Predicting post-breakup distress and growth in emerging adulthood: The roles of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation

Jerika C. Norona; Miri Scharf; Deborah P. Welsh; Shmuel Shulman

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.01.001

Predicting post-breakup distress and growth in emerging adulthood: The roles of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation

Jerika C. Norona
, Miri Scharf
, Deborah P. Welsh
, Shmuel Shulman

Department of Psychology

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Haifa

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

11 Scopus citations

Abstract

With a sample of emerging adults (N = 110; 72% female) this brief report utilized self-report measures to examine the role of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation strategies assessed at age 20 in predicting breakup distress and posttraumatic growth three years later. Results showed that higher relationship satisfaction is associated with less future breakup distress. Emotion regulation explained the ways individuals cope with distress; cognitive appraisal (in contrast to emotional suppression) predicted higher growth after experiencing a breakup. Findings highlight the ways emotion regulation strategies can help emerging adults cope with relational stressors such as breakups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	191-193
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Adolescence
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.01.001
State	Published - Feb 2018

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018

Funding

This study was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Grant # 1016/05 and the Ben Dov Chair in Youth Psychology given to the last author.

Funders	Funder number
Israel Science Foundation	1016/05

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Breakup distress
Emerging adulthood
Emotion regulation
Posttraumatic growth
Relationship
Satisfaction

Access to Document

10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.01.001

Cite this

@article{25d7d56019144d15bec6b0bcee425e21,

title = "Predicting post-breakup distress and growth in emerging adulthood: The roles of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation",

abstract = "With a sample of emerging adults (N = 110; 72\% female) this brief report utilized self-report measures to examine the role of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation strategies assessed at age 20 in predicting breakup distress and posttraumatic growth three years later. Results showed that higher relationship satisfaction is associated with less future breakup distress. Emotion regulation explained the ways individuals cope with distress; cognitive appraisal (in contrast to emotional suppression) predicted higher growth after experiencing a breakup. Findings highlight the ways emotion regulation strategies can help emerging adults cope with relational stressors such as breakups.",

keywords = "Breakup distress, Emerging adulthood, Emotion regulation, Posttraumatic growth, Relationship, Satisfaction",

author = "Norona, \{Jerika C.\} and Miri Scharf and Welsh, \{Deborah P.\} and Shmuel Shulman",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018",

year = "2018",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.01.001",

language = "אנגלית",

volume = "63",

pages = "191--193",

journal = "Journal of Adolescence",

issn = "0140-1971",

publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Predicting post-breakup distress and growth in emerging adulthood

T2 - The roles of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation

AU - Norona, Jerika C.

AU - Scharf, Miri

AU - Welsh, Deborah P.

AU - Shulman, Shmuel

PY - 2018/2

Y1 - 2018/2

N2 - With a sample of emerging adults (N = 110; 72% female) this brief report utilized self-report measures to examine the role of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation strategies assessed at age 20 in predicting breakup distress and posttraumatic growth three years later. Results showed that higher relationship satisfaction is associated with less future breakup distress. Emotion regulation explained the ways individuals cope with distress; cognitive appraisal (in contrast to emotional suppression) predicted higher growth after experiencing a breakup. Findings highlight the ways emotion regulation strategies can help emerging adults cope with relational stressors such as breakups.

AB - With a sample of emerging adults (N = 110; 72% female) this brief report utilized self-report measures to examine the role of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation strategies assessed at age 20 in predicting breakup distress and posttraumatic growth three years later. Results showed that higher relationship satisfaction is associated with less future breakup distress. Emotion regulation explained the ways individuals cope with distress; cognitive appraisal (in contrast to emotional suppression) predicted higher growth after experiencing a breakup. Findings highlight the ways emotion regulation strategies can help emerging adults cope with relational stressors such as breakups.

KW - Breakup distress

KW - Emerging adulthood

KW - Emotion regulation

KW - Posttraumatic growth

KW - Relationship

KW - Satisfaction

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85044261999

U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.01.001

DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.01.001

M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.article???

C2 - 29328956

AN - SCOPUS:85044261999

SN - 0140-1971

VL - 63

SP - 191

EP - 193

JO - Journal of Adolescence

JF - Journal of Adolescence

ER -

Predicting post-breakup distress and growth in emerging adulthood: The roles of relationship satisfaction and emotion regulation

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

UN SDGs

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this