Distinguishing emotional coregulation from codysregulation: An investigation of emotional dynamics and body weight in romantic couples

Emotion

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-60

  Reed, Rebecca G ^a   Barnard, Kobus ^a   Butler, Emily A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Codysregulation; Coregulation; Couples; Emotion regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COUPLED LINEAR OSCILLATOR; DYNAMICS; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL CODYSREGULATION; EMOTIONAL COREGULATION; EMOTIONAL DYNAMICS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSCILLATOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925633720     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038561     Document Type: Article

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