@article{ref1,
title="Self-esteem and interpersonal functioning in psychiatric outpatients",
journal="Scandinavian journal of psychology",
year="2009",
author="Bjørkvik, Jofrid and Biringer, Eva and Eikeland, Ole-Johan and Nielsen, Geir Høstmark",
volume="50",
number="3",
pages="259-265",
abstract="This study explored associations between self-esteem and interpersonal functioning in a one-year clinic cohort of psychiatric outpatients (n= 338). At intake, patients completed questionnaires measuring self-esteem, interpersonal problems, interpersonal style, and general symptomatic distress. They were also diagnosed according to the ICD-10. Interpersonal behaviour was measured along the agency and communion dimensions of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems-Circumplex [IIP-C]. The results show that lower self-esteem was associated with higher levels of interpersonal problems in general. Further, lower self-esteem was first and foremost linked to frustrated agentic motives, as measured by the IIP-C. Hence, the study concludes that fostering patient agency should be considered as an important goal in psychotherapy. Furthermore, the analyses revealed an interaction effect of agency and communion on self-esteem, indicating a need for balancing the two motive dimensions. Finally, some questions are raised concerning the interpretation of the IIP-C subscales in general.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-5564",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00709.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00709.x"
}