CIRCULAR MEASUREMENT REDUX - THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF INTERPERSONAL CIRCLE PROFILES

Forty years ago, the Raiser Research group pioneered an approach to in terpersonal assessment based on a structural model of personality, the interpersonal circle. With renewed interest in circular models, issue s about the measurement, analysis, and application of these kinds of i ndividual data reemerge. This article is an introduction to and revisi on of the basic principles of circular profile analysis. Using the rec ent circumplex of interpersonal problems, we define the model and its data, explain the structural summary, and discuss the descriptive and possible clinical significance of profile indices. Future researchers should seek to expand understanding of how circular profile variables relate to clinical assessment and treatment, and also apply the analyt ic methods to test key aspects of interpersonal theory.