Recent innovations in the field of interpersonal emotion regulation

Dixon‐Gordon, Katherine L.; Bernecker, Samantha L.; Christensen, Kara A.

doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2015.02.001

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“…We reserve the use of the term “interpersonal emotion regulation” to more precisely describe dyadic or transactional instances in which one individual has a direct effect on another’s emotional state (see Dixon-Gordon, Bernecker, & Christensen, 2015; Marroquín, 2011; Zaki & Williams, 2013), which depending on the definition used, may include unintentional coregulation of emotion between partners (Butler & Randall, 2013), emotional contagion (Hatfield, Cacioppo, & Rapson, 1993), and use of emotion as social information (Van Kleef, 2010). Herein, we focus on social ER, regarding interpersonal ER as a critical subcategory.…”

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Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms: Close relationships as social context and influence.

Marroquín¹,

Nolen–Hoeksema

2015

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Depression is associated with social dysfunction and maladaptive social environments, but mechanisms through which social relationships affect depressive psychopathology are unclear. We hypothesized that emotion regulation (ER) is such a mechanism, with outcomes of individuals’ ER efforts sensitive to the social context, and individuals’ ER strategy repertoire and use sensitive to social influence. In Study 1, a longitudinal study of community adults (N = 1,319), associations of individuals’ ER strategies with depressive symptoms depended on social connectedness and romantic relationship status (social context hypothesis). Moreover, associations of social connectedness and relationship status with symptoms were accounted for by maladaptive ER concurrently and, for social connectedness, prospectively over 1 year (social influence hypothesis). Study 2a, using a national sample (N = 772), replicated and extended these findings with a broader array of ER strategies, and ruled out alternative explanations regarding social skills and psychological wellbeing. Among participants in romantic relationships (Study 2b; N = 558), intimacy and trust buffered associations of maladaptive ER strategies with symptoms (context), and maladaptive and adaptive ER mediated links between relationship variables and symptoms (influence). Findings suggest that close relationships—and variation in underlying relational processes within relationships— influence the ER strategies people use, and also affect whether individuals’ own ER repertoires contribute to depression when deployed. Results elucidate core social mechanisms of ER in terms of both basic processes and depressive psychopathology, suggest ER is a channel through which social factors affect internal functioning and mental health, and inform relationship pathways for clinical intervention.

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Section: Social Influences On Emotion Regulationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms: Close relationships as social context and influence.

Marroquín¹,

Nolen–Hoeksema

2015

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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“…A growing number of theoretical accounts which take a social or interpersonal view of emotion regulation have been made (e.g., Dixon‐Gordon, Bernecker, & Christensen, ; Hofmann, ; Kappas, ; Niven, Totterdell, Stride, & Holman, ; Rime, ; Schmader & Mendes, ). For instance, Van Kleef () proposed we feel emotions internally, but we also express them in social interactions where people may observe them and be influenced by them.…”

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Individual and interpersonal emotion regulation among adults with substance use disorders and matched controls

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Neves

Alhadad

et al. 2017

British J Clinic Psychol

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Compared to matched controls, adults with substance use disorders self-report significantly more difficulties with emotional awareness and regulation. Compared to matched controls, adults with substance use disorders report significantly greater expectancies not to show depression and anxiety. When viewing positive and negative images, adults with substance use disorders are significantly less flexible in their facial expression of emotion than matched controls in response to regulatory instructions. Emotion regulation should be measured and addressed as part of substance use disorder treatment.

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“…Despite its centrality for emotion regulation, investigators have only recently begun to examine the interpersonal aspects of this process in adults (Dixon-Gordon, Bernecker, & Christensen, 2015). Zaki and Williams (2013) presented a framework of interpersonal emotion regulation that distinguishes intrinsic vs. extrinsic and response-independent vs. response-dependent interpersonal emotion regulation strategies.…”

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Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ): Scale Development and Psychometric Characteristics

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Despite the popularity of emotion regulation in the contemporary literature, research has almost exclusively focused on only intrapersonal processes, whereas much less attention has been placed in interpersonal emotion regulation processes. In order to encourage research on interpersonal emotion regulation, we present a series of 4 studies to develop the Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ). The final scale consists of 20 items with 4 factors containing 5 items each. The 4 factors are: Enhancing Positive Affect; Perspective Taking; Soothing; and Social Modeling. The scale shows excellent psychometric characteristics. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Recent innovations in the field of interpersonal emotion regulation

Cited by 130 publications

References 41 publications

Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms: Close relationships as social context and influence.

Emotion regulation and depressive symptoms: Close relationships as social context and influence.

Individual and interpersonal emotion regulation among adults with substance use disorders and matched controls

Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (IERQ): Scale Development and Psychometric Characteristics

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