TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress responses and psychological adjustment in patients with cancer and their spouses
AU - Ey, Sydney
AU - Compas, Bruce E.
AU - Epping-Jordan, Joanne E.
AU - Worsham, Nancy
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - The relationship between husbands' and wives' individual stress responses (intrusive thoughts and avoidance) and symptoms of anxiety and depression was examined shortly after diagnosis in a sample of 58 patients with cancer (43 women, 15 men) and their spouses. Marital partners' symptoms of anxiety or depression were positively correlated with one another's symptoms; however, the patients' and spouses' intrusive thoughts and avoidance were not correlated. The male patients' avoidance was positively correlated with their wives' anxiety or depression. In regression analyses, patients' avoidance uniquely predicted greater distress in both male and female patients. Male patients' avoidance also uniquely predicted greater distress in their wives. No significant interactions were found between patients' and spouses' avoidance in predicting distress in either partner.
AB - The relationship between husbands' and wives' individual stress responses (intrusive thoughts and avoidance) and symptoms of anxiety and depression was examined shortly after diagnosis in a sample of 58 patients with cancer (43 women, 15 men) and their spouses. Marital partners' symptoms of anxiety or depression were positively correlated with one another's symptoms; however, the patients' and spouses' intrusive thoughts and avoidance were not correlated. The male patients' avoidance was positively correlated with their wives' anxiety or depression. In regression analyses, patients' avoidance uniquely predicted greater distress in both male and female patients. Male patients' avoidance also uniquely predicted greater distress in their wives. No significant interactions were found between patients' and spouses' avoidance in predicting distress in either partner.
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U2 - 10.1300/J077V16N02_04
DO - 10.1300/J077V16N02_04
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0032422665
SN - 0734-7332
VL - 16
SP - 59
EP - 77
JO - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
JF - Journal of Psychosocial Oncology
IS - 2
ER -