Communal coping occurs when relationship partners view a stressful health problem as
“ours,” rather than yours or mine, and take collaborative action to deal with it. Although …

Communal coping is a form of interpersonal coping that involves a shared illness appraisal
and collaborating to address illness-related issues. We hypothesized that communal coping …

Cardiometabolic disorders (CMD) such as hypertension and diabetes are increasingly
prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, placing people living with HIV at risk for cardiovascular …

Most theoretical models on social dynamics governing development and health across
adulthood and old age rely on a “single-unit” approach. We put forth a developmental …

Objectives Self-care of chronic conditions involves both patients and their informal
caregivers and therefore might be considered as a dyadic phenomenon. Nevertheless …

The COVID‐19 pandemic is a socially shared health issue that has had profound impacts on
all aspects of community life and requires collaborative coping responses. Drawn from the …

The impact of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is far reaching, influencing the lives of both patients and
their families. The communal coping model argues that people cope with stress in the …

Introduction Being faced with multimorbidity (ie, being diagnosed with at least two chronic
conditions), is not only demanding in terms of following complicated medical regimes and …

The consequences of pregnancy outcomes other than live birth on subjective well-being
have rarely been analysed in research to date. This study examines pre-event determinants …

Rare diseases constitute a group of conditions that are individually rare, but in aggregate
impact between 3 and 6% of the world population. Many of these conditions present during …