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Emotion Regulation and Peer-Rated Social Functioning: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study.

Tammy English¹, Oliver P John, Sanjay Srivastava

¹Department of Psychology, Stanford University.

Journal of Research in Personality

|March 9, 2013

Summary

Emotion regulation strategies like suppression and reappraisal have lasting effects on social connections. Using reappraisal enhances social standing, while suppression weakens relationships over time.

Keywords:

Emotion regulation close relationships reappraisal social connection suppression

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Social Psychology
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Emotion regulation strategies are linked to social outcomes, but long-term effects remain unclear.
Previous research focused on concurrent or short-term associations between emotion regulation and social functioning.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the long-term social consequences of emotion regulation strategies.
To examine how individual differences in emotion regulation impact social connections and standing over a four-year period.

Main Methods:

Employed a four-year longitudinal design.
Utilized peer-reported measures of social functioning.
Controlled for baseline social functioning and Big Five personality traits.

Main Results:

Emotion suppression predicted weaker social connections (e.g., less close relationships) by college's end.
Emotion reappraisal predicted stronger social connections and higher sociometric standing (e.g., social status).
These effects persisted after accounting for initial social functioning and personality traits.

Conclusions:

Individual differences in emotion regulation strategies have enduring impacts on social environments.
Emotion regulation plays a crucial role in shaping long-term social development and relationships.