Journal article
The Role of Response Perceptions in Couples' Ongoing Cancer-Related Disclosure
Health communication, Vol.34(9), pp.999-1009
07/29/2019
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2018.1452091
PMCID: PMC6249115
PMID: 29565693
Abstract
In efforts to better understand the intricate nature of response, we tested a four-dimension structure of response patterns (measured as support, reciprocity, emotional reaction, and avoidance) as well as four single dimension models within the context of couples managing cancer. All models incorporate dyadic data, including both patient and partner perceptions that relational quality influences response patterns, and response patterns influence ongoing disclosure (measured as breadth and depth). Participants were 95 dyads in which one partner had been diagnosed with cancer. We conducted multilevel analyses using an actor-partner interdependence model. Results supported the four-dimension model as well as individual dimension models. All response types predict within person disclosure. However, only reciprocity predicts the other person's disclosure, and only patient's reports of partner reciprocity predict partner disclosure.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Role of Response Perceptions in Couples' Ongoing Cancer-Related Disclosure
- Creators
- Kate Magsamen-Conrad - School of Media and Communication, Department of Communication, Bowling Green State UniversityMaria K Venetis - Brian Lamb School of Communication, Department of Communication, Purdue UniversityMaria G Checton - Department of Health Administration, College of Saint ElizabethKathryn Greene - Department of Communication, Rutgers University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Health communication, Vol.34(9), pp.999-1009
- DOI
- 10.1080/10410236.2018.1452091
- PMID
- 29565693
- PMCID
- PMC6249115
- NLM abbreviation
- Health Commun
- ISSN
- 1041-0236
- eISSN
- 1532-7027
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Grant note
- Bowling Green State University (10.13039/100009633) R24HD050959 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (10.13039/100009633)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/29/2019
- Academic Unit
- Communication Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9984002441102771
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