Layland, Eric K. Hodge, Camilla J. Glaza, Mikala Peets, Jerrica O.
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Leisure diversity—the total number of unique leisure categories shared within a sibling dyad—may vary according to sibling characteristics (e.g. sibling gender, age difference) and predict sibling relationship quality. Using triangulated lists, brief narratives, and focus groups, we constructed a taxonomy of shared sibling leisure in emerging adult...
Gamarel, Kristi E Sevelius, Jae M Reisner, Sari L Coats, Cassandra Sutten Nemoto, Tooru Operario, Don
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Journal of social and personal relationships
The goals of this study were to: (a) examine associations between interpersonal stigma and psychological distress among a sample of transgender women and their cisgender male partners; and (b) identify whether commitment moderates the association between interpersonal stigma and psychological distress. To address these aims, 191 couples consisting ...
Helgeson, Vicki S. Van Vleet, Meredith
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Journal of social and personal relationships
We adapted the widely-used measure of relationship closeness, the Inclusion of Other in Self Scale (IOS; Aron, Aron, & Smollan, 1992 ), to assess communal coping (IOS-CC). Communal coping is a construct that reflects a shared appraisal of a stressor (‘our problem’ instead of ‘my problem’) and collaborative action to manage the stressor. We administ...
Eckhardt, Christopher I. Parrott, Dominic J. Crane, Cory A.
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Intimate partner aggression (IPA) is a critical public health problem that requires clear and testable etiological models that may translate into effective interventions. While alcohol intoxication and a pattern of heavy alcohol consumption are robust correlates of IPA perpetration, there has been limited research that examines this association fro...
Huo, Meng Fuentecilla, Jamie L. Birditt, Kira S. Fingerman, Karen L.
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Older adults’ empathy may shape the frequency and types of support that they exchange with their social partners as well as the implications of these exchanges. This study drew on the Daily Experiences and Well-being Study , which included adults aged 65 and over and tracked them across 5 to 6 days using mobile phone surveys. Participants ( n = 293...
Van Vleet, Meredith Helgeson, Vicki S.
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Accumulating evidence indicates that communal coping is beneficial for individuals with chronic illness. The current investigation examined attachment as a moderator of the effects of communal coping in a sample of persons with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that patient communal coping would be associated with higher relationship quality, lower ...
Van Vleet, Meredith Helgeson, Vicki S. Berg, Cynthia A.
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Although play has been linked to psychological and physical well-being in childhood, little work has examined benefits of play in adulthood. Play may be especially important in the context of coping with a chronic illness such as type 1 diabetes as self-care involves a difficult daily process. We hypothesized that daily play with one’s romantic par...
Veldhuis, Cindy B Hughes, Tonda L Drabble, Laurie Wilsnack, Sharon C Riggle, Ellen D B Rostosky, Sharon S
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Although marriage tends to be protective against hazardous drinking among women in the general population, few studies have compared drinking rates, levels, or problems based on relationship status among sexual minority women (SMW; lesbian, bisexual). We examined associations between relationship status (committed relationship/cohabiting; committed...
Hsieh, Ning Hawkley, Louise
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Marriage protects against loneliness, but not all marriages are equally protective. While marriage is a highly interdependent relationship, loneliness in marital dyads has received very little research attention. Unlike most studies proposing that positive and negative marital qualities independently affect loneliness at the individual level, we us...
Van Vleet, Meredith Helgeson, Vicki S. Seltman, Howard J. Korytkowski, Mary T. Hausmann, Leslie R. M.
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Journal of social and personal relationships
Communal coping, which involves a shared illness appraisal and engaging in collaboration when illness-related problems arise, is likely beneficial for individuals with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of this work was to examine the process by which communal coping may lead to such benefits. First, we hypothesized that illness-related interactions char...
