In the master's thesis, the author investigates the connection between functioning in the family of origin and managing emotions of others in adulthood. The first part deals with questions about what defines healthy functioning in the family and the author outlines the family as a system through which we get shaped and equipped for further life. The second part presents the man as indelibly marked with the emotional world and subjected to the regulation of emotional states - both his own and of others. The process of emotional regulation in the family and later relations is outlined. Interpersonal emotional regulation is understood as a process in which we enter interaction with others to achieve a change in the emotional state. The empirical part presents the results of the survey, in which 158 participants took part of. Two scales were used; FOS the Family-of-Origin-Scale and MEOS the Managing-the-Emotions-of-Others-Scale. The results showed a statistically significant connection between the functioning of the original family and the managing of the emotions of others. Better functioning in the family of origin is associated with the use of other strategies for improving mood and diversion of another and shifting his attention from unpleasant emotional states. The functioning in the family of origin was assessed worse by individuals who, in interpersonal emotional regulation, use the strategies of exacerbating the mood of another and non-authenticity. The general ability to manage the emotions of others is positively related to functioning in the family of origin. The research also examined the gender difference in self-assessment of the family of origin and the strategies for dealing with the feelings of others, which did not prove to be statistically significant.
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