Observed and Perceived Interpersonal Emotion Regulation During Couple Conflict: Associations with Partner Sexual Desire- Study Preregistration

This dyadic laboratory study aims to examine how the use of Interpersonal Emotion Regulation (IER) behaviors, as observed by independent coders and perceived by the partners themselves during a couple conflict interaction, are differentially associated with reports of sexual desire. A community sample of couples will be recruited to participate in a laboratory session in which they will engage in a video-recorded conflict interaction. IER behaviors will be coded by two independent raters using a validated protocol, while sexual desire and perceptions of the interaction will be assessed by participants themselves via validated self-report measures. As of the date of this preregistration submission, data collection is ongoing but data has not been analysed yet.