Open AccessThe Relationship between Interpersonal Emotion Regulation and Interpersonal Competence Controlled for Emotion Dysregulation
Author(s) -
Asude Malkoç,
Meltem Aslan Gördesli,
Reyhan Arslan,
Ferah Çekici,
Zeynep Aydın Sünbül
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-6052
pISSN - 1927-6044
DOI - 10.5430/ijhe.v8n1p69
Subject(s) - interpersonal communication , psychology , interpersonal relationship , multilevel model , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , machine learning
The aim of this study is to examine the role of interpersonal emotion regulation on interpersonal competency when controlled for emotion dysregulation. The sample of the study consists of 342 (235 female; 107 male) undergraduate students attending to the various departments of a private university in Turkey. The average age of participants was 20.81 (SD=2.29). The Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Scale, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale and Interpersonal Competency Scale were used. Analyses were conducted through the SPSS 20 (IBM, 2011). Results of hierarchical regression analysis revealed that interpersonal emotion regulation and emotion dysregulation seem to predict interpersonal competency. After controlling for the effect of emotion dysregulation, interpersonal emotion regulation alone explains 18% of the overall variance in interpersonal competency. Interpersonal emotion has the highest contribution on interpersonal competency followed by emotion dysregulation.