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A Social Withdrawal Component in Schutz’s FIRO Model of Interpersonal Personality: Social Engagement, Control and Social Withdrawal

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Youngs, Donna

Abstract / Description

Recent structural analyses of the widely used FIRO-B interpersonal personality measure identify a two dimensional model (Control and Social-Affect) rather than Schutz’s three dimensions of Control, Openness and Inclusion. The present study re-examined the FIRO model across the 54 individual items as reported by 89 adults. The results support a modified FIRO model of interpersonal personality in which Inclusion and Openness are part of the same substantive domain (Social Engagement), distinct from Control, but reflect different Generative and Accepted Modes of interaction. Importantly, however the analysis (SSA-I) reveals a subset of Schutz’s original Openness items that capture a third substantive component of the interpersonal domain, Social Withdrawal. This negative interpersonal tendency has not been identified previously within the FIRO or other interpersonal personality models.

Keyword(s)

interpersonal personality firo theory facet modelling social withdrawal

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Date of first publication

2013-06-28

Journal title

Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships

Volume

7

Issue

1

Page numbers

1–11

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Youngs, D. (2013). A Social Withdrawal Component in Schutz’s FIRO Model of Interpersonal Personality: Social Engagement, Control and Social Withdrawal. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 7(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v7i1.105
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Youngs, Donna
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-12-05T08:44:28Z
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    2018-12-05T08:44:28Z
  • Date of first publication
    2013-06-28
  • Abstract / Description
    Recent structural analyses of the widely used FIRO-B interpersonal personality measure identify a two dimensional model (Control and Social-Affect) rather than Schutz’s three dimensions of Control, Openness and Inclusion. The present study re-examined the FIRO model across the 54 individual items as reported by 89 adults. The results support a modified FIRO model of interpersonal personality in which Inclusion and Openness are part of the same substantive domain (Social Engagement), distinct from Control, but reflect different Generative and Accepted Modes of interaction. Importantly, however the analysis (SSA-I) reveals a subset of Schutz’s original Openness items that capture a third substantive component of the interpersonal domain, Social Withdrawal. This negative interpersonal tendency has not been identified previously within the FIRO or other interpersonal personality models.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Youngs, D. (2013). A Social Withdrawal Component in Schutz’s FIRO Model of Interpersonal Personality: Social Engagement, Control and Social Withdrawal. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 7(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v7i1.105
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  • ISSN
    1981-6472
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1792
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2158
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v7i1.105
  • Keyword(s)
    interpersonal personality
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  • Keyword(s)
    firo theory
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  • Keyword(s)
    facet modelling
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  • Keyword(s)
    social withdrawal
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    A Social Withdrawal Component in Schutz’s FIRO Model of Interpersonal Personality: Social Engagement, Control and Social Withdrawal
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    1
  • Journal title
    Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
  • Page numbers
    1–11
  • Volume
    7
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