Family Translational Research Group, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
Fam Process. 2021 Dec;60(4):1280-1294. doi: 10.1111/famp.12634. Epub 2021 Jan 28.
We tested hypotheses about moment-to-moment interpersonal influences on anger during couples' conflict, and the association of those anger dynamics with relationship satisfaction and intimate partner violence (IPV). Displayed anger was coded from laboratory observations of cohabiting couples (N = 197); experienced anger was assessed via a video-recall procedure. Credible, but variable, associations were found in which a person's anger display at one moment was linked to change in the partner's anger display and experience in the next moment. Women's anger experience was more strongly influenced by men's anger displays in couples with higher levels of IPV and couples with lower levels of relationship satisfaction. The displayed anger of men who perpetrated higher levels of IPV was more strongly influenced by women's anger displays. Overall, when individuals displayed higher intensity anger, partners reacted with increasingly angry feelings but decreasingly angry displays. Results suggest that anger dynamics relate to dyadic processes and that dynamics relate to important relationship outcomes. Dyadic anger dynamics might prove a worthy intervention target.
我们检验了夫妻冲突中瞬间人际影响对愤怒的假设，以及这些愤怒动态与关系满意度和亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）的关联。通过对同居夫妻的实验室观察（N=197）对表现出的愤怒进行编码；通过视频回忆程序评估经历过的愤怒。在可信但可变的关联中，一个人在某一时刻的愤怒表现与下一刻伴侣愤怒表现和体验的变化有关。在 IPV 水平较高和关系满意度较低的夫妻中，女性的愤怒体验受男性愤怒表现的影响更大。实施更高水平 IPV 的男性的表现愤怒受到女性愤怒表现的更大影响。总的来说，当个人表现出更高强度的愤怒时，伴侣的反应是越来越愤怒的情绪，但愤怒的表现却越来越少。研究结果表明，愤怒动态与二元过程有关，动态与重要的关系结果有关。二元愤怒动态可能是一个值得关注的干预目标。
