This chapter highlights the specific characteristics of the Italian culture and background that
render some features of couples' coping particularly relevant in this context. It presents the …

The current study extends prior research on perceptual congruence within couples by
examining some variables of perceptual congruence in the context of dyadic coping. We …

Background Many researchers who evaluated psychological distress during the transition to
parenthood agree in identifying pregnancy as the most sensitive period for the onset of …

People's attachment styles play a fundamental role in shaping their intimate relationships.
Anxiously attached individuals have a strong need for closeness but a poor ability to obtain …

The primary goal of the current study was to examine the dyadic association between
communication patterns (CP), dyadic coping (DC) efforts, dyadic adjustment (DA), and …

Recently, there has been growing interest in stress and coping strategies from a relational
perspective. Researchers recognize the importance of a partner's coping strategy in terms of …

Several attachment‐related phenomena in Spanish couples using dyadic‐level analyses
were examined. A sample of 295 heterosexual couples completed measures of attachment …

Background This study aims to examine the relationship between anxiety and depression
and dyadic coping in infertile couples, exploring gender differences and dyadic interactions …

Abstract The Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI, Bodenmann, 2008) assesses how couples
support each other when facing individual (eg, workload) and common (eg, parenting) …

The present study examines the association between coping behavior and their relationship
satisfaction in older spousal dyads. We examined N= 132 couples (M age= 68 years) and …