A Developmental-Contextual Model of Couples Coping with Chronic Illness across the Adult Life Span

Autor/inn/en	Berg, Cynthia A.; Upchurch, Renn
Titel	A Developmental-Contextual Model of Couples Coping with Chronic Illness across the Adult Life Span
Quelle	In: Psychological Bulletin, 133 (2007) 6, S.920-954 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-2909
Schlagwörter	Emotional Problems; Chronic Illness; Coping; Psychotherapy; Adults; Developmental Stages; Social Influences; Cultural Influences; Gender Issues; Marital Satisfaction; Adjustment (to Environment); Spouses; Stress Variables + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chronic disease; Chronische Krankheit; Bewältigung; Psychotherapie; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Geschlechterfrage; Ehepartner
Abstract	A developmental-contextual model of couples coping with chronic illness is presented that views chronic illness as affecting the adjustment of both the patient and the spouse such that coping strategies enacted by the patient are examined in relation to those enacted by the spouse, and vice versa. The developmental model emphasizes that dyadic coping may be different at various phases of the life span, changing temporally at different stages of dealing with the illness as well as unfolding daily as spouses interact around dyadic stressors. In addition, couples engaged in dyadic coping are affected by broad sociocultural factors (culture and gender) as well as more proximal contextual factors (quality of the marital relationship and the specific demands of the chronic illness). The model provides a framework for understanding how couples coping with chronic illness may together appraise and cope with illness during adulthood and for determining when spousal involvement is beneficial or harmful to both patient and spousal adjustment. The developmental-contextual model to dyadic appraisal and coping has numerous research implications for the field, and the authors conclude with specific recommendations for future research. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10