[HTML][HTML] A postcard from Italy: Challenges and psychosocial resources of partners living with and without a chronic disease during COVID-19 epidemic

G Rapelli, G Lopez, S Donato, AF Pagani… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The new Coronavirus (COVID-19) has been declared a global pandemic by the World
Health Organization (WHO). The sudden outbreak of this new virus and the measure of …

Forced cohabitation during coronavirus lockdown in Italy: a study on coping, stress and emotions among different family patterns

E Mari, A Fraschetti, G Lausi, A Pizzo, M Baldi… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: At the beginning of 2020, a pandemic caused by a new strain of coronavirus
occurred. On March 9th, the Italian population was forced to lockdown to prevent the spread …

[HTML][HTML] Dyadic coping across the lifespan: a comparison between younger and middle-aged couples with breast cancer

C Acquati, K Kayser - Frontiers in psychology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The association between dyadic coping and adjustment to cancer has been well-
established. However, a significant gap in the literature is the understanding of how the life …

[HTML][HTML] Explicit stress communication facilitates perceived responsiveness in dyadic coping

AF Pagani, S Donato, M Parise, A Bertoni… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The present study was aimed at examining the role of explicit stress communication in the
context of dyadic coping. The general aim of the present study was to test (a) whether …

Engaged patients, engaged partnerships: singles and partners dealing with an acute cardiac event

A Bertoni, S Donato, G Graffigna… - Psychology, health & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A few studies examine patients'(and partners') individual and relational functioning after an
acute cardiac event and no research focuses on the individual and relational factors …

“What matters to us”: The portrait values questionnaire to measure couple values

F Danioni, C Russo, I Zagrean, C Regalia… - Personal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
No previous studies have analyzed values as qualities of relational microsystems, such as
the romantic couple. Based on Schwartz's Theory of Human Values, this study examines the …

Investigating the relation between shared stressors and marital satisfaction: the moderating effects of dyadic coping and communication

MF Gasbarrini, DK Snyder, R Iafrate, A Bertoni… - Family …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the role that communication and coping skills play in moderating the
relation between shared stressors and marital satisfaction in a community sample of 119 …

Dyadic coping in couple therapy process: An exploratory study

D Margola, S Donato, M Accordini, RE Emery… - Family …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study aimed at moving beyond previous research on couple therapy efficacy by
examining moment‐by‐moment proximal couple and therapist interactions as well as final …

Religiosity, marital quality and couple generativity in Italian couples belonging to a Catholic spiritual association: A quali-quantitative study

M Parise, F Gatti, R Iafrate - Journal of religion and health, 2017 - Springer
The current studies aimed, firstly, at exploring the relationship between the level of religiosity
and marital outcomes, in terms of relationship quality and couple generativity; secondly, at …

Introduction to special section on the bright side of the couple relationship: Pro-relationship processes in response to positive and negative events

S Donato, M Parise - Family Science, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Partners in couple relationships inevitably encounter positive and negative events in their
everyday lives: the ways they respond to such events have relevant effects on their personal …