ABSTRACT
As evidenced by this volume, investigators are extending their search for factors associated with the etiology and maintenance of depression and aggression beyond the individual, into the realm of interpersonal interaction. Obviously, the hope is that this focus on interpersonal rather than intrapersonal factors will reveal some consistent behavioral parameters that might help explain, and predict the emergence of these dysfunctional behaviors. By taking a social interactional perspective in analyzing aggression, depression, and marital conflict, this text implies that pathological behaviors are generated in the context of ongoing social interaction. Hence it is necessary to collect sequential data.
