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  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Intimate relationships are central to emotional experiences.
  • Adult development research increasingly focuses on socioemotional factors.
  • Understanding emotion regulation in couples is crucial for well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review research on couples' emotion regulation across adulthood.
  • To explore the developmental trajectory of emotion regulation in relationships.
  • To examine how couples' emotion regulation impacts functioning and health with age.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual review of existing research.
  • Integration of socioemotional selectivity theory.
  • Life-span developmental perspective on couples' emotion regulation.

Main Results:

  • Couples' emotion regulation is dynamic, coregulatory, bidirectional, and bivalent.
  • Emotion regulation in couples may shift from individual to shared focus ('me to us').
  • Older adults may exhibit superior emotion regulation within couples compared to younger adults.

Conclusions:

  • Couples' emotion regulation becomes more vital, effective, and consequential with age.
  • Enhanced emotion regulation in later life couples supports relationship outcomes, well-being, and health.
  • Future research should further investigate the 'me to us' shift and its implications.