Conceptualizing How Couples Talk About Cancer
Conceptualizing How Couples Talk About Cancer
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DOI：
10.1080/10410236.2012.717215
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发表时间：
2014-01-02
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Miller, Gregory A.
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作者：
Goldsmith, Daena J.;Miller, Gregory A.
关于癌症的夫妻沟通的学术研究采用了沟通的可变概念化，常见的测量策略对沟通做出了有问题的假设。本研究提供了一个描述性的基础上，多主题，多维的方法来研究夫妇谈论癌症。基于对过去5年中接受癌症治疗的人及其合作伙伴的采访，我们确定了16个话题和5个谈话维度。关于癌症的讨论涵盖了广泛的问题。谈话的频率、开放性、难度和焦点因不同的话题而有很大的不同，并且会随着时间的推移而变化，或者在伴侣之间有所不同。分歧很少，但非常突出，对谈话的满意度往往很高。这些发现表明，我们应该远离抽象的、一般的夫妻沟通措施，为夫妻提供描述性的建议，而不是简单地规定要开放。
Scholarship on couple communication about cancer employs variable conceptualizations of communication, and common measurement strategies make questionable assumptions about communication. This study provides a descriptive foundation for a multiple-topic, multidimensional approach to studying couple talk about cancer. Based on interviews with persons treated for cancer in the last 5 years and partners, we identified 16 topics and 5 dimensions of talk. Talk about cancer covers a broad range of issues. The frequency, openness, difficulty, and focus of talk vary considerably for different topics and can change over time or differ between partners. Disagreements were rare but highly salient, and satisfaction with talk tended to be high. These findings suggest we move away from abstract, general measures of couple communication and that we develop descriptive advice for couples, rather than simply prescribing be open.