In preparation
Locating the SASB Introject Within the Internalizing–Externalizing Structure of Personality and Psychopathology
Locate the introject
Warmth, hostility, freedom, and control can be directed inward.
Affiliation distinguishes self-directed warmth and care from hostility and attack.
Relating to the self
The way people relate to themselves may connect interpersonal theory with broad dimensions of psychopathology.
The project uses the SASB introject to represent self-directed patterns along affiliation and autonomy, then situates those patterns within wider internalizing and externalizing structures.
A bridge between two theories
The project connects self-directed interpersonal structure with broad psychopathology dimensions.
LevelSelf-directed relational pattern
FrameworkStructural Analysis of Social Behavior
Data structureIntensive longitudinal and individual differences
BridgeInterpersonal theory and dimensional psychopathology
Questions at the theoretical bridge
Where does the introject sit within a wider dimensional map?
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How should self-directed affiliation be represented?
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How does autonomy organize self-relating patterns?
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How can the introject be located within broader dimensional structures?