Individual differences in interpersonal emotion regulation: What makes some people more (or less) successful than others?

Niven, Karen; Hughes, David J.; Tan, J. Keane; Wickett, Robin

doi:10.1111/spc3.12951

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“…An additional avenue for future research involves collecting partner measures to assess the impact of successful EIER (Niven et al, 2024) on the regulator, introducing another layer of complexity to these social dynamics. In our current studies, we measure attempts to improve others' emotions and perceptions of success from the perspective of the regulator and behavioral coders.…”

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Helping you helps me: Beneficial effects of regulating others’ emotions on well-being and physiological stress

Jurkiewicz,

Oveis

2023

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Improving others’ emotions is cognitively and emotionally demanding, potentially increasing regulators’ stress levels and decreasing regulators’ wellbeing. However, it is also reasonable to expect that the opposite could occur: Engaging in affect-improving extrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation (EIER) may enhance regulators’ affective wellbeing and shield against stress because affect-improving EIER can also activate regulators’ emotion regulation and foster better social interactions. In two studies, we test the intrapersonal consequences of engaging in affect-improving EIER. In Study 1, a 7-day diary study (N = 205; 1434 observations) of most significant social interactions, regulators who improved the emotions of others experienced an increase in positive affect from day 1 to day 7 and better wellbeing at the end of the study. In Study 2, a laboratory study (N = 102, 51 dyads), attempts to improve an interaction partner’s emotions were associated with the alleviation of physiological stress measured by pre-ejection period (PEP) reactivity. These findings empirically support the role of affect-improving extrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation in the self-regulation of emotions and contribute to the theoretical understanding of why social relationships are important for overall health and wellness.

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Helping you helps me: Beneficial effects of regulating others’ emotions on well-being and physiological stress

Jurkiewicz,

Oveis

2023

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Emotional self-regulation and personality in the light of Thomas Aquinas’s philosophical anthropology

Rojas-Saffie,

García-Matte

2024

Front. Psychol.

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This article aims to thoroughly understand the concept of emotional self-regulation (ESR) and its relationship with personality. Through an interdisciplinary dialogue between psychology and philosophy—specifically, the anthropology of Thomas Aquinas—three realities are proposed that could be considered as ESR. The conceptual relationship between ESR—understood as operation, faculty and habit—and personality is examined, specifically using the Five-Factor Model and the virtues model. Key findings include the need for consensus on a precise definition of ESR, the central role of reason as a faculty capable of ruling over emotions, the relevance of the distinction between ESR and self-control, and the understanding of ESR as a set of habits that include aspects of prudence, temperance and fortitude. Interdisciplinary dialogue seems to be a valuable intellectual approach to the advancement of the field of psychology.

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Individual differences in interpersonal emotion regulation: What makes some people more (or less) successful than others?

Cited by 2 publications

References 99 publications

Helping you helps me: Beneficial effects of regulating others’ emotions on well-being and physiological stress

Helping you helps me: Beneficial effects of regulating others’ emotions on well-being and physiological stress

Emotional self-regulation and personality in the light of Thomas Aquinas’s philosophical anthropology

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