The psychology of couples and illness : theory, research, and practice
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The psychology of couples and illness : theory, research, and practice
American Psychological Association, c2000
- cloth
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The true meaning of staying together "in sickness and in health" cannot be fully appreciated until illness strikes. This book chronicles the often brave and sometimes painful ways that couples adapt and cope when long-term illness arrives. From a cognitive-behavioural perspective, contributors explore how illness affects relationship and, in turn, how the quality of relationships affects coping behaviours and treatment outcomes. This is the first book to focus solely on couples and illness instead of the larger family unit. It details the associations between intimate relationships and illness across a wide variety of illnesses (eg. cancer, HIV), physical conditions (eg. chronic pain and fertility issues), and health-related behaviours (eg. smoking and alcohol use). The book brings together the most recent empirical data from psychologists who study and work with couples, exploring the biological, neurological and immunological impacts of the couple relationship. The authors of each chapter also present insights into the treatment approaches that address specific issues of the disease or the maladaptive behaviour of either partner.
A must-have book for those working with or researching couples coping with illness.
Table of Contents
- Basic research on the psychobiology of intimate relationships, T. Groth, G. Fehm-Wolfsdorf, K. Hahlweg
- coronary heart disease and couples, L. Rankin-Esquer, A. Deeter, C.B. Taylor
- couples coping with respiratory disorders, K.B. Schmaling, N. Afari
- rheumatic illnesses and relationships - coping as a joint venture, S. Danoff-Burg, T.A. Revenson
- helping each other through the night - couples and coping with cancer, W.K. Halford, J.L. Scott, J. Smythe
- couples with HIV-AIDS, S. Kalichman
- couples and chronic pain, L. Schwartz, D. Ehde
- couples and premenstrual syndrome - partners as moderators of symptoms?, A. Jones, V. Theodos, T.G. Sher, M. Young
- couples facing fertility problems, L. Pasch, A. Christensen
- alcohol and couples - drinking in an intimate relational context, L.J. Roberts, K.D. Linney
- couples approaches to smoking cessation, C.A. Palmer, D.H. Baucom, C.M. McBride
- when the bough breaks - the relationship between chronic illness in children and couple functioning, R. Gaither, K. Bingen, J. Hopkins.
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