Extensive literature addresses the correlates of communication behaviors within couples in
the specific stressful context of oncology. This literature focused mainly on the concepts of …

Despite marriage's health benefits, all couples experience stress that can increase morbidity
and mortality risks. Marital stress can alter endocrine, cardiovascular, and immune function …

How does caregiving affect health and well-being and what resources help caregivers? This
book provides a synthesis of psychological research on caregiver stress and brings attention …

Coping with stress has historically been viewed as an individual phenomenon. Specifically,
psychodynamic theories focusing on the regulation of intrapsychic conflicts, stimulus …

Little is known about how discriminatory experiences are associated with interpersonal
relationships—specifically whether one person's experience of discrimination has …

Abstract Background Approximately 60–70% of breast cancer survivors experience sexuality
problems resulting from treatment. This study investigated information and communication …

Most studies have been concerned with the experiences and needs of women with breast
cancer and spouses/partners separately. In this review, the relationship dynamics that …

Prior to the 1990s, the predominant view of stress and coping defined stress as occurring
when an individual perceives a situation as a challenge, threat, or loss and evaluates her …

Couples managing chronic illnesses—the leading causes of death and disability in the
United States—can experience challenges in their daily lives and relationships. Both couple …

The present study evaluated intimacy as a mechanism for the effects of holding back sharing
concerns about cancer on couples' psychological distress, well-being, and marital …