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Over the past 20 years , our understanding of emotional processes has grown
rapidly . Within the study of emotion , a key area of interest has been how individuals
succeed or fail in regulating emotional responses . Although still in its early
development , researchers in this field have made progress in identifying the
neurological , psychological , and social processes that underlie emotion regulation and
dysregulation . Despite these advances , relatively few of these insights have been
considered in light of the highly emotional terrain of couple distress . In the present
study , one hundred and eight cohabiting couples rated themselves and their partner on
key emotion regulation variables (e .g . , the tendency to lose control of one ? ?s emotions
and the ability to restore emotional control and equilibrium ) . Analyses using the Actor -
Partner Interdependence Model (APIM ) showed strong links between these variables
and individuals ? ? experience of intimacy and distress in their relationship . Results
suggest that there are multiple avenues through which emotion regulation impacts a
given individual ? ?s relationship functioning ; these include : (1 ) the individual ? ?s self
perceived capacity for emotion regulation , (2 ) their partner ? ?s self -perceived capacity for
emotion regulation , (3 ) the individual ? ?s perception of their partner ? ?s capacity for
emotion regulation , and (4 ) the partner ? ?s perception of the individual ? ?s emotion
regulation abilities . |
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