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- Title
Ambivalence Over Emotional Expression and Psychological Well-Being Among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients and Their Spouses.
- Authors
Tucker, Joan S.; Winkelman, Darlene K.; Katz, Jeffrey N.; Bermas, Bonnie L.
- Abstract
Associations between ambivalence over emotional expression and psychological well-being among rheumatoid arthritis patients and their spouses were investigated. Sixty-nine couples completed questionnaires assessing ambivalence over emotional expression, emotional expressiveness, psychological well-being, and strategies used in coping with arthritis. Associations between the patient's ambivalence and psychological well-being were stronger for those married to a highly ambivalent spouse, although this pattern of results was not round for spouses. Lower psychological well-being among more ambivalent spouses, and to a lesser extent patients, could be partially explained by their greater use of passive, and distancing coping strategies. Results emphasize the importance of taking a dyadic approach to the study of psychological functioning among chronically ill patients and their spouses.
- Subjects
ARTHRITIS; ARTHRITIS patients; SPOUSES; AMBIVALENCE; EMOTIONS
- Publication
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1999, Vol 29, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
0021-9029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01386.x