Previous research linking collaboration to relationship and health outcomes has relied
almost exclusively on individual self-report and failed to take into consideration the dyadic …

Coping with chronic illness often takes place within the context of the marital relationship.
Among married couples, collaborative efforts to cope with one partner's chronic health …

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 …

The study goal was to determine whether partner's level of unmitigated communion
moderated the relation of partner communal coping to patient health. Couples in which one …

Researchers have recognized the role of social environment in diabetes management, with
substantial attention directed toward spouses or romantic partners of people with diabetes …

The majority of observed couple communication research has focused on physically healthy
couples and those who are White, educated, and affluent. In the present study, we observed …

A pilot study was conducted to assess the feasibility and potential efficacy of a couples
focused diabetes intervention in which a collaborative problem-solving approach to diabetes …

Research has increasingly recognized the links of communal coping—a shared appraisal of
a stressor and collaborative action to manage it—to positive adjustment outcomes in chronic …

Background Communal coping is one person's appraisal of a stressor as shared and
collaboration with a partner to manage the problem. There is a burgeoning literature …

Communal coping consists of a shared appraisal of a stressor and collaborative efforts to
manage it. There has been a wealth of literature linking communal coping to relationship …