Fig 1.
The 'Inclusion of the Other in the Self' (IOS) task.
Adapted and changed for our online implementation from AAS ([1], Fig 1, p. 597). Respondents are asked to select the pair of circles that best describes their relationship with X. AAS speak of ‘Self’ and ‘Other’, whereas we use the terminology ‘You’ and ‘X’.
Table 1.
Correlations among IOS Scale, RCI Scales, and SCI Scale.
Table 2.
Mean scores and intercorrelations of scales in Study 2.
Table 3.
Correlations among IOS Scale, RCI Scales, SCI Scale, Love and Liking Scales, and PAM Scale in Study 3.
Table 4.
Personal Acquaintance Measure (PAM) correlations.
Table 5.
Explaining IOS scores in Study 3 with socio-demographics, IRC, and Personality.
Fig 2.
The link between the Index of Relationship Closeness and IOS.
‘The Index of Relationship Closeness’ is the principal component of five measurements of the closeness of relationships: RCI and SCI [12], We Scale [22], Loving and Liking Scale [13], and PAM Scale [11].