Emotional Coregulation Patterns of Romantic Partners

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2020-6-29

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GÜNDOĞDU AKTÜRK, Elçin
Aykutoğlu, Bülent

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This study aims to examine the coregulation patterns in the positive and negative affect of normative romantic partners and to replicate the previous findings in the emotion regulation field. For this aim, 37 romantic couples (74 individuals) completed daily records for 14 consecutive days. We hypothesized that one’s daily positive/negative affect would be positively associated with the partner’s daily positive/negative affect. We also expected that changes in one’s daily positive/negative affect would be positively associated with changes in the partner’s daily positive/negative affect. The hypothesis was partially supported, as results of multilevel analyses revealed that partners’ daily positive and negative affect positively predict one’s own positive and negative affect. Moreover, change in partners’ positive affect positively predicted one’s own change in positive affect. Change in partners’ negative affect did not predict one’s own change in negative affect. Overall, the findings demonstrated the coregulation pattern in positive affect but not for negative affect for romantic dyads. The findings made an important contribution to the field of emotion regulation by replicating previous findings and providing further evidence for the emotional coregulation of romantic couples.

Subject Keywords

Coregulation, Positive and Negative Affect, Romantic Partners, Ortak düzenleme, Olumlu ve olumsuz duygulanım, Romantik çiftler

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https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mjh/issue/81450/1418819
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/114916

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Department of Psychology, Article