A multimethod approach to measuring communal coping in adults with type 1 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Communal coping with a chronic illness has been associated with better health outcomes and includes two components: an individual's appraisal of the illness as shared and collaborative strategies to manage the illness. Although multiple methods have been used to assess these constructs, there is limited understanding of whether these methods tap similar components of communal coping. The study goals were to assess how individuals diagnosed with type 1 diabetes communally cope with their romantic partner using multiple methods to (a) distinguish between the two components of communal coping and (b) examine links of both components to health outcomes and test whether interactions between the two are linked to health outcomes.

Method

Individuals with type 1 diabetes (

SUBMITTER: Zajdel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9798461 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature