EMOTION DYNAMICS IN COUPLES  

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CHAIR: Lesley Verhofstadt (Ghent University)
DISCUSSANT: Laura Sels (Ghent University)
Anna Schouten (KULeuven). Understanding cultural differences in Belgian and Japanese couples’ emotional interactions during conflict: A goal-based account
Davide Pirrone (UGent). Relational goals frustration: An observational study on the role of negative socially (dis)engaging emotions
Chiara Carlier (KULeuven). A comprehensive comparison of measures for assessing profile similarity at specific time points
Lilly Scharmer (UGent). The link between need frustration and empathic accuracy in romantic relationships: An observational lab study
Martine Verhees (KULeuven). Attachment and perceptual accuracy of hard and flat partner emotions in daily life

Lesley Verhofstadt is associate professor and head of the Family Lab (Ghent University). Laura Sels is an FWO postdoctoral fellow at the Family Lab (Ghent University). The key goal of their work is to better understand the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral dynamics underlying couple (dys)functioning. To this end, they use observational lab studies and ESM.