AN EXPLORATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL PROBLEMS ANDPSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH

The relationship between interpersonal distress and psychological heal th was investigated using a sample of 185 college undergraduates. Subj ects completed the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (a measure of i nterpersonal distress), the Personal Orientation Inventory (a measure of self-actualization), and the Miller Social Intimacy Scale (a measur e of interpersonal closeness). The mean of scores on the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems was compared with the mean of the clinical samp le reported in 1988 by Horowitz, et al. The measures of psychological health were correlated with the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems to tal and with the octant scales of the Inventory of Interpersonal Probl ems-Circumplex version. The measures were also projected onto the circ umplex to summarize their interpersonal connotations.