Erschienen in:
01.10.2009
The structure of dyadic support among couples with and without long-term disability
verfasst von:
Dvorit Gilad, Yoav Lavee, Orly Innes-Kenig
Erschienen in:
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
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Ausgabe 5/2009
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Abstract
This study examines support relationships among 65 couples in which the husband had a long-term spinal cord injury, and a comparison group of 65 couples without disability. Based on facet theory, we constructed a mapping sentence that forms a definitional framework for couple support, and developed a detailed inventory to assess attitudes regarding mutual support in couple relations, the sense of support availability, support behaviors of giving and receiving, the degree to which the support meets one’s needs, response to received support, and preference for support from within the couple and from external sources. These are all measured with respect to instrumental, emotional and informational support. Smallest space analysis showed various structures of the relations between elements of support among men and women living with and without disability, as well as a core element of reciprocal support common to both men and women in couples with and without disability.