Recently, there has been growing interest in stress and coping strategies from a relational perspective. Researchers recognize the importance of a partner's coping strategy in terms of relationship satisfaction and a relational sense of well-being. The aim of the article is to present the results of work on the Polish validation of the Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI), which was developed by Bodenmann et al. (2008). Dyadic coping is a multidimensional construct which consists of stress communication by partners and four components of dyadic coping behavior: supporting, delegated, negative and common behavior. The DCI examines the quality of communication between partners and the level of dyadic coping with stress. The DCI was tested based on a study of 550 people (275 couples) aged between 20 and 72. The conducted analyses were aimed at checking the factor structure and psychometric properties of the Polish version of the DCI. Measurement invariance (MI) was also tested across genders on a Polish sample and across cultures on Polish, Swiss and Romanian samples. After rejection of three pairs of items, factor analysis of the DCI revealed a 5-factor structure with respect to a partner's own dyadic coping and their partner's dyadic coping and a 2factor structure with respect to common dyadic coping. MI results confirmed the criteria for configural, metric and full scalar invariance across genders and configural, metric and partial scalar invariance across cultures. The Polish version of DCI has satisfactory psychometric characteristics and can be used to assess the dyadic coping of people in romantic relationships; also, it can be used in cross-cultural studies.

Openness and communication between partners are key elements of dyadic coping with stress. Our main research question is: what is the impact of these factors on relational satisfaction in spouses struggling with infertility or miscarriage? In the current study, by applying the actor–partner interdependence model to 90 heterosexual couples (N = 180), we examined the link between the spouses’ openness (the Giessen Test), communication (Flexibility and Cohesion Evaluation Scales) and relationship satisfaction (the Marriage Success Scale). Controlling for relevant covariates (communication, own openness and type of stress experienced by the spouses: infertility or miscarriage), a dyadic analysis revealed significant actor (−0.24; p < 0.001) and partner effects (−0.20; p < 0.001). We conclude that the relationship between the perception of the partner’s openness and the relationship satisfaction in women is strong, in the context of the analyzed potential confounding variables. We also observe that the relationship satisfaction in women from the group of infertile spouses is 6.06 points lower compared to women from the group of marriages after miscarriage (p = 0.034).

This article addresses the issue of the importance of contemporary architecture—especially Christian architecture—for the aesthetic and spiritual development of an individual. It also highlights the educational aspect that may arise in the framework of the contact of a human with the works of religious architecture. Among many things, the article points out the values of truth and beauty in the space of the sacrum. The major importance in the process of human development involves personal, individual and group experiences of meetings in various areas of religious architecture that operate with the language of signs and symbols, modern artistic forms, single-space harmony, and atmosphere—an invisible order of things. In recent years, a number of studies have been carried out that attempted to define what makes the place of sacrum sufficiently meaningful, mysterious, and still necessary in order to establish a spiritual relationship with the community of believers and with God, which is relevant in one’s transition to adulthood.