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SUBMITTER: Van Vleet M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082133 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Van Vleet Meredith M Helgeson Vicki S VS Seltman Howard J HJ Korytkowski Mary T MT Hausmann Leslie R M LRM
Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) 20180528 5
Communal coping is a form of interpersonal coping that involves a shared illness appraisal and collaborating to address illness-related issues. We hypothesized that communal coping among couples in which one person is recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes would be related to better diabetes problem-solving, better mood, greater relationship quality, and less psychological distress for both partners. Communal coping was coded from videotaped interactions in which 119 heterosexual couples discus ...[more]