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J Pers Assess. 2013;95(6):640-4. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2013.821073. Epub 2013 Aug 07.

Assessing interpersonal profiles associated with varying levels of effortful control.

Journal of personality assessment

Nicole M Cain, Chiara De Panfilis, Kevin B Meehan, John F Clarkin

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  1. a Department of Psychology , Long Island University Brooklyn Campus.

PMID: 23924184 DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2013.821073

Abstract

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.

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