Although adjusting to health‐related stress is a critical process, existing individual and family
stress and coping theories are inadequate for understanding the processes that occur in the …

Prior to the 1990s, the predominant view of stress and coping defined stress as occurring
when an individual perceives a situation as a challenge, threat, or loss and evaluates her …

This chapter reviews current theoretical frameworks on dyadic coping processes among
couples coping with the stresses of chronic illness. These frameworks are set in their …

This chapter focuses on dyadic resilience among gay male couples who exhibit resilience in
the face of a particular medical challenge: HIV disease. We expand the construct of …

Dyadic coping (DC), how couples cope together to deal with a stressor like chronic illness,
has received increased attention over the last three decades. The aim of the current study …

The relevance of dyadic coping (DC), a concept how couples cope with stressors together,
has been established in different contexts (eg, daily hassles, mental and physical health) …

The present review on dyadic coping (DC) aims at providing a critical integration of both the
conceptual and empirical DC literature and overcoming the limitations of past reviews by (a) …

Stress is an important factor in most models of individual psychopathology (see diathesis–
stress model). However, the role of stress in close relationships is often neglected in …

Background and objectives: Theories of dyadic coping and empirical literature have
intermittently and inconsistently highlighted antecedents and outcomes of dyadic coping …

A growing body of research has examined associations between health and marital
relationships. The broad scope of research involving the effects of health problems on …