interpersonal

(adjective)

Existing between two or more people.

Related Terms

Examples of interpersonal in the following topics:

  • Relationships and Families in Adulthood

    • Several theories examine how interpersonal relationships form and develop during adulthood.
    • An interpersonal relationship is a strong, deep, or close association or acquaintanceship between two or more people that may range from brief to enduring in duration.
    • Interpersonal relationships are dynamic systems that change continuously during their existence.
    • This model was formulated to describe heterosexual, adult romantic relationships, but it has been applied to other kinds of interpersonal relationships since then.

  • Group Therapy

    • In short, the interpersonal dynamics that play out in the group are reflections of what happens in real life.
    • The experience of being able to give something to another person can lift the member's self-esteem and help develop more adaptive coping styles and interpersonal skills.
    • Development of socializing techniques: The group setting provides a safe and supportive environment for members to take risks by practicing interpersonal behavior and improving social skills.
    • Interpersonal learning: Group members achieve a greater level of self-awareness through the process of interacting with others in the group, who give feedback on the member's behavior and impact on others.
    • The group context and group process is explicitly used as a mechanism of change by developing, exploring, and examining interpersonal relationships within the group and seeing them as reflections of what happens in real life.

  • Attraction: Loving

    • A major area in the study of people's relations to each other is interpersonal attraction.
    • One of the most important factors in interpersonal attraction is similarity: the more similar two people are in attitudes, background, and other traits, the more probable it is that they will like each other.

  • Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Therapy

    • The idea that representations of experiences are founded upon interpersonal relations.
    • There are several forms of psychodynamic psychotherapy, such as interpersonal therapy (IPT) and person-centered therapy.
    • IPT is a structured, supportive approach that strives to connect the external, such as interpersonal struggles, with the internal, such as an individual's mood.

  • Introduction to Personality Disorders

    • differs significantly from the norms and expectations of their culture in two or more of the following areas: cognition, affect, interpersonal functioning, or impulse control;
    • Someone diagnosed with a personality disorder may experience difficulties in cognition, emotion, impulse control, and interpersonal functioning.

  • Socioemotional Development in Adulthood

    • Early and middle adulthood is influenced by a number of social and emotional factors, such as work and interpersonal relationships.

  • Defining Intelligence

    • In 1983, Howard Gardner published a book on multiple intelligence that breaks intelligence down into at least eight different modalities: logical, linguistic, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, and intrapersonal intelligences.
    • Both emotional intelligence and social intelligence have been positively associated with good leadership skills, good interpersonal skills, positive outcomes in classroom situations, and better functioning in the world.

  • Coping with Stress

    • Coping is the process of spending conscious effort and energy to solve personal and interpersonal problems.
    • Evidence shows that men more often develop career- or work-related stress, while women are more prone to stress about interpersonal relationships.

  • Cluster C: Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders

    • Avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection;
    • Is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy;
    • Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is characterized by a general pattern of concern with orderliness, perfectionism, excessive attention to details, mental and interpersonal control, and a need for control over one's environment, at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency.

  • Attribution

    • To do this, we make either explanatory or interpersonal attributions.
    • An interpersonal attribution is an attempt to explain the reasons for an event based on an interaction between two or more individuals.