Reed Rebecca G, Barnard Kobus, Butler Emily A
Department of Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona.
School of Information: Science, Technology, and Arts, University of Arizona.
Emotion. 2015 Feb;15(1):45-60. doi: 10.1037/a0038561.
Well-regulated emotions, both within people and between relationship partners, play a key role in facilitating health and well-being. The present study examined 39 heterosexual couples' joint weight status (both partners are healthy-weight, both overweight, 1 healthy-weight, and 1 overweight) as a predictor of 2 interpersonal emotional patterns during a discussion of their shared lifestyle choices. The first pattern, coregulation, is one in which partners' coupled emotions show a dampening pattern over time and ultimately return to homeostatic levels. The second, codysregulation, is one in which partners' coupled emotions are amplified away from homeostatic balance. We demonstrate how a coupled linear oscillator (CLO) model (Butner, Amazeen, & Mulvey, 2005) can be used to distinguish coregulation from codysregulation. As predicted, healthy-weight couples and mixed-weight couples in which the man was heavier than the woman displayed coregulation, but overweight couples and mixed-weight couples in which the woman was heavier showed codysregulation. These results suggest that heterosexual couples in which the woman is overweight may face formidable coregulatory challenges that could undermine both partners' well-being. The results also demonstrate the importance of distinguishing between various interpersonal emotional dynamics for understanding connections between interpersonal emotions and health.
无论是在个体内部还是在伴侣之间，调节良好的情绪在促进健康和幸福方面都起着关键作用。本研究考察了39对异性恋伴侣的联合体重状况（双方体重均正常、双方均超重、一方体重正常另一方超重），将其作为讨论共同生活方式选择期间两种人际情绪模式的预测指标。第一种模式是共同调节，即伴侣的耦合情绪随着时间呈现减弱模式，并最终恢复到稳态水平。第二种模式是协同失调，即伴侣的耦合情绪偏离稳态平衡并被放大。我们展示了如何使用耦合线性振荡器（CLO）模型（Butner、Amazeen和Mulvey，2005年）来区分共同调节和协同失调。正如预测的那样，体重正常的伴侣以及男方比女方重的混合体重伴侣表现出共同调节，但女方超重的超重伴侣和混合体重伴侣表现出协同失调。这些结果表明，女方超重的异性恋伴侣可能面临巨大的共同调节挑战，这可能会损害双方的幸福感。研究结果还表明，区分各种人际情绪动态对于理解人际情绪与健康之间的联系至关重要。
