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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Personality Psychology

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  • Interpersonal spin indicates variability in social behavior and is linked to negative social functioning.
  • Understanding the perceptual processes behind interpersonal spin is crucial for explaining its association with neuroticism.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the interpersonal perception of individuals with higher interpersonal spin.
  • To determine if perceptual processes mediate the relationship between spin and neuroticism.

Main Methods:

  • A 20-day mobile-based experience sampling study with 267 students.
  • Measured participants' perceptions of others' behavior, their own affect, and their own behavior during social interactions.

Main Results:

  • Individuals with higher spin exhibited heightened affective and behavioral reactivity to perceptions of others' communal behavior (agreeableness-quarrelsomeness).
  • Neuroticism predicted increased affective reactivity, which subsequently predicted higher interpersonal spin.

Conclusions:

  • Higher interpersonal spin is associated with a reactive interpersonal style, potentially stemming from emotional dysregulation.
  • This reactivity may hinder the development and maintenance of social relationships.