Diabetes stress contagion among romantic partners: a daily diary investigation.

ABSTRACT: The stress of diabetes management not only affects persons with type 1 diabetes (PWD) but also their social network. We examined the extent to which romantic partners of PWD (n = 199) identified their most significant daily stressor as diabetes-related (i.e., partner diabetes stress) using a 14-day daily diary design. Utilizing a communal coping framework, we examined appraisal and communication as predictors of partner diabetes stress and examined links of partner diabetes stress to supportive/unsupportive behavior and mood by assessing each construct daily. We also examined whether a survey measure of partner anxious attachment moderated these links. Results showed that viewing diabetes as a shared problem and greater diabetes communication were associated with greater partner diabetes s

SUBMITTER: Helgeson VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10369354 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature