Interpersonal theory suggests interpersonal functioning is healthier when exchanging dominance throughout a conversation (agentic complementarity). However, many research paradigms measure agency across conversations rather than within conversations. This leads to different timescales (minutes vs. seconds) and analyses (between-situation vs. within-situation), complicating how interpersonal complementarity is researched and applied clinically. Interpersonal processes (complementarity, covariation) are examined across different timescales, and a new way to measure within-situation complementarity using EMA data is proposed. Participants across two datasets (n = 186, n = 180) completed 20 social interaction records. New measures of within-situation interpersonal processes were more often and stronger related to measures of psychopathology at baseline and in daily life. I discuss the implications for theory and assessment of interpersonal processes moving forward.

人际交往理论表明，在整个对话中交换支配地位时，人际交往功能更健康（代理互补性）。然而，许多研究范式在对话中而不是在对话中衡量代理。这导致了不同的时间尺度（分钟与秒）和分析（情境之间与情境内），使人际互补性在临床上的研究和应用变得复杂。跨不同时间尺度检查人际过程（互补性、协变），并提出了一种使用 EMA 数据测量情境内互补性的新方法。两个数据集（n = 186，n = 180）的参与者完成了 20 条社交互动记录。情境内人际过程的新测量与基线和日常生活中的精神病理学测量更频繁、更密切相关。我讨论了对未来人际交往过程的理论和评估的影响。