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  • Communication Studies

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  • Cancer treatment significantly impacts patients and their partners.
  • Effective couple communication is linked to better psychological adjustment and relationship quality.
  • Existing models (social-cognitive processing and relationship intimacy) offer different explanations for communication's role.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To rigorously test and compare the social-cognitive processing (SCP) and relationship intimacy (RI) models.
  • To examine how these models explain daily and long-term psychological and relationship adjustment in cancer patient-partner dyads.
  • To assess model fit across subgroups (gender, patient vs. partner) and evaluate different communication assessment methods.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal, multi-method study over 1 year.
  • Quarterly self-report questionnaires, smartphone ecological momentary assessments, and laboratory-based couple conversation analyses.
  • Inclusion of patients with stage II-IV breast, colon, rectal, or lung cancer and their partners.

Main Results:

  • (Study ongoing, results to be published)

Conclusions:

  • (Study ongoing, findings will inform theory, measurement, and interventions)
  • Findings aim to optimize well-being for both cancer patients and their partners.
  • Results will guide the development of effective interventions for cancer survivorship support.