Published in Disability and rehabilitation
To explore sexuality after spinal cord injury (SCI) from the perspectives of individuals with SCI and their romantic partners. A sample of 8 Canadian adults with SCI (6 men, 2 women) and their partners participated in this study (N = 16). Semi-structured dyadic and individual interviews were conducted, discussions surrounding sexuality and intimacy...
Published in Journal of prevention & intervention in the community
Romantic relationship distress leads to decreased satisfaction and dissolution. While therapy is effective for helping distressed couples, it is often inaccessible due to cost, time, and childcare barriers. Churches are often able to offer lower-cost services and provide childcare. In partnership with a network of local churches, university staff t...
Published in Journal of marital and family therapy
Research has rarely considered intermediate variables in the association between attachment insecurities and relationship commitment. Based on attachment theory and Rusbult's Investment Model, we tested whether positive and negative partner behaviors explain this association in 91 distressed couples undergoing therapy. Path analyses based on the Ac...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Background The COVID-19 pandemic changed nearly every aspect of daily life and had detrimental effects on mental health. Yet, impacts have been heterogeneous. We tested whether fluctuations in local COVID-19 percent positivity rates were associated with daily anxiety and depression in couples living in NYC, as well as whether these associations var...
Published in Human fertility (Cambridge, England)
While there is broad evidence to suggest that individual stress increases, and that high couple relationship quality reduces the risk for psychological distress, our understanding of these associations in couples dealing with infertility remains limited. In this cross-sectional study, we used dyadic data-analysis (Actor-Partner Interdependence Mode...
Published in Family process
在南非, 基于伴侣的干预措施 (CBI) 被用来增加HIV艾滋病毒检测, 减少HIV艾滋病毒传播, 并改变关系动态。为了了解当地对健康关系的定义, 本研究试图在南非夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省的一个半农村地区收集关于健康关系模式的定性数据。我们对HIV阳性的女性 (n = 15) 和混合HIV状态的男性 (n = 15) 进行了半结构化的定性访谈, 他们处于异性恋、一夫一妻制的关系中 (彼此之间没有关系) 。本研究采用主题分析来指导了编码工作, 归纳出以下三个主要的健康关系行为主题, 分别是: 开放性沟通、伴侣层面的问题解决和积极的关系建立, 它们与各种关系的各个方面 (信任、支持、尊重、承诺和联系) 有关。我们有目的地探索了背景主题, 即HIV的作用、积极的社区参与和权力动态, 以更好地定位健康关系行...
Published in Family process
COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) 大流行对社区、家庭和伴侣的日常功能等多个领域产生了重大影响。使用二维数据针对大型压力事件中的伴侣动态进行的研究是比较有限的。因此, 本研究采用了交叉滞后的看板设计, 对535对非变性的异性恋夫妇, 以探索与疫情有关的丧亲、依恋行为、创伤应对的自我效能和焦虑症状之间的纵向路径。数据是在2020年4月至10月的三个时间点收集的。研究结果表明, 丧失亲人具有潜在的动员性。较高的丧失水平与后来伴侣中较高水平的依恋行为有关, 在一个滞后的伴侣效应中, 男性的创伤应对自我效能感水平较高。较高的依恋行为水平通常与下一波伴侣内和伴侣间的创伤应对自我效能的提高有关, 较高的创伤应对自我效能水平似乎抵消了伴侣内后来的焦虑。另一方面, 在伴侣内部, 更大的损失与伴侣内部...
Published in Family process
Reductions in marital relationship quality are pervasive post-cardiac event. It is not yet understood how relationship quality is linked to mental health outcomes in couples where one member has established cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the interdependence within dyads is seldom measured. This research is required as psychological distress has b...
Published in Family process
Insomnia contributes to individual mental and physical health and relationship well-being. Veterans' PTSD symptoms are associated with their own insomnia. However, research has not explored whether and how veterans' PTSD symptoms are associated with their partners' insomnia. The present study examined the association between veterans' PTSD symptom ...
Published in Aging & mental health
Young onset dementias (YOD) - typically defined by symptom onset before age 65 - are frequently overlooked in medical and community settings. Persons with YOD and their spouses face logistical and emotional challenges on their journey to a diagnosis (e.g. uncertainty about symptoms, lack of medical knowledge, emotional distress). An in-depth unders...
