Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness
Background: This study aimed to examine whether dyadic coping (DC) is associated with relationship satisfaction (RS) among couples facing cardiac diseases. Furthermore, the moderating role of both partners’ anxiety and depression was tested. Methods: One hundred cardiac patients (81.5% men) and thei...
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| author | Giada Rapelli Silvia Donato Emanuele Maria Giusti Giada Pietrabissa Miriam Parise Ariela Francesca Pagani Chiara A. M. Spatola Anna Bertoni Gianluca Castelnuovo |
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| description | Background: This study aimed to examine whether dyadic coping (DC) is associated with relationship satisfaction (RS) among couples facing cardiac diseases. Furthermore, the moderating role of both partners’ anxiety and depression was tested. Methods: One hundred cardiac patients (81.5% men) and their partners (81.5% women) completed a self-report questionnaire during hospitalization. The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) and moderation analyses were used to assess the above associations. Results: Results showed that positive DC was significantly related to higher levels of RS, and negative DC was related to lower levels of RS. Furthermore, patient and partner psychological distress significantly moderated the link between DC and RS: patient-perceived positive DC was associated with higher partner RS when partner depression was high; partner-perceived positive DC was associated with higher patient RS when patient anxiety was low; patient-perceived negative DC has associated with lower patient RS when patient anxiety and depression were high. Conclusion: This study showed that positive DC is associated with a more satisfying relationship and identified under what conditions of cardiac-related distress this can happen. Furthermore, this study underlined the importance of examining DC in addition to the individual coping skills as a process pertaining to personal well-being and couple’s outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d26d92793e3941d9ba95908d8780e1482024-02-23T15:22:31ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832024-02-01134118010.3390/jcm13041180Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac IllnessGiada Rapelli0Silvia Donato1Emanuele Maria Giusti2Giada Pietrabissa3Miriam Parise4Ariela Francesca Pagani5Chiara A. M. Spatola6Anna Bertoni7Gianluca Castelnuovo8Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, 43125 Parma, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, ItalyEPIMED Research Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Humanities, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, 61029 Urbino, ItalyDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, 98122 Messina, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, 20123 Milan, ItalyBackground: This study aimed to examine whether dyadic coping (DC) is associated with relationship satisfaction (RS) among couples facing cardiac diseases. Furthermore, the moderating role of both partners’ anxiety and depression was tested. Methods: One hundred cardiac patients (81.5% men) and their partners (81.5% women) completed a self-report questionnaire during hospitalization. The Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) and moderation analyses were used to assess the above associations. Results: Results showed that positive DC was significantly related to higher levels of RS, and negative DC was related to lower levels of RS. Furthermore, patient and partner psychological distress significantly moderated the link between DC and RS: patient-perceived positive DC was associated with higher partner RS when partner depression was high; partner-perceived positive DC was associated with higher patient RS when patient anxiety was low; patient-perceived negative DC has associated with lower patient RS when patient anxiety and depression were high. Conclusion: This study showed that positive DC is associated with a more satisfying relationship and identified under what conditions of cardiac-related distress this can happen. Furthermore, this study underlined the importance of examining DC in addition to the individual coping skills as a process pertaining to personal well-being and couple’s outcomes.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/4/1180cardiac illnessdyadic copingcouplestresspsychological distressrelationship satisfaction |
| spellingShingle | Giada Rapelli Silvia Donato Emanuele Maria Giusti Giada Pietrabissa Miriam Parise Ariela Francesca Pagani Chiara A. M. Spatola Anna Bertoni Gianluca Castelnuovo Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness Journal of Clinical Medicine cardiac illness dyadic coping couple stress psychological distress relationship satisfaction |
| title | Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness |
| title_full | Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness |
| title_fullStr | Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness |
| title_short | Recognizing and Appreciating the Partner’s Support Protects Relationship Satisfaction during Cardiac Illness |
| title_sort | recognizing and appreciating the partner s support protects relationship satisfaction during cardiac illness |
| topic | cardiac illness dyadic coping couple stress psychological distress relationship satisfaction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/4/1180 |
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