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A response surface analysis investigation of the effects of (mis)alignment between interpersonal values and efficacies on interpersonal problems.

OBJECTIVE
In this study we examined whether discrepancies between interpersonal values and interpersonal efficacies are associated with distress, and provide a framework through which similar questions regarding intrapersonal alignment may be investigated.


METHOD
Using interpersonal circumplex scales, we assessed interpersonal values and efficacies in two large samples (undergraduate N=1453, community N=1099) and used response surface analysis to model the alignment of these variables and their association with interpersonal distress.


RESULTS
We found that there were significant positive relationships between larger mismatches and greater distress. We also found that extremity in both matches and mismatches predicted more distress. At a more specific level, people who valued warmth but reported low efficacy for warm behavior reported problems related to being too cold to others.


CONCLUSION
This study highlights the value of elaborating within-person discrepancies across personality levels, provides a model for doing so organized around the interpersonal circumplex, and specifies connections between value-efficacy discrepancies and interpersonal distress.