Dyadic Coping Inventory--Portuguese Version

A comparison of younger and older couples coping with breast cancer : examining the relationship among mutuality, dyadic coping, and quality of life of patients and partners.

“…Hence, the study is consistent with the recent trend to identify the mechanism through which dyadic coping originates and leads to individual and relational outcomes (Levesque, Lafontaine, Caron, Flesh & Bjornson, 2014;Regan et al, 2015;Traa et al 2015b;Vedes et al, 2013).…”

“…It includes now 37 items and it is organized around four subscales (delegated, supportive, stress communication, and negative dyadic coping) which can be grouped into two total scores (positive and negative dyadic coping). While the DCI has been extensively used in European countries Falconier, Nussbeck, & Bodenmann, 2013;Vedes, Nussbeck, Bodenmann, Lind, & Ferreira, 2013), the first validation study for the US population was published while this research project was completed (Levesque, Lafontaine, Caron & Fitzpatrick, 2014). The inclusion of this new instrument in future research projects is recommended, also to test if current results are replicated.…”