Initial validation of the dyadic coping inventory for financial stress

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-381
Author(s):  
Mariana K. Falconier ◽  
Petruta P. Rusu ◽  
Guy Bodenmann
Keyword(s):  
Financial Stress ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Initial Validation ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory

scholarly journals Dyadic Coping in the U.S.: Psychometric Properties and Validity for Use of the English Version of the Dyadic Coping Inventory

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley K. Randall ◽  
Peter Hilpert ◽  
Laura E. Jimenez-Arista ◽  
Kelsey J. Walsh ◽  
Guy Bodenmann
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
English Version ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Effects of adult attachment on health outcomes among couples facing ovarian cancer and the mediating role of dyadic coping

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Crangle
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Anxious Attachment ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory

Background: Ovarian cancer is commonly diagnosed at a late stage of illness, raising significant challenges to health-related quality of life (QOL). Increasingly, cancer is conceptualized as an interpersonal stressor that significantly impacts patients as well as their spouses. It has been suggested that adult attachment significantly impacts health outcomes by way of dyadic processes. The present study used the actor partner interdependence model (APIM) to examine the dyadic effects of adult attachment and dyadic coping on QOL, and whether dyadic coping mediated the associations between attachment and QOL. Methods: Couples (N=106) facing ovarian cancer were recruited from a comprehensive cancer centre in Toronto, ON. Attachment was measured by the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale – Revised, dyadic coping was measured by the Dyadic Coping Inventory, and QOL was measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment. APIM analyses evaluated within person and cross-dyadic effects. Role (patients compared with spouses) was examined as a moderator. Results: There were significant within person effects of anxious attachment on physical, social, emotional, and functional QOL. There were also significant within person effects of avoidant attachment on social, emotional, and functional QOL. Positive and negative dyadic coping demonstrated significant within person effects on social and functional QOL. There were no significant cross-dyadic effects nor was there evidence of moderation by role. The within person association between avoidant attachment and social QOL was significantly mediated by positive dyadic coping. The within person association between anxious attachment and social QOL was significantly mediated by positive and negative dyadic coping. Additionally, there was a significant indirect cross-dyadic effect, such that greater anxious attachment reported by one partner was associated with less positive dyadic coping and subsequently less social QOL reported by the other partner. Discussion: Adult attachment and coping as a couple are important considerations in understanding QOL among both patients and spouses. Intervention strategies to address attachment, and the behavioural system associated with attachment, such as dyadic coping, may be useful in addressing impaired individual well-being. Future studies should consider additional dyadic processes that may account for the negative effects of attachment on QOL such as intimacy.

Dyadic Coping Inventory

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Bodenmann ◽  
Laura Jimenez Arista ◽  
Kelsey J. Walsh ◽  
Ashley K. Randall
Keyword(s):  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory

scholarly journals A PILOT EXAMINATION OF DYADIC COPING INVENTORY AMONG JAPANESE MARRIED COUPLES

PSYCHOLOGIA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji YOKOTANI ◽  
Tai KUROSAWA
Keyword(s):  
Married Couples ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory

Dyadic coping in Latino couples: validity of the Spanish version of the Dyadic Coping Inventory

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Karin Falconier ◽  
Fridtjof Nussbeck ◽  
Guy Bodenmann
Keyword(s):  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory ◽  
Latino Couples

scholarly journals Effects of adult attachment on health outcomes among couples facing ovarian cancer and the mediating role of dyadic coping

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra Crangle
Keyword(s):  
Ovarian Cancer ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Adult Attachment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Social Emotional ◽  
Anxious Attachment ◽  
Avoidant Attachment ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory

Background: Ovarian cancer is commonly diagnosed at a late stage of illness, raising significant challenges to health-related quality of life (QOL). Increasingly, cancer is conceptualized as an interpersonal stressor that significantly impacts patients as well as their spouses. It has been suggested that adult attachment significantly impacts health outcomes by way of dyadic processes. The present study used the actor partner interdependence model (APIM) to examine the dyadic effects of adult attachment and dyadic coping on QOL, and whether dyadic coping mediated the associations between attachment and QOL. Methods: Couples (N=106) facing ovarian cancer were recruited from a comprehensive cancer centre in Toronto, ON. Attachment was measured by the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale – Revised, dyadic coping was measured by the Dyadic Coping Inventory, and QOL was measured by the Functional Assessment of Cancer Treatment. APIM analyses evaluated within person and cross-dyadic effects. Role (patients compared with spouses) was examined as a moderator. Results: There were significant within person effects of anxious attachment on physical, social, emotional, and functional QOL. There were also significant within person effects of avoidant attachment on social, emotional, and functional QOL. Positive and negative dyadic coping demonstrated significant within person effects on social and functional QOL. There were no significant cross-dyadic effects nor was there evidence of moderation by role. The within person association between avoidant attachment and social QOL was significantly mediated by positive dyadic coping. The within person association between anxious attachment and social QOL was significantly mediated by positive and negative dyadic coping. Additionally, there was a significant indirect cross-dyadic effect, such that greater anxious attachment reported by one partner was associated with less positive dyadic coping and subsequently less social QOL reported by the other partner. Discussion: Adult attachment and coping as a couple are important considerations in understanding QOL among both patients and spouses. Intervention strategies to address attachment, and the behavioural system associated with attachment, such as dyadic coping, may be useful in addressing impaired individual well-being. Future studies should consider additional dyadic processes that may account for the negative effects of attachment on QOL such as intimacy.

scholarly journals Dyadisches Coping Inventar (DCI): Ein Fragebogen zur Erfassung des partnerschaftlichen Umgangs mit Stress

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Simone Gmelch ◽  
Guy Bodenmann ◽  
Nathalie Meuwly ◽  
Thomas Ledermann ◽  
Olga Steffen-Sozinova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Couples Therapy ◽  
Stress And Coping ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Factor Analyses ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Coping Processes ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Further Development

Stress and coping in couples are increasingly conceptualized as dyadic phenomena. One tool for the assessment of dyadic coping processes in couples is the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI), a further development of the formerly used Dyadic Coping Questionnaire (FDCT-N, Bodenmann 2000). The psychometrics of the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI) have been examined in a large validation study involving a total of N = 2,399 subjects. The results provide empirical evidence for the quality of the test. The theoretically postulated dimensions of dyadic coping were empirically supported by factor analyses. The internal consistencies of the total scale and the different subscales were good. The test-retest-correlation reveals that the questionnaire is sensitive for change. The construct validity is given, the criterion validity satisfactory. Furthermore cut-off criteria are presented to differentiate between couples depending on their quality of dyadic coping. The DCI is suitable for clinical research (e.g. intervention research), couples diagnostic, evaluation of couples therapy, developmental or health psychology. Zusammenfassung Stress und Stressbewältigung werden innerhalb von Partnerschaften zunehmend als dyadische Phänomene begriffen. Um dieser Sichtweise diagnostisch Rechnung zu tragen, wird das Dyadische Coping Inventar (DCI) zur Erfassung des partnerschaftlichen Umgangs mit Stress vorgestellt. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Weiterentwicklung des Fragebogens zum dyadischen Coping (FDCT-N, Bodenmann 2000). Die faktorielle und psychometrische Überprüfung erfolgte an insgesamt N = 2399 Personen. Die Ergebnisse sprechen für die Testgüte des Instruments. Die theoretisch postulierte Faktorenstruktur konnte durch Faktorenanalysen empirische Evidenz finden. Die internen Konsistenzen fielen insgesamt gut aus, die Test-Retest-Korrelationen lagen erwartungsgemäß im mittleren Bereich. Die Konstruktvalidität war ebenfalls gut, die kriterienbezogene Validität befriedigend. Weiterhin werden Cut-Off-Werte präsentiert, die erlauben, Paare nach der Güte des dyadischen Copings einzuteilen. Das DCI eignet sich gleichermaßen für klinische Fragestellungen (z.B. Interventions-forschung), Partnerschaftsdiagnostik und Therapieevaluation sowie für entwicklungs- oder gesundheitspsychologische Fragestellungen.

Psychometric Properties and Validity of the Dyadic Coping Inventory in Portuguese

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Vedes ◽  
Fridtjof W. Nussbeck ◽  
Guy Bodenmann ◽  
Wolfgang Lind ◽  
Ana Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Criterion Validity ◽  
Dyadic Coping ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Additional Tool ◽  
Conflict Processes ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Dyadic Coping Inventory

Several studies have shown that dyadic coping, that is, the way couples cope with stress, plays a unique role in intimate relationships. The aim of this study is to validate the Portuguese version of the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI; Bodenmann, 2008 ) by analyzing the factorial structure and psychometric properties of the DCI as well as its convergent and criterion validity. A multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was conducted in a community sample of 605 participants living in Portugal who had been in a close relationship for at least 2 years. The findings support the hypothesized five-factor structure for the DCI and self- and other-perception, and a two-factor structure for joint dyadic coping. The psychometric properties of the DCI and its criterion validity with other relationship measures (RAS and B-SRQ) were good. These results add an important contribution to the determination of the criterion validity of the DCI with measures of other crucial domains of couples’ functioning (Shared Meaning, Conflict Processes, and Quality of Sexuality, Passion, and Romance); to the cross-cultural validation of the DCI; and to the demonstration that negative DC has a significant effect on intimate relationship processes, which contradicts the findings of previous studies. Moreover, it provides an additional tool for working with Portuguese-speaking individuals all over the world.

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