The social functions of positive emotions

L Sels, A Tran, KH Greenaway, L Verhofstadt… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Emotions unfold in the context of social interactions and relationships, where they serve
social ends. In this review, we discuss recent research on the social functions served by …

A meta-analytic review of accuracy and bias in romantic partner perceptions.

JE LaBuda, J Gere - Psychological Bulletin, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
People's perceptions of their romantic partners are somewhat accurate but also contain
biases. In the current meta-analytic review, we sought to examine overall levels of accuracy …

A dyadic perspective of expressive suppression: Own or partner suppression weakens relationships.

E Sasaki, NC Overall, VT Chang, RST Low - Emotion, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
In the current research, we apply a dyadic perspective of expressive suppression (ES) to test
whether ES represents a weak link, such that either actors' or partners' ES is sufficient to …

Actor and partner power are distinct and have differential effects on social behavior.

NC Overall, JK Maner, MD Hammond… - Journal of Personality …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Interpersonal power involves how much actors can influence partners (actor power) and
how much partners can influence actors (partner power). Yet, most theories and …

Understanding the links between perceiving gratitude and romantic relationship satisfaction using an accuracy and bias framework

H Tissera, ML Visserman, EA Impett… - Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Perceiving a partner's gratitude has several benefits for romantic relationships. We aimed to
better understand these associations by decomposing perceptions into accuracy and bias …

Body image projection bias in heterosexual romantic relationships: A dyadic investigation

A Hockey, CL Donovan… - Personality and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Guided by projection bias perspectives, this article sought to advance understanding of the
associations between body image and relationship and sexual satisfaction within …

Effects of regulating emotional expression on authenticity and likeability in stranger dyads

JA Birg, T English - Journal of Social and Personal …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study compares effects of expressive suppression to a less researched form of
expression-focused emotion regulation (namely, amplification) in terms of impact on …

Prosocial Behavior as an Antidote to Social Disconnection: The Effects of an Acts of Kindness Intervention on Daily Social Contact and Loneliness

Y Archer Lee, Y Guo, G Li, FS Chen - Journal of Happiness Studies, 2024 - Springer
There is an urgent need for effective and easily accessible interventions targeting young
adults' social connection. This study tests whether engaging in prosocial behavior can …

Emotion regulation and romantic partners' relationship satisfaction: Self-reports and partner reports

I Kardum, A Gračanin, J Hudek-Knežević… - Psihologijske teme, 2021 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Studies investigating the effects of emotion regulation on romantic partners'
relationship satisfaction (RS) found that proneness to use cognitive reappraisal exerts …

Decoding the regulator: Accuracy and bias in emotion regulation judgments

L Eldesouky, Y Guo, K Bentley, T English - Affective Science, 2022 - Springer
Accurately judging emotion regulation (ER) may help facilitate and maintain social
relationships. We investigated the accuracy and bias of ER judgments and their social …