The present review on dyadic coping (DC) aims at providing a critical integration of both the
conceptual and empirical DC literature and overcoming the limitations of past reviews by (a) …

Chronically disabling health impairments affect an increasing number of people worldwide.
In close relationships, disability is an interpersonal experience. Psychological distress is …

Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological
distress associated with the “new normal”—social distancing, financial hardships, and …

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

Abstract The Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI, Bodenmann, 2008) assesses how couples
support each other when facing individual (eg, workload) and common (eg, parenting) …

Objective: Theories about how couples help each other to cope with stress, such as the
systemic transactional model of dyadic coping, suggest that the cultural context in which …

The association between dyadic coping and adjustment to cancer has been well-
established. However, a significant gap in the literature is the understanding of how the life …

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 …

Objective: The study examined how a couple's capacity for mutuality as conceptualized by
the Relational-Cultural Theory plays a role in their managing the stresses accompanying …

Dyadic coping strategies may play a pivotal role in relationship satisfaction and explain why
some couples adapt positively to the challenges associated with raising a child with ASD …