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Systemic-Transactional Model of Dyadic Coping

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Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy

Dyadic Coping: The Systemic-Transactional Model

Couple support, couple coping, social support in couple

Synonyms

Collaborative coping; Communal coping; Couples’ coping; Social support; Spousal support

Introduction

Dyadic coping refers to a view of stress as an interpersonal phenomenon in which one partner’s stress affects their partner’s in a committed relationship; therefore, coping with this stress is also a dyadic affair (Acitelli and Badr 2005; Bodenmann 2005; Falconier et al. 2016; Revenson et al. 2005). Conceptualizations of dyadic coping originated in the early 1990s, at the same time that coping researchers in the USA and Europe were proposing a more interpersonal or systemic conceptualization of individual coping. The assumption of interdependence between partners is a key feature of dyadic coping approaches and ascertains that partners have a strong and frequent mutual influence on each other across multiple domains (Kelley et al. 1983), such as emotional experiences...

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  1. Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Binzmuehlestrasse, 14/Box 23, 8050, Zurich, Switzerland

    Guy Bodenmann

  2. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Falls Church, VA, USA

    Mariana Falconier

  3. Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, 446 Payne Hall, Mail Code: 0811, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA

    Ashley K. Randall

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Bodenmann, G., Falconier, M., Randall, A.K. (2017). Systemic-Transactional Model of Dyadic Coping. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_761-1

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