Regulating You, Not Me: Factors Influencing Interpersonal Emotion Regulation

Poster Session V

Keyword: Stress

Abstract: To understand the tendency to regulate negative emotions in oneself versus others, we found that individuals report a higher likelihood of regulating acquaintances' emotions over their own, especially in high-intensity situations.Participants rated acquaintances as experiencing more intense emotions and a greater need for regulation, both associated with increased IER tendencies.

• Beyzanur Arican-Dinc (Presenting Author)
• Shelly Gable (Author)