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Interpersonal Relations: Some Suggestions for Theory Development
Author(s) -
ROBINSON JOHN W.,
HERMAN AL
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1984.tb00630.x
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , psychology , field (mathematics) , interpersonal relationship , axiology , social psychology , epistemology , recall , cognitive psychology , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
This article argues the need for theory development in the field of interpersonal relations training. Criteria, based on the four major divisions of philosophic inquiry (ontology, logic, axiology, and epistemology), are presented for assessing the substantive adequacy of interpersonal relations training theories. Three views of interpersonal relations—Ivey and Authier's Microcounseling, Kagan's Interpersonal Process Recall, and Strong's Social Psychological Approach—are then examined using these four criteria.