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8 - Stress as a Risk Factor to Well-Being

Role of Dyadic Coping

from Part II - Interdependence, Security, and Risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2020

By
Valentina Rauch-Anderegg  and
Ashley K. Randall
Edited by
Laura V. Machia ,
Christopher R. Agnew  and
Ximena B. Arriaga
Laura V. Machia
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
Christopher R. Agnew
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
Ximena B. Arriaga
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Indiana
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Summary

Relational partners are considered to be interdependent, such that their experiences are linked to one another. Based on principles of interdependence, it can be argued that partners’ experiences of stress and coping are also shared. The systemic transactional model posits that one partner’s experience of stress can affect the other partner by direct (“I’m stressed!”) or indirect (e.g., shutting down) stress expression (stress crossover). Furthermore, the ability to cope with such stressors also relies on both partner’s individual and joint coping resources. Grounded in interdependence theory, the goal of this chapter is to present an overview of how stress and coping can be understood as an interdependent construct. To highlight this, we present research on the negative associations between stress and individual and relational well-being, and the ways in which couples can cope with stress based on their shared experiences by engaging in dyadic coping. Given the robust literature on the well-established associations between stress and dyadic coping, this chapter presents recent research that extends applications of the systemic transactional model to unique populations: same-sex couples coping with minority stress and heterosexual couples coping with stress associated with the transition to parenthood.

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Minority stresstransition to parenthoodsystemic transactional modeldyadic copingstresswell-being
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Interdependence, Interaction, and Close Relationships , pp. 160 - 180
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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