Citation

Slep AM, Heyman RE, Lorber MF, Tiberio SS, Casillas KL. Fam. Process 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Family Process Institute, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/famp.12634

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Time series; Intimate partner violence; Anger regulation; Conflict dynamics; dinámica de los conflictos; Emotion regulation; regulación de la ira; regulación emocional; serie temporal; violencia de pareja; 亲密伴侣暴力; 冲突动态; 情绪调节; 愤怒调节; 时间序列