CLINICAL-ASSESSMENT OF INTERPERSONAL RELA TIONSHIP PATTERNS

This paper reports about a survey of eight methods of assessing interp ersonal relationship patterns and/or conflicts by clinical judgement. These measures have been predominantly developped by psychoanalyticall y oriented researchers. The instruments are compared with each other w ith regard to their data sources, rating procedures, categories and st atistical characteristics. We report the common ground of these measur es, their differences and fields of application. Finally possible cons equences from this comparison for an additional axis for ''relationshi p patterns'' to the operationalized psychiatric diagnostic categories of ICD-10 and DSM-III-R are discussed.