Journal article
"He would never let me just give up": Communicatively Constructing Dyadic Resilience in the Experience of Breast Cancer
Health communication, Vol.33(12), pp.1516-1524
01/01/2018
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2017.1372049
PMID: 28952793
Abstract
A breast cancer diagnosis is a significant stressor that impacts both survivors' and their partners' psychological adjustment and well-being. Communication patterns and strategies utilized by survivors and partners are the key determinants of how some couples adjust to a cancer diagnosis. This study employs the Communicative theory of resilience (CTR)(Buzzanell, 2010) to examine the dyadic communicative processes couples enact that contribute to their resilience. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 27 breast cancer survivors concerning communication with their partners. All interviews were transcribed and independently coded using thematic analysis. Findings support and extend the presence of the five communicative processes of resilience outlined by Buzzanell (2010), demonstrating how these processes interact with one another. Results also suggest that couples' communication both promotes and interferes with resilience. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- "He would never let me just give up": Communicatively Constructing Dyadic Resilience in the Experience of Breast Cancer
- Creators
- Helen M. Lillie - Purdue University West LafayetteMaria K. Venetis - Purdue University West LafayetteSkye M. Chernichky-Karcher - Bloomsburg University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health communication, Vol.33(12), pp.1516-1524
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/10410236.2017.1372049
- PMID
- 28952793
- ISSN
- 1041-0236
- eISSN
- 1532-7027
- Number of pages
- 9
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984309652502771
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