TY - JOUR
T1 - Couples’ co-regulation dynamics as a function of perceived partner dyadic coping
AU - Randall, Ashley K.
AU - Tao, Chun
AU - Leon, Gabriel
AU - Duran, Nicholas D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the Institute for Social Science Research at Arizona State University. Materials and data for this study can be found here: https://osf.io/2vph7/?view_only=e119787370dd4fc9a6033e2def3ff0fd.
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background and objectives: Perceptions of partners’ dyadic coping (DC) behaviors are associated with lower stress and higher relationship well-being. Albeit well-documented, these associations have predominately relied on cross-sectional data, overlooking temporal associations during conversations of mutual stress. Based on the systemic transactional model of DC [Bodenmann, G. (2005). Dyadic coping and its significance for marital functioning. In T. Revenson, K. Kayser, & G. Bodenmann (Eds.), Couples coping with stress: Emerging perspectives on dyadic coping (pp. 33–50). American Psychological Association.], we hypothesized that co-regulatory dynamics would be displayed for couples who generally perceive high positive DC, whereas co-dysregulatory dynamics would be displayed for couples who generally perceive high negative DC. Design and methods: Using video-prompted second-by-second recall of stress experience from 42 different-gender romantic couples, this study examined whether couples’ co-regulation dynamics were moderated by perceived partner DC behaviors, measured at baseline. Results: On average, partners’ stress ratings were coupled; females tended to coregulate males’ stress and both partners’ stress dampened over time. Perceived negative DC moderated the coregulation of stress, suggesting that females unidirectionally coregulated males’ stress when (1) negative DC was low in both partners and (2) when females reported lower negative DC than males. However, coregulation did not occur when (1) negative DC was high in both partners and (2) females reported higher negative DC than males. Conclusions: Implications for utilizing methods sensitive to temporal interpersonal emotion dynamics are presented.
AB - Background and objectives: Perceptions of partners’ dyadic coping (DC) behaviors are associated with lower stress and higher relationship well-being. Albeit well-documented, these associations have predominately relied on cross-sectional data, overlooking temporal associations during conversations of mutual stress. Based on the systemic transactional model of DC [Bodenmann, G. (2005). Dyadic coping and its significance for marital functioning. In T. Revenson, K. Kayser, & G. Bodenmann (Eds.), Couples coping with stress: Emerging perspectives on dyadic coping (pp. 33–50). American Psychological Association.], we hypothesized that co-regulatory dynamics would be displayed for couples who generally perceive high positive DC, whereas co-dysregulatory dynamics would be displayed for couples who generally perceive high negative DC. Design and methods: Using video-prompted second-by-second recall of stress experience from 42 different-gender romantic couples, this study examined whether couples’ co-regulation dynamics were moderated by perceived partner DC behaviors, measured at baseline. Results: On average, partners’ stress ratings were coupled; females tended to coregulate males’ stress and both partners’ stress dampened over time. Perceived negative DC moderated the coregulation of stress, suggesting that females unidirectionally coregulated males’ stress when (1) negative DC was low in both partners and (2) when females reported lower negative DC than males. However, coregulation did not occur when (1) negative DC was high in both partners and (2) females reported higher negative DC than males. Conclusions: Implications for utilizing methods sensitive to temporal interpersonal emotion dynamics are presented.
KW - Co-regulation
KW - coupled-oscillator model
KW - dyadic coping
KW - mutual stress
KW - romantic couples
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U2 - 10.1080/10615806.2021.1912740
DO - 10.1080/10615806.2021.1912740
M3 - Article
C2 - 33834918
AN - SCOPUS:85104262977
SN - 1061-5806
VL - 34
SP - 597
EP - 611
JO - Anxiety, Stress and Coping
JF - Anxiety, Stress and Coping
IS - 6
ER -