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To investigate how intrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation predicts subsequent affect and emotion regulation strategy use among adults with and without major depressive disorder.

June 2, 2025Emotion

How might interpersonal emotion regulation shape well-being? A naturalistic investigation of its link to subsequent affect and intrinsic emotion regulation.

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ABAbigail W Berkowitz DLDaphne Y. LiuUniversity of Denver TETammy EnglishWashington University in St. Louis

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Ecological momentary assessment study demonstrates how interpersonal emotion regulation shapes affect in adults, indicating that perceived problem resolution drives emotional benefits.

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To investigate how intrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation predicts subsequent affect and emotion regulation strategy use among adults with and without major depressive disorder.
Conducted a 2-week ecological momentary assessment study among 215 adults with and without major depressive disorder between 2017 and 2019.
Assessed recent intrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation via social sharing, perceived problem and relationship outcomes, subsequent negative and positive affect, and regulation strategy use.
Used multilevel modeling to analyze within-person associations across repeated daily assessments.
Intrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation engagement predicted higher subsequent negative affect and lower positive affect, whereas perceived problem resolution following sharing predicted lower negative affect and higher positive affect.
Engaging in interpersonal emotion regulation predicted subsequent emotion regulation strategies, specifically increasing subsequent social sharing and reappraisal while decreasing expressive suppression.
Associations between interpersonal emotion regulation, affect, and regulatory efforts did not significantly vary by major depressive disorder status.

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Berkowitz et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6f9fd031a3df824327f74e https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001536

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Ecological momentary assessment study demonstrates how interpersonal emotion regulation shapes affect in adults, indicating that perceived problem resolution drives emotional benefits.

How might interpersonal emotion regulation shape well-being? A naturalistic investigation of its link to subsequent affect and intrinsic emotion regulation.

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How might interpersonal emotion regulation shape well-being? A naturalistic investigation of its link to subsequent affect and intrinsic emotion regulation.

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