Mindfulness and romantic relationship quality: mediating effects on different facets of anger

References

• Alcazar, R., Deffenbacher, J., & Byrne, Z. (2011). Assessing the factor structure of the anger expression inventory (MLSTAXI) in a Mexican sample. International Journal of Psychology & Psychological Therapy, 11(2), 307–318.
   Google Scholar
• Amutio, A., Franco, C., Pérez-Fuentes Mde, C., Gázquez, J. J., & Mercader, I. (2015). Mindfulness training for reducing anger, anxiety, and depression in fibromyalgia patients. Frontiers Psychology, 12(5), 1572. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01572
   Google Scholar
• Baer, R. A. (2003). Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical Psychology Science & Practice, 10(2), 125–143. https://doi.org/10.1093/clipsy/bpg015
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., & Allen, K. B. (2004). Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: The Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills. Assessment, 11(3), 191–206. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191104268029
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Hopkins, J., Krietemeyer, J., & Toney, L. (2006). Using self-report assessment methods to explore facets of mindfulness. Assessment, 13(1), 27–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191105283504
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., Lykins, E., Button, D., Krietemeyer, J., Sauer, S. & Williams, J. M. G. (2008). Construct validity of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in meditating and nonmeditating samples. Assessment, 15(3), 329–342. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191107313003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baker, L., & McNulty, J. K. (2010). Shyness and marriage: Does shyness shape even established relationships? Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 36(5), 665–676. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167210367489
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baker, L. T., McNulty, J. K., & Overall, N. C. (2014). When negative emotions benefit relationships. In W. G. Parrott (Ed.), The positive side of negative emotions (pp. 101–125). Guilford.
   Google Scholar
• Barnes, S., Brown, K. W., Krusemark, E., Campbell, W. K., & Rogge, R. D. (2007). The role of mindfulness in romantic relationship satisfaction and responses to relationship stress. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 33(4), 482–500. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2007.00033.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bartz, A. E., Blume, N. E., & Rose, J. (1996). Gender differences in self-report measures of anger: The role of social desirability and negative affect. Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 11(5), 241–253.
   Google Scholar
• Bishop, S. J., Duncan, J., & Lawrence, A. D. (2004). State anxiety modulation of the amygdala response to unattended threat-related stimuli. Journal of Neuroscience, 24(46), 10364–10368. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2550-04.2004
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bloch, L., Haase, C. M., & Levenson, R. W. (2014). Emotion regulation predicts marital satisfaction: More than a wives’ tale. Emotion, 14(1), 130–144. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034272
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Borders, A., Earleywine, M., & Jajodia, A. (2010). Could mindfulness decrease anger, hostility, and aggression by decreasing rumination? Aggressive Behavior: Official Journal of the International Society for Research on Aggression, 36(1), 28–44. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20327
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bridewell, W. B., & Chang, E. C. (1997). Distinguishing between anxiety, depression, and hostility: Relations to anger-in, anger-out, and anger control. Personality & Individual Differences, 22(4), 587–590. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0191-8869(96)00224-3
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). Mindful attention awareness scale (MAAS). APA PsycTests. https://doi.org/10.1037/t04259-000
   Google Scholar
• Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2004). Perils and promise in defining and measuring mindfulness: Observations from experience. Clinical Psychology Science & Practice, 11(3), 242–248. https://doi.org/10.1093/clipsy.bph078
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Butler, E. A., & Gross, J. J. (2004). Hiding feelings in social contexts: Out of sight is not always out of mind. In P. Philippot & R. S. Feldman (Eds.), The regulation of emotion (pp. 101–126). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
   Google Scholar
• Byrne, B. M. (2016). Structural equation modelling with AMOS. Basic concepts, applications, and programming (3rd ed.). Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Capaldi, D. M., & Crosby, L. (1997). Observed and reported psychological and physical aggression in young, at‐risk couples. Social Development, 6(2), 184–206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.1997.tb00101.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carson, J. W., Carson, K. M., Gil, K. M., & Baucom, D. H. (2004). Mindfulness-based relationship enhancement. Behavior Therapy, 35(3), 471–494. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-7894(04)80028-5
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Comunian, L. (2004). Manuale STAXI-2 state-trait anger expression inventory-2. adattamento italiano. Organizzazioni speciali.
   Google Scholar
• Dahlen, E. R., & Martin, R. C. (2005). The experience, expression, and control of anger in perceived social support. Personality & Individual Differences, 39(2), 391–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2005.01.019
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Derefinko, K., DeWall, C. N., Metze, A. V., Walsh, E. C., & Lynam, D. R. (2011). Do different facets of impulsivity predict different types of aggression? Aggressive Behavior, 37(3), 223–233. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20387
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Peters, J. R., Pond, R. S., & DeWall, C. N. (2016). Both trait and state mindfulness predict lower aggressiveness via anger rumination: A multilevel mediation analysis. Mindfulness, 7(3), 713–726. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-016-0508-x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Elphinston, R. A., Feeney, J. A., Noller, P., Connor, J. P., & Fitzgerald, J. (2013). Romantic jealousy and relationship satisfaction: The costs of rumination. Western Journal of Communication, 77(3), 293–304. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2013.770161
   Google Scholar
• Feldman, R., Gordon, I., & Zagoory-Sharon, O. (2010). The cross-generation transmission of oxytocin in humans. Hormones and Behavior, 58(4), 669–676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.06.005
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ferguson, E. K., & Karantzas, G. C. (2023). The roles of self‐regulation and partner regulation on romantic relationship quality. Family Process, 62(1), 406–422. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12782
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fix, R. L., & Fix, S. T. (2013). The effects of mindfulness-based treatments for aggression: A critical review. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 18(2), 219–227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2012.11.009
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gesell, N., Niklas, F., Schmiedeler, S., & Segerer, R. (2020). Mindfulness and romantic relationship outcomes: The mediating role of conflict resolution styles and closeness. Mindfulness, 11(10), 2314–2324. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01449-9
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gillespie, S. M., Mitchell, I. J., Fisher, D., & Beech, A. R. (2012). Treating disturbed emotional regulation in sexual offenders: The potential applications of mindful self-regulation and controlled breathing techniques. Aggression & Violent Behavior, 17(4), 333–343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2012.03.005
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Giovannini, C., Giromini, L., Bonalume, L., Tagini, A., Lang, M., & Amadei, G. (2014). The Italian five facet mindfulness questionnaire: A contribution to its validity and reliability. Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 36(3), 415–423. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-013-9403-0
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Graham, S. M., Huang, J. Y., Clark, M. S., & Helgeson, V. S. (2008). The positives of negative emotions: Willingness to express negative emotions promotes relationships. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(3), 394–406. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167207311281
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Greene, S. M., & Anderson, E. R. (1999). Observed negativity in large family systems: Incidents and reactions. Journal of Family Psychology, 13(3), 372–392. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.13.3.372
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gross, J. J., & Levenson, R. W. (1997). Hiding feelings: The acute effects of inhibiting negative and positive emotion. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106(1), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.106.1.95
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kabat-Zinn, J. (2003). Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Constructivism in the Human Sciences, 8(2), 73–83.
   Google Scholar
• Kashdan, T. B., Goodman, F. R., Mallard, T. T., & DeWall, C. N. (2016). What triggers anger in everyday life? Links to the intensity, control, and regulation of these emotions, and personality traits. Journal of Personality, 84(6), 737–749. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12214
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaźmierczak, I., Zajenkowska, A., Rajchert, J., Jakubowska, A., Abramiuk-Szyszko, A., & Rybakowski, J. K. (2023). The role of anger expression in unmet expectations and depressive symptoms. Depression Research and Treatment., 2023, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8842805
   Google Scholar
• Khaddouma, A., & Gordon, K. C. (2018). Mindfulness and young adult dating relationship stability: A longitudinal path analysis. Mindfulness, 9(5), 1529–1542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-018-0901-8
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kim, H. K., & Capaldi, D. M. (2004). The association of antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms between partners and risk for aggression in romantic relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 18(1), 82–96. https://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.18.1.82
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lafontaine, M. F., & Lussier, Y. (2005). Does anger towards the partner mediate and moderate the link between romantic attachment and intimate violence? Journal of Family Violence, 20(6), 349–361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-005-7797-5
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lenger, K. A., Gordon, C. L., & Nguyen, S. P. (2017). Intra-individual and cross-partner associations between the five facets of mindfulness and relationship satisfaction. Mindfulness, 8(1), 171–180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-016-0590-0
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lindqvist, J. K., Dåderman, A. M., & Hellström, Å. (2003). Swedish adaptations of the novaco anger scale-1998, the provocation inventory, and the state-trait anger expression inventory-2. Social Behavior & Personality: An International Journal, 31(8), 773–788. https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2003.31.8.773
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Luberto, C. M., Cotton, S., McLeish, A. C., Mingione, C. J., & O’Bryan, E. M. (2014). Mindfulness skills and emotion regulation: The mediating role of coping self-efficacy. Mindfulness, 5(4), 373–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0190-6
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mazzuca, S., Kafetsios, K., Livi, S., & Presaghi, F. (2018). Emotion regulation and satisfaction in long-term marital relationships: The role of emotional contagion. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 36(9), 2880–2895. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518804452.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McGill, J., Adler-Baeder, F., & Rodriguez, P. (2016). Mindfully in love: A meta-analysis of the association between mindfulness and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 4(1), 7. https://doi.org/10.54718/DDCA4089
   Google Scholar
• McNulty, J. K. (2011). The dark side of forgiveness: The tendency to forgive predicts continued psychological and physical aggression in marriage. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 37(6), 770–783. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167211407077
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ortner, C. N. M., & Zelazo, P. D. (2014). Responsiveness to a mindfulness manipulation predicts affect regarding an anger-provoking situation. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 46(2), 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029664
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parrott, D. J., & Giancola, P. R. (2004). A further examination of the relation between trait anger and alcohol‐related aggression: The role of anger control. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 28(6), 855–864. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ALC.0000128226.92708.21
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peled, M., & Moretti, M. M. (2010). Ruminating on rumination: Are rumination on anger and sadness differentially related to aggression and depressed mood? Journal of Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 32(1), 108–117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9136-2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peters, J. R., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Upton, B. T., & Baer, R. A. (2013). Nonjudgment as a moderator of the relationship between present-centered awareness and borderline features: Synergistic interactions in mindfulness assessment. Personality & Individual Differences, 55(1), 24–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2013.01.021
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Peters, J. R., Smart, L. M., Eisenlohr‐Moul, T. A., Geiger, P. J., Smith, G. T., & Baer, R. A. (2015). Anger rumination as a mediator of the relationship between mindfulness and aggression: The utility of a multidimensional mindfulness model. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(9), 871–884. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22189
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ponti, L., Guarnieri, S., Smorti, A., & Tani, F. (2010). A measure for the study of friendship and romantic relationship quality from adolescence to early-adulthood. The Open Psychology Journal, 3(1), 76–87. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874350101003010076
   Google Scholar
• Reese, E. D., Zielinski, M. J., & Veilleux, J. C. (2015). Facets of mindfulness mediate behavioral inhibition systems and emotion dysregulation. Personality & Individual Differences, 72, 41–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.08.008
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rick, J. L., Falconier, M. K., & Wittenborn, A. K. (2017). Emotion regulation dimensions and relationship satisfaction in clinical couples. Personal Relationships, 24(4), 790–803. https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12213
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Robins, C. J., Keng, S. L., Ekblad, A. G., & Brantley, J. G. (2012). Effects of mindfulness‐based stress reduction on emotional experience and expression: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 68(1), 117–131. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20857
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sauer, S., & Baer, R. A. (2010). Mindfulness and decentering as mechanisms of change in mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions. In R. A. Baer (Ed.), Assessing mindfulness and acceptance process in clients (pp. 25–50). Context Press.
   Google Scholar
• Shahar, B.-H., Kalman-Halevi, M., & Roth, G. (2019). Emotion regulation and intimacy quality: The consequences of emotional integration, emotional distancing, and suppression. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 36(11–12), 3343–3361. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407518816881
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shulman, S., & Connolly, J. (2013). The challenge of romantic relationships in emerging adulthood: Reconceptualization of the field. Emerging Adulthood, 1(1), 27–39. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696812467330
   Google Scholar
• Spielberger, C. D. (1999). State-trait anger expression inventory-2: Professional manual. Psychological Assessment Resources.
   Google Scholar
• Spielberger, C. D., Reheiser, E. C., & Sydeman, S. J. (1995). Measuring the experience, expression, and control of anger. Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, 18(3), 207–232. https://doi.org/10.3109/01460869509087271
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Stewart, J. L., Silton, R. L., Sass, S. M., Fisher, J. E., Edgar, J. C., Heller, W., & Miller, G. A. (2010). Attentional bias to negative emotion as a function of approach and withdrawal anger styles: An ERP investigation. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 76(1), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.01.008
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Stuchlíková, I., & Man, F. (2003). Anger and anger expression. In I. Čermák, M. Hřebíčková, & P. Macek (Eds.), Aggression, identity, personality (pp. 134–157). Czech Academy of Science.
   Google Scholar
• Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2007). Using multivariate statistics (5th ed.). Allyn and Bacon.
   Google Scholar
• Tangney, J. P., Dobbins, A. E., Stuewig, J. B., & Schrader, S. W. (2017). Is there a dark side to mindfulness? Relation of mindfulness to criminogenic cognitions. Personality & Social Psychology Bulletin, 43(10), 1415–1426. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167217717243
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ursu, A., & Turliuc, M. N. (2022). The relationship between anger experience and relationship satisfaction: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Psychreg Journal of Psychology, 6(4), 1–14.
   Google Scholar
• Van Elderen, T., Verkes, R.-J., Arkesteijn, J., & Komproe, I. (1996). Psychometric characteristics of the self-expression and control scale in a sample of recurrent suicide attempters. Personality & Individual Differences, 21(4), 489–496. https://doi.org/10.1016/0191-8869(96)00096-7
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vater, A., & Schröder–Abé, M. (2015). Explaining the link between personality and relationship satisfaction: Emotion regulation and interpersonal behaviour in conflict discussions. European Journal of Personality, 29(2), 201–215. https://doi.org/10.1002/per.1993
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Velotti, P., Balzarotti, S., Tagliabue, S., English, T., Zavattini, G. C., & Gross, J. J. (2016). Emotional suppression in early marriage: Actor, partner, and similarity effects on marital quality. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 33(3), 277–302. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407515574466
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Velotti, P., Garofalo, C., & Bizzi, F. (2015). Emotion dysregulation mediates the relation between mindfulness and rejection sensitivity. Psychiatria Danubina, 27(3), 259–272.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wachs, K., & Cordova, J. V. (2007). Mindful relating: Exploring mindfulness and emotion repertoires in intimate relationships. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 33(4), 464–481. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2007.00032.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wang, M., & Saudino, K. J. (2011). Emotion regulation and stress. Journal of Adult Development, 18(2), 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-010-9114-7
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Webb, T. L., Miles, E., & Sheeran, P. (2012). Dealing with feeling: A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of strategies derived from the process model of emotion regulation. Psychological Bulletin, 138(4), 775–808. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027600
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar