Marital adjustment to adult diabetes: interpersonal congruence and spouse satisfaction

Marital adjustment to adult diabetes: interpersonal congruence and spouse satisfaction

This study investigates adjustment to insulin-treated diabetes among 20 adult patients and their spouses; sex is balanced for patients and spouses. Using a multimethod (qualitative and quantitative) research design, the authors examine several psychosocial factors, including attitudes and knowledge...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 363 - 376
Main Authors: Peyrot, M, McMurry, J.F. Jr, Hedges, R
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Malden National Council on Family Relations 01-05-1988
Blackwell
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:
Adjustment
attitudes and opinions
Chronic diseases
Diabetes
Diabetes complications
Diabetes mellitus
Diseases
family problems
Health and Family
Locus of control
Marital interaction
Marital satisfaction
Marriage
Perceptual motor coordination
Sexuality. Marriage. Family relations
Social perception
Social research
Sociology
Sociology of the family. Age groups
Spouses
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Summary:This study investigates adjustment to insulin-treated diabetes among 20 adult patients and their spouses; sex is balanced for patients and spouses. Using a multimethod (qualitative and quantitative) research design, the authors examine several psychosocial factors, including attitudes and knowledge about diabetes, illness self-disclosure, health locus of control of patients and spouses, and marital satisfaction of spouses. Illness-related perceptions of patients and spouses are positively correlated and discrepancies decrease with increasing duration of marriage after diagnosis. Marital satisfaction of spouses is negatively related to their knowledge about diabetes, perception of patient secretiveness, illness difficulty and severity, and discrepancies with patient attitudes. Also examined are the positive adaptations to diabetes. These findings support and extend the Hill ABCX model of family adjustment to stress.
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ISSN:0022-2445
1741-3737
DOI:10.2307/352003