Individual differences in vagal regulation moderate associations between daily affect and daily couple interactions.

Individual differences in adolescents' sympathetic and parasympathetic functioning moderate associations between family environment and psychosocial adjustment.

The present study tested whether individual differences in autonomic nervous system functioning interact with environmental risk factors to predict adolescents' psychosocial functioning. The authors assessed skin conductance and respiratory sinus arrhythmia at rest and during laboratory stressors in 110 14-year-olds. Subsequently, adolescents and their mothers provided both questionnaire and da...

Daily positive events and diurnal cortisol rhythms: Examination of between-person differences and within-person variation.

Growing evidence from field studies has linked daily stressors to dysregulated patterns of diurnal cortisol. Less is known about whether naturally-occurring positive events in everyday life are associated with diurnal cortisol. The objectives of this study were to evaluate daily positive events as predictors of between-person differences and within-person (day-to-day) variations in diurnal cort...

The Contribution of Individual Differences in Hostility to the Associations Between Daily Interpersonal Conflict, Affect, and Sleep

Daily Couple Experiences and Parent Affect in Families of Children with Versus Without Autism.

We examined daily couple experiences in 174 couples who had a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relative to 179 couples who had a child without disabilities and their same-day association with parent affect. Parents completed a 14-day daily diary in which they reported time with partner, partner support, partner closeness, and positive and negative couple interactions and level of posit...

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Self Regulation-Attachment Couple Therapy and Systemic-Behavioral Couple Therapy on the Family Function in Women with Substance-Dependent Spouse

Objective: The present research aimed to compare the effectiveness of self regulation-attachment couple therapy and systemic-behavioral couple therapy on the family function in women with substance-dependent spouse. Method: The present research was quasi-experimental using pretest, post-test and follow-up with control group. The statistical population was women with substance-dependent spouse r...