Self-regulation describes the ability to align one’s own actions, emotions and thoughts in a way that individual goals can be pursued and social relationships can be maintained. This ability not only differs between people, but also varies within a person, dependent on day or daytime.
Especially in romantic couples these fluctuations in self-regulation can influence the partner. Therefore, we want to examine the influences more precisely in our study. 
We hope these findings will help us to understand how self-regulation affects romantic relationships, wellbeing, and social processes. Additionally, we intend to find out if the Questionnaire used to measure self-regulation delivers reliable and valid measurements and if differences within and between people are well represented. As part of this project, we also want to investigate gender specific expectations about self-regulation of a partner.

Duration of the research project
12 months (March 2023 – February 2024)

Project team
Lilly Buhr (Department of Psychology, LEAD Graduate School & Research Network)
Tomasz Moschko (Department of Psychology)
Prof. Dr. Pia Schober (Department of Sociology, LEAD Graduate School & Research Network)
Prof. Dr. Caterina Gawrilow (Department of Psychology, LEAD Graduate School & Research Network)

Funded by
LEAD Graduate School & Research Network