ABSTRACT

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.

中文翻译：

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作为感知伴侣二元应对的函数的夫妻共同调节动态

摘要

背景和目标

对伴侣的二元应对 (DC) 行为的看法与较低的压力和较高的关系幸福感有关。尽管有据可查，但这些关联主要依赖于横截面数据，在相互压力的对话中忽略了时间关联。基于 DC 的系统交易模型 [Bodenmann, G. (2005)。二元应对及其对婚姻功能的意义。在 T. Revenson、K. Kayser 和 G. Bodenmann（编辑），应对压力的夫妻：二元应对的新兴观点（第 33-50 页）。美国心理学会。]，我们假设通常认为高正 DC 的夫妇会显示协同调节动态，而通常认为高负 DC 的夫妇会显示协同调节动态。

设计和方法

使用视频提示的 42 对不同性别浪漫情侣的压力经历逐秒回忆，这项研究检查了夫妻的共同调节动态是否受到在基线测量的感知合作伙伴 DC 行为的调节。

结果

平均而言，合作伙伴的压力评级是相互关联的；女性倾向于共同调节男性的压力，随着时间的推移，双方的压力都会减弱。感知负 DC 缓和了压力的协同调节，这表明当 (1) 负 DC 在两个伙伴中都很低和 (2) 当女性报告的负 DC 低于男性时，女性会单向协同调节男性的压力。然而，当 (1) 双方的负 DC 都很高和 (2) 女性报告的负 DC 高于男性时，不会发生协同调节。

结论

提出了利用对时间人际情感动态敏感的方法的意义。