Does Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Effort Pay Off?

Abstract

Interpersonal emotion regulation shapes people’s emotional and relational experiences. Yet, researchers know little about the regulation processes that influence these outcomes. Recent works in the intrapersonal emotion regulation space suggest that motivational strength, or effort, people invest in regulation might be the answer.We applied this motivated approach for the first time in the interpersonal space—looking at both intrinsic and extrinsic forms of interpersonal emotion regulation—in order to identify the potential emotional and relational outcomes of putting effort into regulating one’s own emotions through others, and regulating others’ emotions. In daily diary (N= 171) and experi..