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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Aug 15.
Published before final editing as: Emotion. 2026 Aug 13:10.1037/emo0001716. doi: 10.1037/emo0001716

Table 2.

Regressing parents’ empathic accuracy on intrapersonal ER strategy use in response to negative affect: Within-person level APIM results (Ndyads = 112)

A. Maladaptive ER strategies B. Adaptive ER strategies
β SE df t CI f 2 β SE df t CI f 2
Intercept −0.02 0.03 4368 −0.79 −0.08, 0.03 <.001 −0.02 0.03 4368 −0.64 −0.07, 0.03 <.001
Role1 0.00 0.02 108 0.28 −0.03, 0.04 <.001 0.01 0.01 108 0.55 −0.02, 0.04 <.001
Lagged EA 0.05 0.02 4368 3.14 ** 0.02, 0.09 .006 0.15 0.02 4368 7.06 *** 0.11, 0.19 .003
Mean EA 1.01 0.02 108 49.90 *** 0.97, 1.05 .607 1.01 0.02 108 57.07 *** 0.97, 1.04 .663
Mean Perceiver’s ER −0.00 0.01 108 −0.11 −0.03, 0.02 <.001 −0.00 0.01 108 −0.34 −0.03, 0.02 <.001
Mean Target’s ER 0.01 0.01 108 0.86 −0.01, 0.03 <.001 0.01 0.01 108 0.65 −0.01, 0.03 <.001
Perceiver’s daily ER −0.07 0.03 4368 −2.44 * −0.13, −0.01 .002 0.02 0.03 4368 0.91 −0.03, 0.08 <.001
Target’s daily ER −0.01 0.03 4368 −0.34 −0.06, 0.04 <.001 0.03 0.03 4368 1.00 −0.03, 0.09 <.001
Role × Perceiver’s daily ER 0.01 0.04 4368 0.14 −0.07, 0.08 < 0 −0.02 0.03 4368 −0.44 −0.08, 0.05 <.001
Role × Target’s daily ER −0.01 0.03 4368 −0.38 −0.07, 0.05 < 0 −0.07 0.04 4368 −1.83 −0.14, 0.00 <.001

Note. EA = empathic accuracy; ER = emotion regulation.

1

Role is coded “0” for parent and “1” for adolescent. Therefore, default estimates are those in which parents are the targets and the associated outcome is theirs.

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01,

***

p < .001.