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The dyadic regulation approach of coping and illness representations in female cancer patients and their partners

PURPOSE: Adjustment to any illness is a ‘dyadic' process whereby patients and their partners mutually determine each other's perceptions, behaviours, and well-being. The present study explored the association between dyadic coping strategies and illness representations in newly diagnosed f...

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Autores principales: Giannousi, Zoe, Thomadakis, Christoforos, Karademas, Evangelos C., Paschali, Antonia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10512019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37744592
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1194900
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author Giannousi, Zoe
Thomadakis, Christoforos
Karademas, Evangelos C.
Paschali, Antonia
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Thomadakis, Christoforos
Karademas, Evangelos C.
Paschali, Antonia
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description PURPOSE: Adjustment to any illness is a ‘dyadic' process whereby patients and their partners mutually determine each other's perceptions, behaviours, and well-being. The present study explored the association between dyadic coping strategies and illness representations in newly diagnosed female cancer patients and their partners. METHODS: The sample consisted of 92 female cancer patient-partner pairs from 3 oncology hospitals in Greece and Cyprus. The Actor Partner Interdependence Model was applied to test for dyadic regulation effects. RESULTS: The findings revealed that patients' evaluations of dyadic coping were related to their own illness representations and, in some cases, to partners' illness representations of control. However, partner evaluations of dyadic coping were not associated with either patients' or their own illness representations. Relationship satisfaction did not moderate the relationship between dyadic coping and illness representations. IMPLICATIONS: The study suggests that patients' perceptions of support provided by themselves and their partners play a significant role in shaping their illness representations. Future research could delve into the underlying reasons for the observed differences in the impact of dyadic coping on illness representations between patients and partners, considering factors such as gender roles and specific gender-related issues.
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spelling pubmed-105120192023-09-22 The dyadic regulation approach of coping and illness representations in female cancer patients and their partners Giannousi, Zoe Thomadakis, Christoforos Karademas, Evangelos C. Paschali, Antonia Front Psychol Psychology PURPOSE: Adjustment to any illness is a ‘dyadic' process whereby patients and their partners mutually determine each other's perceptions, behaviours, and well-being. The present study explored the association between dyadic coping strategies and illness representations in newly diagnosed female cancer patients and their partners. METHODS: The sample consisted of 92 female cancer patient-partner pairs from 3 oncology hospitals in Greece and Cyprus. The Actor Partner Interdependence Model was applied to test for dyadic regulation effects. RESULTS: The findings revealed that patients' evaluations of dyadic coping were related to their own illness representations and, in some cases, to partners' illness representations of control. However, partner evaluations of dyadic coping were not associated with either patients' or their own illness representations. Relationship satisfaction did not moderate the relationship between dyadic coping and illness representations. IMPLICATIONS: The study suggests that patients' perceptions of support provided by themselves and their partners play a significant role in shaping their illness representations. Future research could delve into the underlying reasons for the observed differences in the impact of dyadic coping on illness representations between patients and partners, considering factors such as gender roles and specific gender-related issues. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10512019/ /pubmed/37744592 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1194900 Text en Copyright © 2023 Giannousi, Thomadakis, Karademas and Paschali. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Thomadakis, Christoforos
Karademas, Evangelos C.
Paschali, Antonia
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title_short The dyadic regulation approach of coping and illness representations in female cancer patients and their partners
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10512019/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37744592
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1194900
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