Are there implicit interpersonal styles

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Are there implicit interpersonal
styles? Differentiating implicit vs. explicit
traits of dominance and friendliness Nicole
Ethier, Pamela Sadler, Wilfrid Laurier University
Note plt.10 plt.05 plt.01 SBI Social
Behaviour Inventory IAT Implicit Association
Test NA Negative Affect EWB Emotional
Well-Being IIP Inventory of Interpersonal
Problems BDI Beck Depression Inventory PA
Positive Affect
The Relationship between Implicit and Explicit
Personality Traits, Attitudes Motives

• Implicit and explicit traits are independent,
  both existing separately (Jordan et al.,2003
  McClelland et al.,1989).
• Implicit and explicit traits are only partially
  independent, or moderately overlapping
  (Wilson et al., 2000).
• Implicit and explicit traits are fully
  dependent, or almost completely overlapping
  (Weiner, 1980, 1986 Raven, 1988).

Note plt.10 plt.05 plt.01 Diagonals
refer to reliabilities for the particular
variable SBI Social Behaviour Inventory IGI
Interpersonal Goals Inventory IAT Implicit
Association Test D Dominance F
Friendliness

• 2nd Prediction
• For the most part, the IAT measures did not
  improve the prediction
• of the expected criterion variables, with two
  exceptions (1) larger
• discrepancies between implicit and explicit
  friendliness predicted
• lower vitality, and (2) higher implicit
  dominance predicted lower
• negative affect.
• Also, the explicit measures tended to predict
  the criterion variables
• higher explicit friendliness predicted higher
  positive affect and
• vitality and higher explicit dominance
  predicted more interpersonal
• problems, as well as more positive affect and
  emotional well-being.