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Interpersonal Dominance of Type As and Bs During Involved Group Discussions 1
Author(s) -
Yarnold Paul R.,
Grimm Laurence G.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1988.tb02355.x
Subject(s) - psychology , dominance (genetics) , social psychology , interpersonal communication , acquiescence , type a and type b personality theory , content analysis , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , personality , chemistry , biochemistry , politics , political science , law , gene , social science , sociology
This study further explores the relationship between interpersonal dominance and Type A behavior. Nine groups–each consisting of 2 male undergraduates of each A/B Type (extreme Types as assessed using the short student Jenkins Activity Survey)–partiapated in leaderless 15‐minute discussions. All subjects were highly interested in and knowledgeable about the discussion topic and all members of each group were in moderate conflict regarding it. Protocol analysis of the transcribed discussions provided 6 measures of interpersonal dominance (3 measuring “pro‐self,” self‐enhancing behaviors and 3 measuring “anti‐other,” other‐disenhancing behaviors), and 1 measure of acquiescence. As hypothesized, the results revealed that Type A behavior is positively related to pro‐self and anti‐other behavior. Differences between the results of this and an earlier study are discussed in the context of observational method (i.e., live ratings versus content analysis of transcriptions) and implications of these studies for Glass’ (1977) control theory of Pattern A responding are considered.