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Feldman, Barry Neal.

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The influence of relational factors on men's adjustment to their partners' newly diagnosed breast cancer.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The influence of relational factors on men's adjustment to their partners' newly diagnosed breast cancer./
Author:	Feldman, Barry Neal.
Description:	128 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-07, Section: A, page: 2570.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International62-07A.
Subject:	Social Work. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3021575
ISBN:	0493330178

The influence of relational factors on men's adjustment to their partners' newly diagnosed breast cancer.
Feldman, Barry Neal.

The influence of relational factors on men's adjustment to their partners' newly diagnosed breast cancer. - 128 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 62-07, Section: A, page: 2570.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston College, 2001.

Steadily rising breast cancer rates in America's women are forcing more men to confront the challenge of living with a wife or partner afflicted with this dreaded disease. Frequently, men serve the crucial function of providing primary support for their partners while simultaneously experiencing their own distress. Despite this role, the men's issues are often neglected or ignored because health care professionals focus mainly on the concerns and needs of patients. The objectives of this study were to assess the impact of mutual emotional support perceived within the relationship on men's adjustment, the interactions between men's perceived support and their coping methods, and how dyadic coping strategies affect their adjustment to their partners' illness. In this cross-sectional study of 71 male partners of newly-diagnosed breast cancer patients, participants completed a questionnaire with standardized instruments that measured emotional wellbeing, illness intrusiveness, emotional support, dyadic coping styles and demographic factors. Questionnaires were completed while patients were undergoing treatment.

ISBN: 0493330178Subjects--Topical Terms:

617587
Social Work.

The influence of relational factors on men's adjustment to their partners' newly diagnosed breast cancer.
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520 $a Multiple regression analyses reveal that emotional support was significantly related to the men's common dyadic coping (Beta = .641, p < .001), positive dyadic coping (Beta = .674, p < .001), hostile dyadic coping (Beta = -.586, p < .001) and avoidance dyadic coping (Beta = -.417, p < .01). Hostile dyadic coping was significantly related to the intrusiveness of the partner's illness (Beta = .312, p < .05). While there was a positive relationship between emotional support and adjustment, it did not reach statistical significance. The data also indicate that a history of depression predisposes men to poorer adjustment and that depression and the length of the relationship affects men's coping styles.
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