Table 2.
Romantic relationship | Friend or relative | Work relationship | Mean strategy use across relationships | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cognitive improving | 3.79 | 3.49 | 2.73 | 3.34 |
Behavioral improving | 3.95 | 3.43 | 2.51 | 3.30 |
Cognitive worsening | 1.76 | 1.32 | 1.20 | 1.43 |
Behavioral worsening | 1.58 | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.35 |
Mean use of interpersonal emotion regulation | 2.77 | 2.38 | 1.92 | 2.35 |
N = 663, which is the sample completing interpersonal emotion regulation strategies across all three relationships.