Lorena Leuchtmann

This study explored self‐regulatory efforts during the viewing of couple interactions and their association with relationship satisfaction. High‐frequency heart rate variability (HF‐HRV) was measured for each participant during a video recall of a recent couple interaction to quantify the self‐regulatory processes governed by parasympathetic activi...

The aims of the present study are to analyze the associations of different forms of dyadic coping (i.e., own supportive dyadic coping = OSDC; perceived supportive dyadic coping provided by the partner = PSDC; common dyadic coping = CDC) with relationship satisfaction, and to investigate whether these effects differ depending on the amount of percei...

Negative and positive conflict communication predicts long-term relationship satisfaction. However, some studies show harmful effects and others show beneficial effects of negative conflict communication on long-term relationship satisfaction. One reason for the heterogeneous results might be that most studies focused on aggregated behaviors across...

Full text available on: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/5HthcjWm3HxDiQC6CUjJ/full The efficacy of couple interventions is well established; however, the mechanisms behind their efficacy in reducing relationship distress are less clear. This study examined the three-phase method, a therapeutic interaction exercise designed to strengthen couple...

Dyadic coping has repeatedly been associated with positive outcomes in intimate relationships. However, less is known about the prospective predictors of dyadic coping. This study investigates clarity of other's feelings (CoF) as a potential predictor of supportive dyadic coping in a longitudinal study. In a sample of 368 couples, self-reported CoF...

Interpersonal affect regulation has shown to be important for couple's relationship functioning and individual's well-being. However, less is known about the prerequisites for interpersonal affect regulation and the different contexts of interpersonal affect regulation have mainly been investigated independently of each other. The current thesis in...

(Ehe-)Partner beeinflussen sich in ihrem Befinden und Verhalten gegenseitig stark. Erkrankt ein Partner an einer psychischen Störung, belastet dies beide Partner gleichermassen. Eine psychische Störung ist deshalb kein individuelles Problem, sondern ein gemeinsames, eine «We-Disease». Eine Behandlung der Alkoholabhängigkeit im Sinne einer «We-Disea...

Physical illnesses and psychological disorders are typically viewed as ­individual phenomena, with causes for the diseases lying in the organism, either in medical conditions (severe infections, cancer, coronary heart problems, diabetes, arteriosclerosis, etc.) or in pathological mental ­processes within the person (dysfunctional information proces...