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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Relationship Science

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  • Close relationships act as dynamic regulatory systems.
  • Partners jointly regulate each other's emotions and physiology (coregulation).
  • The emergence of coregulation remains under-explored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate when coregulation emerges in close relationships.
  • To test if social support interactions promote stabilizing coregulation.
  • To examine gender differences in dyadic coregulation.

Main Methods:

  • Dyadic laboratory experiment with romantic couples.
  • Measurement of cardiovascular responses during social support and control discussions.
  • Dynamical systems modeling with Bayesian estimation to analyze coregulation.

Main Results:

  • Coregulation was observed across all discussions.
  • Stabilizing coregulation was more pronounced during social support, particularly when men received support.
  • Significant heterogeneity existed in couples' coregulation patterns.

Conclusions:

  • Social support interactions are a key context for the emergence of coregulation.
  • Coregulation dynamics in relationships contribute to individual and dyadic well-being.
  • Findings offer novel insights into relationship functioning and health.