Relating Theory – Clinical and Forensic Applications

Part I. Introduction to Relating Theory

1. What Is Relating Theory?
John Birtchnell

2. Comparing Birtchnell’s Interpersonal Octagon with Leary’s Interpersonal Circle
John Birtchnell

Part II. Measures Based on Relating Theory

3. The Person’s Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ)
Argyroula Kalaitzaki, John Birtchnell

4. The Psychometric Viability of the Person’s Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ)
Sean Hammond

5. The Couple’s Relating to Each Other Questionnaire (CREOQ): A Measure of Negative Interrelating
Argyroula Kalaitzaki, John Birtchnell

6. The Us as a Couple Questionnaire (US): A Unidimensional Measure of Couple Satisfaction
Cor Jong, Laura DeFuentes-Merillas, Florieke Werken, John Birtchnell

7. The Family Members Interrelating Questionnaire (FMIQ): A Measure of Interrelating Between Young Adults and Their Parents
Argyroula Kalaitzaki

8. Parental Relating: A New Conceptualisation of Parenting Styles and the Development of the Adult Recollection of Parental Relating Questionnaire (ARPRQ)
Cristina Harnagea

9. The Person’s Relating Interview (PRI) and the Observation of Relating Behaviour (ORB): Observers’ Perceptions of Other People’s Interpersonal Relating
Argyroula Kalaitzaki, Michelle Newberry, John Birtchnell

10. The Person’s Relating to Others at Work Questionnaire (PROWQ): A Modified Version of the PROQ Applied to Job Sharing at Senior Levels in the Workplace
Lucy Daniels

11. The Person’s Positive Relating to Others Questionnaire (PPROQ): A New Relating Instrument Grounded in Positive Psychology
Argyroula Kalaitzaki, Sean Hammond

Part III. Applications of Relating Theory to Clinical Psychology

12. Relating Therapy
John Birtchnell

13. Negative Relating and Psychotherapy
Argyroula Kalaitzaki, John Birtchnell

14. The Use of the Couple’s Relating to Each Other Questionnaire (CREOQ) in Couple Therapy
Deidre Gordon

15. Interrelating Within the Families of Schizophrenics Before Their First Psychotic Episode
Joannis Nestoros, Theodora Seliniotaki, Anastasia Vergoti, Emmanouil Benioudakis

16. Relatedness Reflected Through the Group Analytic Mirror
Marion Brown

17. Changes in Interrelating over the Course of Psychotherapy
Argyroula Kalaitzaki

Part IV. Applications of Relating Theory to Forensic Psychology

18. Are Specific Criminal Offences Associated with Particular Negative Interpersonal Relating Styles?
Michelle Newberry, John Birtchnell

19. Interpersonal Relating, Risk-Taking Behaviour and Alcohol Use in Young Adults
Lydia Haan, Hein Haan, Cor Jong

20. Negative Relating and Psychopathy
Michelle Newberry

21. The Sadistic Impulse and Relating to Others
Aisling O’Meara, Sean Hammond

22. Using the Person’s Relating to Others Questionnaire (PROQ) to Support Offenders with Intellectual Disability and Personality Disorder
Jon Taylor

23. Changes in Offenders’ Interpersonal Relating Styles Following Treatment in Forensic Settings
Michelle Newberry

24. Further Directions for Research on Relating Theory
Argyroula Kalaitzaki, Michelle Newberry, John Birtchnell

Keywords: Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Psychotherapy, Forensic Psychiatry, Forensic Psychology