Emotional regulation, soping with conflicts and satisfaction in a relationship

V magistrskem delu je prikazan pregled literature o čustveni regulaciji, soočanju s konflikti ter o zadovoljstvom v partnerskem odnosu. Teoretični del je avtorica razdelila na dva poglavja. Prvo poglavje zajema opredelitev čustev, osnovna in sestavljena čustva, čustveno regulacijo, čustveno inteligenco ter soočanje s kritičnimi situacijami, kot so frustracija in konflikt ter kriza in stres. Drugo poglavje je razdeljeno na tri podpoglavja. Prvo podpoglavje je namenjeno opisu zadovoljstva v partnerskem odnosu, v drugem podpoglavju je opis komunikacije v partnerskem odnosu in v tretjem podpoglavju je namenjeno opisu konflikta v partnerskem odnosu, kjer med drugim opisuje naravo konflikta, stopnje partnerskega konflikta, osnovne teme intimnih odnosov ter reševanje konfliktov z vsebino kako lahko preprečimo in zmanjšamo konflikte ter predlogi za preprečevanje in reševanje konfliktov. V empiričnem delu je avtorica s kvantitativno metodo želela ugotoviti, kakšna je povezanost med čustveno regulacijo, soočanjem s problemi in zadovoljstvom v partnerskem odnosu ter raziskati razlike v čustveni regulaciji glede na spol. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 183 udeležencev starih med 17 in 69 let, od tega 18 moških in 165 žensk. Rezultati so pokazali, da več kot imajo posamezniki težav s čustveno regulacijo, več imajo težav v soočanju s partnerskimi konflikti. Posamezniki, ki imajo več težav s čustveno regulacijo, imajo nižje zadovoljstvo v partnerskem odnosu. Prav tako se je izkazalo, da več kot je težav v soočanju s partnerskimi konflikti, manj je zadovoljstva v partnerskem odnosu. Ugotovljeno je bilo še, da med moškimi in ženskami obstajajo statistično pomembne razlike pri izražanju čustev, in sicer, da ženske slabše regulirajo izražanje svojih čustev kot moški. The current master's thesis deals with a review of the literature on emotional regulation, dealing with conflicts, and satisfaction in a partner relationship. The author divided the theoretical part into two essential chapters. The first chapter covers the definition of emotions, basic and compound emotions, emotional regulation, emotional intelligence and ways of dealing with critical situations such as frustration and conflict and crisis and stress. The second chapter is further divided into three sub-chapters. The first sub-chapter gives a description of satisfaction in a partner relationship, the second sub-chapter contains a description of communication in a partner relationship, and the third sub-chapter is dedicated to a description of conflict in a partner relationship, where, among other things, it describes the nature of this type of conflict, the levels of partner conflict, the basic themes of intimate relationships and conflict resolution with the help of of useful content: ways to prevent and reduce conflicts and suggestions for preventing and resolving conflicts. In the empirical part of the master's thesis, the author, using a quantitative method, wanted to find the connection between emotional regulation and cases of facing problems and satisfaction in a partner relationship, and to investigate differences in emotional regulation with regard to gender. In her research, the author included 183 participants between the ages of 17 and 69, of which 18 were men and 165 were women. The results showed that the more problems individuals have with emotional regulation, the more problems they have in dealing with partner conflicts. Individuals who have more problems with emotional regulation have lower satisfaction in the partner relationship. The research also showed that the more problems there are in dealing with partner conflicts, the less satisfaction there is in the partner relationship. During the research, it was also established that there are statistically significant differences between men and women in the ways of expressing emotions, namely that women regulate the expression of their emotions worse than men.