Study examines emotion regulation and cognitive flexibility's impact on life satisfaction in couples, suggesting therapy implications.
Key Points
This research aims to explore how difficulties in regulating emotions affect life satisfaction through cognitive flexibility among married couples.
Analyzed data from 404 married couples in Türkiye using the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).
Men's emotion regulation difficulties decreased their partners' cognitive flexibility, leading to reduced life satisfaction (effect size not specified).
Women's emotion regulation difficulties did not significantly impact their partners' cognitive flexibility or life satisfaction.