In a study of 199 couples in which one person had type 1 diabetes, we examined how
patient appraisal of the diabetes as shared versus individual was associated with …

Hereditary cancer syndromes are inherited pathogenic genetic variants that significantly
increase the risk of developing cancer. When individuals become aware of their increased …

Background Adjusting to the challenges of a chronic illness does not affect patients alone
but also influences social network members—most notably spouses. One interpersonal …

Purpose Patients living with and beyond head and neck cancer (HNC) often have long-term,
functional challenges as a result of treatment. A key functional challenge relates to eating …

Background Healthcare is witnessing a new disease with the emergence of Long Covid; a
condition which can result in myriad symptoms, varying in frequency and severity. As new …

Purpose The burden of caring for a family member or friend can have a negative impact on
caregiver health and well-being, yet caring can also have positive consequences …

Objectives Breast cancer (BC) can be understood as a we‐disease, which affects a couple
as a unit and requires coping as a unit (eg, common dyadic coping, CDC). However …

(1) Background: Effective communication among couples in which one has been diagnosed
with cancer is critical to improve their psychosocial adaptation to cancer. The objective of …

A questionnaire that can properly measure communal coping in sport is required to further
investigate and understand how individuals in a team collectively cope with stressful sport …

Communal coping is defined as the appraisal of a problem as shared and collaboration to
address the problem. The goals of the present study were to apply a multi-method approach …