This study examined associations between couple communication about cancer and
psychological distress and relationship satisfaction of women diagnosed with early stage …

A cancer diagnosis, regardless of type or site, raises feelings of fear and loss of control in
patients and their partners. Being married is associated with lower mortality from a wide …

Objective: The current study examines the effect of perceived support from different agents
(spouse, family, friends, religion—spirituality) on psychological distress experienced by …

Objective Psychological distress is prevalent in couples facing breast cancer. Couples often
deal with breast cancer as a unit instead of as individuals. Couple's dyadic coping is …

Introduction Relationships are a significant dimension of illness experience. At the couple
level, partners will respond to illness as an interpersonal unit rather than individuals in …

Objective: Couples facing metastatic breast cancer (MBC) must learn to cope with stressors
that can affect both partners' quality of life as well as the quality of their relationship …

This quantitative correlational study examined the role of approach coping and marital
support in predicting psychosocial adjustment in 21 married women receiving chemotherapy …

Background Dyadic coping may play an important role in promoting marital adjustment in
couples with breast cancer. However, few studies have explored dyadic coping and its …

Objective: To describe spouses' reported cancer‐related demands attributed to their wife's
breast cancer, and to test the construct and predictive validity of a brief standardized …

Steadily rising breast cancer rates in America's women are forcing more men to confront
challenges of living with a partner afflicted with this disease. This study assesses teh impact …