Rationale Couples-based interventions to facilitate health behavior change and improve
disease outcomes are gaining attention from researchers. Dyadic research, however, poses …

Objectives Partners are a significant influence on individuals' health, and concordance in
health behaviours increases over time in couples. Several theories suggest that couple …

Marriage is a ubiquitous social status that consistently is linked to health. Despite this, there
has been very little theory development or related research on the extent to which couple …

In their recent meta-analysis, Martire et al.[1] reviewed 25 studies of patients with cancer,
arthritis, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, HIV, and type 2 diabetes and reported that …

Objective: To examine if one partner's premarital health behavior was longitudinally
associated with his or her partner's health behaviors. Methods: Newlyweds were assessed …

Background Dyadic interventions for health behaviour change involving the romantic partner
are promising. However, it often remains unclear how exactly the partner is involved in …

The degree to which individual self-rated physical health and concordance of self-rated
physical health between partners are associated with relationship satisfaction was …

The main premise of this chapter is that couple interventions for chronic illness may be
strengthened by targeting the ways in which spouses influence illness management. For the …

Married and cohabiting individuals live longer, healthier lives than those who were never-
married, divorced, separated, or widowed. In this dissertation, I examine the causes of this …

Background Extensive evidence shows that satisfying marriages boost physical health and
longevity. A separate literature reveals strong concordance in couples' health, but the …