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The mitigation of interpersonal behavior.

M A Fournier1, D S Moskowitz

  • 1Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
|November 18, 2000
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Interpersonal adaptation relies on balancing agency and communion. New research suggests this balance, or mitigation, occurs within each trait (intradimensional) rather than between them (interdimensional). Moderate behavior expression is key for successful social interactions.

Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Interpersonal Dynamics

Background:

  • Theorists like D. Bakan (1966) emphasized mitigation for successful interpersonal adaptation.
  • Mitigation was previously viewed as balancing agency and communion (interdimensional).
  • The circumplex framework proposed mitigation within agency and communion (intradimensional).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate two contrasting models of mitigation: interdimensional and intradimensional.
  • To determine how these mitigation models predict affect following social interactions.
  • To provide empirical evidence for the conceptualization of interpersonal mitigation.

Main Methods:

  • Two studies were conducted over 20 days.
  • Participants self-recorded interpersonal behavior and affect after social interactions.

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  • Random coefficient procedures analyzed the data to test mitigation models.

    • Main Results:

    • No empirical support was found for interdimensional mitigation.
    • Evidence indicated that agency and communion are mitigated intradimensionally.
    • Moderate levels of behavioral expression were associated with intradimensional mitigation.

    Conclusions:

    • The findings challenge the traditional interdimensional view of mitigation.
    • Intradimensional mitigation, balancing within agency and communion, appears more significant.
    • Effective interpersonal adaptation may involve moderating behavioral expression within agency and communion.