Research on adjustment to chronic disease is critical in today's world, in which people are
living longer lives, but lives are increasingly likely to be characterized by one or more …

Chronic illness can have a profound impact on the lives of individuals across
biopsychosocial domains. The focus of this chapter is on crosscutting issues in the …

Chronic illnesses carry important psychological and social consequences that demand
significant psychological adjustment. The literature is providing increasingly nuanced …

The goal of this chapter is to introduce readers to a variety of perspectives that have not
been widely applied to understanding the impact of interpersonal emotional factors in …

Chronic diseases carry important psychological and social consequences that demand
significant psychological adjustment. The literature is providing increasingly nuanced …

Highlights•The importance of viewing chronic illness in the context of dyadic relationships is
discussed.•Models with implicit interventions to improve couples' coping with chronic illness …

Chronic illnesses are conditions that persist for an extended amount of time, typically have
an unforeseeable cure and can greatly impact an individual's life. Diseases that were …

As the number of chronic diseases is legion, each having a different impact on function and
quality of life, our chapter must necessarily be limited in scope. The contents of our chapter …

This article examines the literature relating to adjustment to physical illness. Adjustment is
invariably defined in the literature as some aspect of psychological function. However, in …

This chapter reviews current theoretical frameworks on dyadic coping processes among
couples coping with the stresses of chronic illness. These frameworks are set in their …