The Early Development of the Interpersonal System of Personality (ISP)

Bibliographic Data

ID19289697
AuthorsRolfe Laforge, R Lawrence LaForge (corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume39
Issue2
Pages359-378
Publication date2004-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMultivariate Behavioral Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-3171 • E-ISSN: 1532-7906
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1207/s15327906mbr3902_9
PMID26804580
OpenAlexW1988087086
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

This note sketches aspects of the development of the Interpersonal System of Personality (ISP), using information appearing in dissertations, theses, notes, correspondence, and publications prior to the classic 1951 paper by M. B. Freedman, T. F. Leary, A. G. Ossorio, and H. S. Coffey. Topics include the setting and the creation of the ISP, the authors' objective empirical investigation of the process of group therapy, and the accompanying growth in understanding from an initial, largely psychoanalytic orientation, to an explicitly interpersonal theory. Kurt Lewin's "field" and "vector" theories, Harry Stack Sullivan's "interpersonal force field," relevant classification schemes by others, and some neglected or poorly understood details of this history are presented

Interpersonal communication · Personality · Child Therapy and Development · Computer Science · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub