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Dissertation
Couples coping with cancer: a combined interactional and problem-solving approach to depression
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
May 2002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/00009255
Abstract
There were two aims to this study. The first was to examine how the interactional model of depression applies to couples coping with cancer. The second was to examine whether social problem-solving is an individual variable that is related to how partners respond to the depressive symptoms that people with cancer experience. Sixty couples participated in this cross-sectional study. The hypotheses were tested with a series of hierarchical multiple regression analyses. The results showed that the interactional model was applicable. Cancer patients' negative affect was related to the negative responses (i.e., negative affect, hostility, negative behaviors) of their partners. However, the severity of the cancer patients' depressive symptoms was not related to the negative responses of their partners. Furthermore, the results showed that the partners' positive problem orientation, one component of the problem-solving process, moderated the relationship between patient negative affect and partner negative affect. However, other components of the problem-solving process did not moderate these relationships. Research and clinical implications are discussed.
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- Title
- Couples coping with cancer
- Creators
- Kelly Sprague McClure
- Awarding Institution
- Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- xi, 131 pages
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Clinical and Health Psychology [Historical]; Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University (1993-1996, 1998-2002); College of Nursing and Health Professions (2000-2002)
- Other Identifier
- 991021888913104721