Development and Validation of the Interpersonal Motivational Systems Questionnaire (IMS-Q).

ABSTRACT: Framed within the evolutionary framework, the Interpersonal Motivational System (IMS) theory suggests that eight distinct motivational impulses drive interpersonal human relationships, namely caregiving, social affiliation, attachment, rank-dominance, rank-submission, social play, cooperation, and sexuality. This theory has been widely applied in clinical practice, where psychopathology is viewed as the result of non-flexible or excessive activation of one system over another. Despite its clinical relevance, empirical studies aimed at measuring IMSs are scarce. This paper contributed to filling this gap by proposing a questionnaire to measure individuals' activation of the eight IMSs. Two studies involving large samples of adults were conducted. The first study (N = 455; 76.5% females) con

SUBMITTER: Esposito R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10525080 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature