Effortful Control and Interpersonal Behavior in Daily Life. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The Cognitive-Affective Processing System (CAPS) was used to examine effortful control (EC) as a moderator of daily interpersonal behavior. Participants (N = 240) were nonclinical young adults who completed a 7-day event-contingent experience sampling study of interpersonal perception and affect. Multilevel linear models indicated that EC moderated within-person covariation of interpersonal warmth and affect activation; high EC individuals reported greater momentary warm behaviors when perceiving others as affectively activated. EC also amplified between-person covariation of interpersonal warmth between self and others; high EC individuals generally responded to perceptions of another's warmth with a greater degree of warm behavior. Varying levels of EC predict responses to interpersonal perceptions and affect in daily life, suggesting an important dimension for interpersonal functioning.

publication date

  • March 26, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Internal-External Control
  • Interpersonal Relations
  • Personality
  • Social Adjustment

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85044477086

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1080/00223891.2018.1441151

PubMed ID

  • 29578819

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 101

issue

  • 3