Sentence examples for interpersonal orientation from inspiring English sources

The excerpt originally appeared at the end of a longer post, and marked a shift in both ideational content and interpersonal orientation.

As Doctors Mark Young and Drew Pinsky state in their paper, Narcissism and Celebrity, "...normal narcissism is characterized by self-centeredness, self-aggrandizement (the act of making oneself more powerful, wealthy, etc., especially in a ruthless way) and a manipulative interpersonal orientation".

Neuroticism measures degrees of emotional stability, Extraversion describes degrees of interpersonal interactions, Openness to experience estimates willingness to accept novel ideas, Agreeableness estimates the quality of interpersonal orientation, and Conscientiousness estimates motivation in goal-directed behaviour [7].

Higher levels of two psychological factors including interpersonal orientation and rumination among women were shown to be associated with the higher levels of depression [ 63].

IPT's interpersonal orientation, with a focus on improving the patient's ability to cope with, adapt to, and improve her social environment (Stuart & Robertson, 2003), suggests the importance of evaluating social relationship variables.

At the conventional level, stage 3 focuses on the "physician having a 'good' interpersonal relationship orientation" and stage 4 on the "physician's ability to maintain a social order orientation".

That means that students with more interpersonal goal orientations in learning, those who wish to attain positive external evaluation of their abilities, are more likely to report lower perceived ability to deal with stress and tolerate frustrations.

Many therapists today embrace the "interpersonal" or "relational" orientation.