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  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Emotion Regulation

Background:

  • Interpersonal emotion regulation is common but effectiveness varies.
  • Understanding which strategies succeed and why is crucial for improving social support.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify effective interpersonal emotion regulation strategies.
  • To examine the role of perceived responsiveness in successful emotion regulation.

Main Methods:

  • 121 dyadic video conversations analyzed.
  • Regulators reported using extrinsic reappraisal, suppression, or acceptance.
  • Targets reported perceived regulator responsiveness and emotion change.

Main Results:

  • Extrinsic reappraisal improved target emotions and perceptions of improvement.
  • Suppression and acceptance did not directly improve emotions.
  • All strategies improved emotions when mediated by perceived regulator responsiveness.

Conclusions:

  • Extrinsic reappraisal is a key strategy for improving others' emotions.
  • Perceived responsiveness is vital for the success of all extrinsic emotion regulation strategies.
  • Findings inform interventions for effective emotion regulation support.