动态连续评估（CAID）进行编码。在多层次结构方程建模框架中使用行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型来研究SPAFF编码和CAID评分的协变关系。结果表明，一些SPAFF编码具有明确的人际特征，但许多编码并非如此。此外，相同编码的行为者和伴侣效应与人际理论的互补性原则高度一致。因此，研究结果揭示了这两个系统的趋同和分歧点，并为人际理论的核心原则提供了支持。基于这些初步研究结果的未来方向也进行了讨论。（PsycINFO数据库记录）
