Objective: Interpersonal and emotional functioning are closely linked and reciprocally influence one another. Contemporary integrative interpersonal theory (CIIT) offers a useful framework to conceptualize these patterns and guide interventions in cases where these patterns result in dysfunction. Stress processes offer several dynamic frameworks to guide empirical investigations using methods that allow for fine-grained analyses in the context of daily life. METHOD Four samples of adults (Sample 1, N = 145; Sample 2, N = 160; Sample 3, N = 297; Sample 4 = 89 dyads, 178 individuals) completed ecological momentary assessment protocols focused on a variety of interpersonal and emotional experiences. Samples were enriched for aggressive and self-harming behavior (Sample 1), trait hostility (Sample 2), interpersonal problems (Sample 3), and personality disorder features (Sample 4). RESULTS Using multilevel dynamic structural equation modeling, we investigated how emotions and interpersonal functioning operate over brief timescales in daily life. We found evidence for a vicious socioemotional cycle across all four samples, whereby negative emotions related to interpersonal conflict (i.e., perceptions of and enacting cold, antagonistic, or quarrelsome behavior; components that contribute to the interpersonal situation from the perspective of CIIT) which in turn related to increased negative emotions. Although individuals differed in the strength of this process, it was unrelated to trait negative affectivity. CONCLUSIONS Viewing these results through the lens of CIIT, we discuss multiple intervention points highlighted by these dynamic results whereby the vicious cycle might be changed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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负面情绪和人际冲突的恶性社会情绪循环的证据。


目的：人际功能和情绪功能密切相关，相互影响。当代整合人际理论（CIIT）提供了一个有用的框架来概念化这些模式并在这些模式导致功能障碍的情况下指导干预措施。压力过程提供了几种动态框架来指导实证研究，使用允许在日常生活中进行细粒度分析的方法。方法 四个成年人样本（样本 1，N = 145；样本 2，N = 160；样本 3，N = 297；样本 4 = 89 组，178 人）完成了侧重于各种人际和情感体验的生态瞬时评估协议。样本丰富了攻击性和自残行为（样本 1）、特质敌意（样本 2）、人际问题（样本 3）和人格障碍特征（样本 4）。结果使用多级动态结构方程模型，我们研究了情绪和人际功能在日常生活中的短暂时间范围内如何运作。我们在所有四个样本中发现了恶性社会情绪循环的证据，即与人际冲突相关的负面情绪（即感知并实施冷漠、敌对或争吵行为；从 CIIT 的角度来看，这些因素导致了人际情境）与负面情绪增加有关。尽管这个过程的强度因人而异，但它与特质负面情感无关。结论 通过 CIIT 的视角观察这些结果，我们讨论了这些动态结果所强调的多个干预点，从而可能改变恶性循环。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。