Leonard M. Horowitz & Stephen Strack 
Handbook of Interpersonal Psychology 
Theory, Research, Assessment, and Therapeutic Interventions

Modern interpersonal psychology is now at a point where recent advances need to be organized so that researchers, practitioners, and students can understand what is new, different, and state-of-the art. This field-defining volume examines the history of interpersonal psychology and explores influential theories of normal-abnormal behaviors, widely-used assessment measures, recent methodological advances, and current interpersonal strategies for changing problematic behaviors. Featuring original contributions from field luminaries including Aaron Pincus, John Clarkin, David Buss, Louis Castonguay, and Theodore Millon, this cutting-edge volume will appeal to academicians, professionals, and students interested in the study of normal and abnormal interpersonal behavior.

Table of Content

Foreword (Leslie C. Morey).

Contributors.

1 Introduction (Stephen Strack, Leonard M. Horowitz).

Part I Theoretical Perspectives.

2 An Attachment-Theory Framework for Conceptualizing Interpersonal Behavior (Phillip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer).

3 Relatedness and Self-Definition in Normal and Disrupted Personality Development (Sidney J. Blatt, Patrick Luyten).

4 Origins and Applications of the Interpersonal Circumplex (Marc A. Fournier, D. S. Moskowitz, David C. Zuroff).

5 Evolution, Life History Theory, and Personality (Jeffry A. Simpson, Vladas Griskevicius, John S. Kim).

6 The Five-Factor Model, Five-Factor Theory, and Interpersonal Psychology (Paul T. Costa, Jr., Robert R. Mc Crae).

Part II Basic Interpersonal Processes and Mechanisms.

7 Interpersonal Motivation (Martin Grosse Holtforth, Andrea Thomas, Franz Caspar).

8 Interpersonal Complementarity (Pamela Sadler, Nicole Ethier, Erik Woody).

9 Empathic Accuracy and Inaccuracy (Kathryn H. Rollings, Ronen Cuperman, William Ickes).

10 Person Perception, Dispositional Inferences, and Social Judgment (Daniel Leising, Peter Borkenau).

11 The Role of Nonverbal Communication in Interpersonal Relations (Robert Gifford).

Part III Personality and Interpersonal Interactions.

12 Trust as Motivational Gatekeeper in Adult Romantic Relationships (Sandra L. Murray, John G. Holmes).

13 An Attachment-Theory Perspective on Social Support in Close Relationships (Nancy L. Collins, M´aire B. Ford, Brooke C. Feeney).

14 Conceptualizing Relationship Violence as a Dyadic Process (Kim Bartholomew, Rebecca J. Cobb).

15 Differentiating the Dark Triad Within the Interpersonal Circumplex (Daniel N. Jones, Delroy L. Paulhus).

16 Social Allergens (Brian P. O’Connor).

17 Social Domains, Personality, and Interpersonal Functioning (Jonathan Hill, Paul A. Pilkonis, Julia Bear).

Part IV Assessment of Interpersonal Characteristics.

18 Circular Reasoning About Circular Assessment (Michael B. Gurtman).

19 Circumplex Measures of Interpersonal Constructs (Kenneth D. Locke).

20 Structural Analysis of Social Behavior (SASB): Studying the Nature of Nature (Lorna Smith Benjamin).

21 Interview Measures of Interpersonal Functioning and Quality of Object Relations (Henning Schauenburg, Tilman Grande).

Part V Psychopathology and Health.

22 Interpersonal Diagnosis of Psychopathology (Aaron L. Pincus, Aidan G. C. Wright).

23 Personality Disorders (John F. Clarkin, Kenneth N. Levy, William D. Ellison0.

24 Interpersonal Process and Trauma: An Interactional Model (Nicole R. Nugent, Ananda B. Amstadter, Karestan C. Koenen).

25 Depressive Disorders and Interpersonal Processes (Chris G. Segrin).

26 Interpersonal Processes in the Anxiety Disorders (Lynn E. Alden, Marci J. Regambal).

27 An Interpersonal Perspective on Risk for Coronary Heart Disease (Timothy W. Smith, Jenny M. Cundiff).

Part VI Interpersonal Therapeutic Interventions.

28 Interpersonal Issues in Treating Children and Adolescents (Natalie M. Costa, Kristy E. Benoit, Thomas H. Ollendick).

29 The Therapeutic Alliance: Research and Theory (Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, James F. Boswell, David R. Kraus).

30 Interpersonal Interventions for Maintaining an Alliance (Catherine Eubanks-Carter, J. Christopher Muran, Jeremy D. Safran, Jeffrey A. Hayes).

31 Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) (Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, Myrna M. Weissman).

32 Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy (Hanna Levenson).

33 Group Therapies (William E. Piper, John S. Ogrodniczuk).

34 Summary and Concluding Remarks (Leonard M. Horowitz, Stephen Strack).

Author Index.

Subject Index.

About the author

Leonard M. Horowitz, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at
Stanford University. With Hans Strupp and Michael Lambert, he
directed an APA task force on creating a core battery of
standardized tests for evaluating the outcome of psychotherapy,
resulting in the book Measuring Patient Changes in Mood,
Anxiety, and Personality Disorders: Toward a Core Battery (APA,
1997). His test, the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems, was
published in 2000 by the Psychological Corporation, and his book,
Interpersonal Foundations of Psychopathology in 2004. He was
president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research from 1992 to
1993 and president of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and
Research from 1999 to 2000.

Stephen Strack, Ph.D., is a staff psychologist at the VA
Ambulatory Care Center in Los Angeles, CA, and holds faculty
appointments at Alliant International University, Los Angeles, and
Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in Pasadena, CA. He is the
author or editor of nine books and test manuals, including
Differentiating Normal and Abnormal Personality (2nd
ed., 2006) and the Handbook of Personology and
Psychopathology (2005). He has also published over 50 chapters
and journal articles. An internationally-recognized expert in
personality theory and assessment, he is on the editorial board of
four scientific journals and is a Fellow of the APA and Society for
Personality Assessment.