ArticleDiabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association2017
Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: Romantic Relationships and Implications for Well-Being.
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- Dyadic Coping in Couples Facing Chronic Physical Illness: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Well-Being and Romantic Relationships: A Systematic Review in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Diabetes support from romantic partners during early emerging adulthood.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
- Socio-cognitive determinants affecting insulin adherence/non-adherence in late adolescents and young adults with type 1 diabetes: a systematic review protocol.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2022Article
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- Here for You: A Review of Social Support Research in Young Adults With Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2021Article
- Defining features of diabetes resilience in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes.Pediatric diabetes · 2021Article
- Partner unmitigated communion moderates communal coping benefits in type 2 diabetes.Journal of health psychology · 2020Article
- An examination of the communal coping process in recently diagnosed diabetes.Journal of social and personal relationships · 2019Article
- Influence of Relationship Partners on Self-Efficacy for Self-Management Behaviors Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2019Article
- Health-risk Behaviors and Type 1 Diabetes Outcomes in the Transition from Late Adolescence to Early Emerging Adulthood.Children's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health · 2019Article
- Communal Coping and Adjustment to Chronic Illness: Theory Update and Evidence.Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc · 2018Article
- Daily Communal Coping in Couples With Type 2 Diabetes: Links to Mood and Self-Care.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Article
- We-disease Model: A conceptualization of couples' dyadic coping when dealing with chronic physical or mental illness.Health psychology openArticle
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Abstract
objectiveThe study goal was to examine whether young adults with type 1 diabetes involve romantic partners in their illness, and, if so, how their involvement is related to relationship quality and psychological well-being.
methodsA total of 68 people (mean age 25.5 years, [SD 3.7 years]) with type 1 diabetes (mean diabetes duration 6 years, [SD 6.7]) involved in a romantic relationship (mean relationship duration 25 months, [SD 27 months]) completed phone interviews. Communal coping (shared illness appraisal and collaborative problem-solving), partner supportive and unsupportive behavior, relationship quality, and psychological well-being were assessed with standardized measures. The study was partly descriptive in identifying the extent of communal coping and specific supportive and unsupportive behaviors and partly correlational in connecting communal coping and supportive or unsupportive behaviors to relationship quality and psychological well-being.
resultsDescriptive findings showed that partners were somewhat involved in diabetes, but communal coping was less common compared to other chronically ill populations. The most common partner supportive behaviors were emotional and instrumental support. The most common partner unsupportive behavior was worry about diabetes. Correlational results showed that communal coping was related to greater partner emotional and instrumental support, but also to greater partner overprotective and controlling behaviors (
conclusionPeople with type 1 diabetes may benefit from increased partner involvement in illness. This could be facilitated by health care professionals.
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