In the twentieth century, stress and coping have mainly been investigated with a focus on
individuals. This focus has then been enlarged in the early 1990s, when research started …

This volume addresses the construct of dyadic coping between people in intimate
relationships. By strict definition, dyadic coping involves both partners and is the interplay …

The couple, from its formation and throughout its life cycle, is faced with several sources of
stress which could be daily stressors (minor stress; eg, everyday family demands; …

Twenty years ago, dyadic coping arose from the conceptualization of stress and coping in
romantic dyads, abandoning the traditional individual view of these phenomena. Since then …

In the past thirty years, stimulating scientific research conducted in the field of stress and
coping has appeared in numerous theoretical and empirical publications. Along side the …

Since its origins most of the stress and coping literature has focused primarily on the
individual's efforts to manage stressful encounters, conceptualizing both stress and coping …

One woman was propping her ill husband's pillow, serving him lunch, adjusting his oxygen,
giving him his medication, reminding him of our appointment, and casually straightening the …

Dyadic coping is a concept that has reached increased attention in psychological science
within the last 20 years. Dyadic coping conceptualizes the way couples cope with stress …

Perhaps not surprisingly, romantic couples experience stress. Stress can originate both
within the relationship, such as differing viewpoints between partners, or outside the …

This chapter expands on the concept of dyadic stress and coping with an innovative and
dynamic theory of the dyadic coping process. The author presents a typology of dyadic …