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Anh Tran¹, Katharine H Greenaway¹, Joanne Kostopoulos²

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Investing effort in interpersonal emotion regulation, whether intrinsic or extrinsic, does not guarantee positive outcomes. Excessive effort, particularly intrinsic, can lead to worse emotional experiences, highlighting the complexity of social emotional regulation.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Social Psychology
Emotion Regulation

Background:

Interpersonal emotion regulation significantly impacts emotional and relational experiences.
Limited understanding exists regarding the specific regulatory processes driving these outcomes.
Motivational strength, or effort, in intrapersonal emotion regulation is a key factor.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the emotional and relational outcomes of intrinsic and extrinsic interpersonal emotion regulation.
To examine the role of effort in regulating one's own emotions through others and regulating others' emotions.
To apply a motivated approach to interpersonal emotion regulation for the first time.

Main Methods:

Conducted daily diary (N=171) and experience sampling (N=239) studies over one week.
Examined participants' daily interpersonal emotion regulation behaviors and socioemotional experiences.
Assessed effort at both momentary and person-level across social interactions.

Main Results:

Higher habitual intrinsic effort in interpersonal emotion regulation correlated with worse overall emotional experiences.
Increased momentary extrinsic effort to help others feel better was associated with worse emotional experiences.
At the person level, extrinsic effort was linked to higher interaction quality.

Conclusions:

Interpersonal emotion regulation success is not solely determined by the amount of effort invested.
Findings suggest a complex interplay between effort, regulation type, and outcomes.
Opens new research avenues into factors influencing the effectiveness of interpersonal emotion regulation.