Name
Couples' Dyadic Coping and Health Behaviors: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
Description

This presentation focuses on a study examining the relationship between couples’ dyadic coping and health behaviors. Using secondary data from the Health and Relationships Project, United States, 2014–2015 (ICPSR Study No. 37404), the study investigates how dyadic coping in stressful situations is associated with individuals’ own health behaviors as well as those of their partners, including smoking, sleep duration, exercise, and alcohol consumption. To examine these associations, the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model is used.

Speakers
Mahsa Shahinbana, MS.
Kayla Reed Fitzke, PhD, LMFT
Andrea Mae Skoubye, MS, LMFT
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Population and public health, Research and evaluation
Session Type
Poster
Objective 1
Identify the relationship between stress and health behaviors
Objective 2
Describe the actor and partner effects of dyadic coping on health behaviors
Objective 3
Discuss the importance of family-centered care and family inclusion in patients' treatment plan to mitigate maladaptive health behaviors and promote adaptive ones
Content Reference 1

Glanz, K., Rimer, B. K., & Viswanath, K. (Eds.). (2015). Health behavior: Theory, research, and practice. John Wiley & Sons.

Content Reference 2

Tomiyama, A. J. (2019). Stress and obesity. Annual review of psychology, 70(1), 703-718. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-010418-102936

Content Reference 3

Javed, S., & Parveen, H. (2021). Adaptive coping strategies used by people during coronavirus. Journal of education and health promotion, 10, 122. https://doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_522_20

Content Reference 4

Engel, G. L. (1979). The biopsychosocial model and the education of health professionals. General hospital psychiatry, 1(2), 156-165.

Content Reference 5

Bodenmann, G. (2008). Dyadisches Coping Inventar: Test manual [Dyadic Coping Inventory: Test manual]. Bern, Switzerland: Huber.