In a landmark article, Wiggins, Phillips, and Trapnell (1989) set forth some of the basic assumptions—as they described it, the “circular reasoning”—behind the diagnostic use of the interpersonal circle for personality assessment. The purpose of this chapter is to amplify and extend these principles and themes of circular assessment as presented in this essential work. The chapter describes the defining features of the circular model, discusses its relationship to the interpersonal circumplex, and then presents the derivations and implications of the model for the assessment of individual differences, including circular profiles, vector scoring, and circular distributions.
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