Journal article
Testing the Theory of Resilience and Relational Load (TRRL) in Families with Type I Diabetes
Health communication, Vol.34(10), pp.1107-1119
08/24/2019
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1461585
PMID: 29667488
Abstract
The theory of resilience and relational load was tested with 60 couples and their adolescent children (ages 11-18) with type I diabetes (T1D). The couples participated in a stress-inducing conversation task in their home, followed by a random assignment to a two-week intervention designed to increase their relationship maintenance. Before the intervention, stronger communal orientation predicted greater maintenance for husbands and wives, but maintenance only reduced T1D stress for wives. The wives' and adolescents' T1D stress were also correlated, but the husbands' T1D stress was not significantly associated with either of them. Better maintenance was associated with less conflict during couples' conversations. Maintenance was also directly associated with less perceived and physiological stress (cortisol) from the conversation. Finally, wives in the intervention reported the most thriving, communal orientation and the least loneliness. The intervention also reduced adolescents' general life stress, but it did not influence their T1D stress or thriving.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Testing the Theory of Resilience and Relational Load (TRRL) in Families with Type I Diabetes
- Creators
- Eva Tsalikian - University of Iowa HospitalsTamara Afifi - Department of Communication, University of California Santa BarbaraDouglas Granger - Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, Pediatrics, and Program in Public Health, University of CaliforniaAnne Ersig - American Family Children's Hospital in Wisconsin-MadisonAriana Shahnazi - Department of Communication Studies, University of IowaSharde Davis - Department of Communication, University of ConnecticutKathryn Harrison - Department of Communication, University of California Santa BarbaraMichelle Acevedo Callejas - Department of Communication Studies, University of IowaAudrey Scranton - Department of Communication Studies, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health communication, Vol.34(10), pp.1107-1119
- Publisher
- Routledge
- DOI
- 10.1080/10410236.2018.1461585
- PMID
- 29667488
- ISSN
- 1041-0236
- eISSN
- 1532-7027
- Grant note
- University of Iowa (10.13039/100008893)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/24/2019
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984093499802771
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