Pankrath, A. -L. and Weissflog, G. and Mehnert, A. and Niederwieser, D. and Doehner, H. and Hoenig, K. and Guendel, H. and Vogelhuber, M. and Friedrich, M. and Ernst, J. (2018) The relation between dyadic coping and relationship satisfaction in couples dealing with haematological cancer. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER CARE, 27 (1): e12595. ISSN 0961-5423, 1365-2354
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Couples' ability to cope with cancer is significantly associated with how satisfied they are with their relationship. However, little evidence specific to haemato-oncological patients exists. The objective of this study was to examine how dyadic coping (DC) affects relationship satisfaction among couples facing haematological cancer. Furthermore, we tested complex interactions between distress, disease-related and socio-demographic factors. In a multicentre study, 327 patients (haemato-oncological cancer; mean age: 57 years, 63% male) and their partners responded to surveys examining their relationship satisfaction, DC and distress. The Actor-Partner-Interdependence-Model (APIM) and moderator analyses were used to assess interactions between these concepts. In the APIM, positive DC was significantly related to greater levels of relationship satisfaction, and negative DC was related to lower levels of relationship satisfaction (all p < .001). The partners' distress was significantly related to lower levels of relationship satisfaction of the partners (p < .05). Furthermore, distress, age and relationship duration had significant moderating effects on the association between DC and relationship satisfaction (p < .05). Our results enable describing patient and partner as an interactional unit in which positive DC supports a satisfying relationship. They imply that strengthening positive DC in a couple facing haematological cancer can contribute to them having a well-functioning and sustaining relationship.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | QUALITY-OF-LIFE; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; PROSTATE-CANCER; BREAST-CANCER; ADJUSTMENT; PARTNERS; SPOUSES; TRANSPLANTATION; METAANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; couples; distress; dyadic coping; haematological cancer; psycho-oncology; relationship satisfaction |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin III (Hämatologie und Internistische Onkologie) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2020 11:24 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Mar 2020 11:24 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15264 |
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