To Turn Inward or Outward? Examining the Reciprocal Relationships Between Mindfulness, Interpersonal Emotion Regulation, and Aggression Over Time.
Research Square July 4, 2025 Erika Blair, David Chester preprint
People frequently turn to others to help regulate their emotions in what is referred to as inter personal emotion regulation (IER). Mindfulness entails an intra personal strategy of turning inward to facilitate emotion regulation. Yet little research has examined the relationships between these distinct regulation strategies and their consequences for aggression. The current study aims to...
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6985856/v1 (opens in new tab)
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Meditation
Mindfulness self-awareness
Introspection
Inward focus
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