Interpersonal

Interpersonal Circumplex (IPC-32)

Maps your interpersonal presentation on Agency × Communion axes across eight octants — from assured-dominant to unassured-submissive, warm-agreeable to cold-hearted.

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Agency (Dominance) Communion (Warmth)
Your
position
PAAssured-Dom.
BCArrogant-Calc.
DECold-Hearted
FGAloof-Intro.
HIUnassured-Sub.
JKUnassuming
LMWarm-Agreeable
NOGregarious-Ext.

At a glance

Items
32 items
Response
5-point Likert
Time
~8 minutes
Octants
8 (PA–NO)
Axes
Agency × Communion
Norms
Markey & Markey 2009

What the report includes

Scores on all eight circumplex octants from Assured-Dominant (PA) through Gregarious-Extraverted (NO), each with a population percentile and 90% confidence range against the published reference sample (Markey & Markey, 2009; N = 501). A graphical circumplex plot showing your angular location and vector length (interpersonal intensity). Dominant style classification and clinician interpretation guide.

The circumplex structure means your interpersonal style is described not as a category but as a location in continuous two-dimensional space — which direction you lean (angular position) and how strongly you lean there (vector length from center).

Markey, P.M., & Markey, C.N. (2009). A brief assessment of the interpersonal circumplex: The IPIP-IPC. Assessment, 16(4), 352–361. Items drawn from the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (Goldberg, 1999; ipip.ori.org). Hopwood, C.J., Pincus, A.L., DeMoor, R.M., & Koonce, E.A. (2008). Psychometric characteristics of the IPC. Journal of Personality Assessment, 90, 475–480.

Clinical applications

Interpersonal Therapy
Personality Assessment
Couples Therapy
Group Therapy