Resolution Status and Age as Moderators for Interpersonal Everyday Stress and Stressor-Related Affect.
Dakota D WitzelRobert S StawskiPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2021)
Unresolved everyday arguments and avoided arguments are differentially potent in terms of affective reactivity and residue, suggesting resolution may be crucial in emotional downregulation. Future work should focus on exploring resolution of other everyday stressors to garner a comprehensive understanding of what characteristics impact stressor-affect associations and for whom.