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Interpersonal emotion regulation in couples: Cultural differences and similarities

There are cultural differences in emotions, but across cultures, people experience emotions that are helpful to the relationship goals valued by their culture. This proposal sheds light on the interpersonal processes that align people’s emotions with these culture-specific relationship goals. In three studies (lab, daily diary), we examine the role of interpersonal emotion regulation (IER) in producing cultural differences in the emotions of romantic partners during conflict interactions. We test the idea that cultural differences in relationship goals during the interaction motivate differences in IER, and produce differences in the ensuing dyadic emotions. We also expect that dyadic emotions that are helpful to the cultural relationship goals are associated with the partners’ wellbeing and relationship satisfaction through goal satisfaction.
Date:1 Oct 2017 →  30 Sep 2021
Keywords:couples
Disciplines:Social psychology