Handbook of Interpersonal Competence Research offers a vital desk reference to anyone doing research on social skills and interaction. Interpersonal competence, defined broadly, refers to the quality or skillfulness of social interaction. The reference manual provides a complete and comprehensive bibliography on this subject, with over 1,600 entries, in addition to a review of over 80 measures directly related to the study of competence. The Handbook covers more measures, more constellation measures, and provides a far more detailed bibliography than any source available to date. No other work on this subject approaches the level of breadth and depth of both published and unpublished background sources. Handbook of Interpersonal Competence Research will be valuable to clinicians, consulting psychologists, organizational consultants, researchers, and students interested in the assessment of social skills.

1: An Introduction to Interpersonal Competence.- Definitions.- Themes in the Competence Literature.- Summary.- 2: The Social Relevance of Competence.- Mental Disorders.- Anxiety Disorders.- Relational Disorders.- Academic Disorders.- Developmental Disorders of Children.- Other Socially Relevant Phenomena.- Summary.- 3: Issues in Interpersonal Competence Research.- Trait Versus State.- Locus of Measurement.- Individual Versus Relational Competence.- Neglected Measurement Issues.- Summary.- 4: A Review of Measures.- Decision Parameters for Reviewing Measures.- A Grammar of Measurement Concepts.- Constellation Measures of Interpersonal Competence.- Issues of Factor Structure.- A Description of Measures of Interpersonal Competence.- 5: Priorities for Interpersonal Competence Research.- The Need for Theory Development.- Promising Directions for Measurement.- Incorporating Context into Competence Research.- Summary and Conclusions.- A Bibliography on Interpersonal Competence.