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Abstract：
Intimate relationships are hotbeds of emotion. This article presents key findings and current directions in research on couples\' emotion regulation across adulthood as a critical context in which older adults not only maintain functioning but may also outshine younger adults. First, I introduce key concepts, defining qualities (i.e., dynamic, coregulatory, bidirectional, bivalent), and measures (i.e., self-report versus performance-based) of couples\' emotion regulation. Second, I highlight a socioemotional turn in our understanding of adult development with the advent of socioemotional selectivity theory. Third, I offer a life-span developmental perspective on emotion regulation in couples (i.e., across infancy, adolescence and young adulthood, midlife, and late life). Finally, I present the idea that emotion regulation may shift from \"me to us\" across adulthood and discuss how emotion regulation in couples may become more important, better, and increasingly consequential (e.g., for relationship outcomes, well-being, and health) with age. Ideas for future research are then discussed.
摘要：
亲密关系是情感的温床。本文介绍了成年后夫妻情绪调节研究的主要发现和当前方向，这是老年人不仅保持功能，而且可能胜过年轻成年人的关键背景。首先,我介绍关键概念，定义质量(即，动态,共同监管，双向,二价)，和措施(即，自我报告与基于表现的)夫妇的情绪调节。第二,随着社会情感选择性理论的出现，我强调了我们对成人发展的理解的社会情感转变。第三，我提供了关于夫妻情绪调节的终生发展视角(即，在婴儿期，青春期和年轻的成年，中年,和晚年)。最后,我提出了这样一种观点，即情绪调节可能会在成年后从“我到我们”转变，并讨论了夫妻的情绪调节如何变得更加重要，更好,并且越来越重要(例如，对于关系结果，幸福,和健康）随着年龄的增长。然后讨论了未来研究的想法。
