caa a22 4500 386339651 CHVBK 20180307111744.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0954579400000316 doi S0954579400000316 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0954579400000316 Bridging the gap between interpersonal thought and action in early adolescence: The role of psychodynamic processes [Elektronische Daten] This study examines the relations among style and development level of four interpersonal and intrapsychic processes: interpersonal thought, self-reported interpersonal action, mechanisms of defense, and object representation. Subjects were 25 girls and 25 boys from the eighth grade of an urban public school System. All four constructs were measured along developmental and stylistic dimensions. Both interpersonal thought and self-reported action processes were measured with the hypothetical and real-life interpersonal negotiation strategies interviews of Selman and colleagues. Defensive process was measured with a questionnaire revised to include Vaillant's developmental analysis of defense mechanisms as well as assessment of style of defense (internalizing vs. externalizing). Object representation style and level were measured with constructs and instruments of Blatt and colleagues. The results supported the main hypothesis: Levels of defense mechanisms and object representation independently predicted level of self-reported interpersonal action, even when controlling for level of interpersonal thought (which also predicted action). This suggests that if there are gaps between interpersonal thought and action levels, the relative level of maturity of psychodynamic processes helps explain action level. In contrast, there were few relationships among the stylistic components of the four constructs, although each style construct was related to its associated level construct. Contrary to hypotheses, no gender differences were found on any of the composited level or style variables. The study suggests operational links between structural-developmental and psychodynamic aspects of personality. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Schultz Lynn Hickey Harvard University Selman Robert L. Harvard University Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/2(1989-04), 133-152 0954-5794 1:2<133 1989 1 DPP https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000316 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579400000316 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schultz Lynn Hickey Harvard University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Selman Robert L. Harvard University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Development and Psychopathology Cambridge University Press 1/2(1989-04), 133-152 0954-5794 1:2<133 1989 1 DPP CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge