TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents’ Daily Romantic Experiences and Negative Mood
T2 - A Dyadic, Intensive Longitudinal Study
AU - Rogers, Adam A.
AU - Ha, Phuong
AU - Updegraff, Kimberly
AU - Iida, Masumi
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding This research was supported by the T. Denny Sanford Foundation and the Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements Support for this research was provided by the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics as part of the Lives of Teens Enterprise, and from the REACH Institute at Arizona State University to T. Ha. We greatly appreciate the efforts of the principals and staff in facilitating data collection.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/7/1
Y1 - 2018/7/1
N2 - Romantic relationships, although increasingly normative during adolescence, also present unique developmental challenges that can portend psychological difficulties. Underlying these difficulties may be the degree to which daily romantic transactions potentiate fluctuations in negative mood. The present study examined associations between adolescents’ daily romantic relationship experiences and their same-day negative affective states (i.e., fluctuations in high-arousal, aversive mood). Using a dyadic ecological momentary assessment (EMA) design, this study followed an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 98 adolescent romantic couples twice weekly for 12 weeks (n = 196 individuals; Mage = 16.74 years, SD = 0.90; 45% Latina/o, 45% White; 55% receiving free or reduced meals). The results indicated that various daily romantic experiences (e.g., conflict, feelings about the relationship) predicted greater same-day negative affect. Beyond the effects of these romantic experiences, adolescent couples were also synchronized in their fluctuating negative affective states, evidencing the presence of emotional contagion. Overall, the findings indicate the salience of romantic relationships in the everyday lives of adolescents.
AB - Romantic relationships, although increasingly normative during adolescence, also present unique developmental challenges that can portend psychological difficulties. Underlying these difficulties may be the degree to which daily romantic transactions potentiate fluctuations in negative mood. The present study examined associations between adolescents’ daily romantic relationship experiences and their same-day negative affective states (i.e., fluctuations in high-arousal, aversive mood). Using a dyadic ecological momentary assessment (EMA) design, this study followed an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of 98 adolescent romantic couples twice weekly for 12 weeks (n = 196 individuals; Mage = 16.74 years, SD = 0.90; 45% Latina/o, 45% White; 55% receiving free or reduced meals). The results indicated that various daily romantic experiences (e.g., conflict, feelings about the relationship) predicted greater same-day negative affect. Beyond the effects of these romantic experiences, adolescent couples were also synchronized in their fluctuating negative affective states, evidencing the presence of emotional contagion. Overall, the findings indicate the salience of romantic relationships in the everyday lives of adolescents.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Ecological momentary assessment
KW - Negative affect
KW - Negative mood
KW - Romantic relationships
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U2 - 10.1007/s10964-017-0797-y
DO - 10.1007/s10964-017-0797-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 29305673
AN - SCOPUS:85040074576
SN - 0047-2891
VL - 47
SP - 1517
EP - 1530
JO - Journal of youth and adolescence
JF - Journal of youth and adolescence
IS - 7
ER -