Research into self-regulation and partner regulation strategies has largely involved parallel lines of research, thus, it is difficult to determine the relative contribution of both forms of regulation when it comes to relationship outcomes. Therefore, the question remains as to which form of regulation is more strongly associated with relationship quality; is it more important to focus on adaptive self-regulation or adaptive strategies to regulate one's partner? The current research addresses this important gap by comparing the relative associations of adaptive self-regulation and adaptive partner regulation strategies on romantic relationship quality. A community sample of mixed gender couples (N = 114) who were predominantly satisfied with their current relationships - but nonetheless still experienced relationship conflict - were administered self-report assessments of various self-regulation and partner regulation strategies as well as a measure of relationship quality. Couples also participated in a videotaped discussion of an unresolved relationship issue that was scored by trained coders for verbal and nonverbal indicators of self-regulation and partner regulation strategies. Actor-partner interdependence modeling revealed that for both men and women, adaptive self-regulation strategies were positively associated with their own evaluations of relationship quality as well as their partner's relationship quality. In contrast, engaging in adaptive partner regulation strategies was not significantly associated with men's or women's own, or their partner's relationship quality. Findings highlight the importance of focusing on self-regulation in relationships, as it is these strategies, over partner regulation strategies, that have more positive implications for the relationship quality experienced by typically satisfied couples.
对自我调节和伴侣调节策略的研究在很大程度上涉及平行的研究路线, 因此, 当涉及到关系结果时, 很难确定两种调节形式的相对贡献。因此, 尚待研究的问题仍然是哪种形式的调节与关系质量有更强的关联; 问题的关注点落在适应性自我调节还是伴侣调节的适应性策略, 哪个更重要?本研究通过比较适应性自我调节和适应性伴侣调节策略与恋爱关系质量的相对联系来填补这个重要的研究领域的空白。研究对象来自一个由混合性别夫妇 (N = 114) 组成的社区样本, 他们对他们现阶段的关系非常满意, 当然也还是经历过关系冲突, 他们对各种自我调节和伴侣调节策略进行了自我报告评估, 以及对关系质量的测量。夫妻双方还参加了一个关于未解决的冲突关系问题的录像讨论, 由训练有素的编码员对自我调节和伴侣调节策略的言语类型和非言语类型指标进行评分。行为者-伴侣相互依赖模型显示, 对于男性和女性来说, 适应性的自我调节策略与他们自己对关系质量的评价以及他们伴侣的关系质量呈正相关。相比之下, 采取适应性伴侣调节策略与男性或女性自身或其伴侣的关系质量没有显著相关。研究结果强调了在关系中注重自我调节的重要性, 因为正是这些策略, 而不是伴侣调节策略, 对典型的关系满意度高的夫妇所经历的关系质量有更积极的影响意义。.
Keywords: conflict; partner regulation; relationship quality; romantic relationships; self-regulation; 伴侣调节; 关系质量; 冲突; 浪漫关系; 自我调节.
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