A Multiple Goals Perspective on Topic Avoidance and Relationship Satisfaction in the Context of Breast Cancer
A Multiple Goals Perspective on Topic Avoidance and Relationship Satisfaction in the Context of Breast Cancer
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DOI：
10.1080/03637751003758219
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发表时间：
2010-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Caughlin, John P.
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作者：
Donovan-Kicken, Erin;Caughlin, John P.
本研究以人际沟通的多目标观点为理论框架，探讨了在何种情况下，话题回避可能会预测乳腺癌患者的人际关系满意度较低。从最近接受乳腺癌治疗的女性（N=140）的问卷调查结果表明，主题回避和关系满意度之间的关联是由患者自己的原因回避，并通过对合作伙伴的原因回避的看法。这项研究的结果有助于最近的奖学金建议的重要性，考虑主题回避的动机和解释，以更好地了解如何模式的主题回避预测关系幸福。
Using a multiple goals perspective on interpersonal communication as a theoretical framework, this study examined the circumstances under which topic avoidance might predict lower relationship satisfaction among women coping with breast cancer. Results gathered from questionnaire responses of women who had recently undergone treatment for breast cancer (N=140) indicated that the association between topic avoidance and relationship satisfaction was moderated by patients' own reasons for avoidance, and by perceptions of partners' reasons for avoidance. The findings of this study contribute to recent scholarship suggesting the importance of considering the motivations for and interpretations of topic avoidance in order to better understand how patterns of topic avoidance predict relational wellbeing.