Constructing We‐ness: A Communal Coping Intervention for Couples Facing Chronic Illness. Issue 1 (27th September 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Constructing We‐ness: A Communal Coping Intervention for Couples Facing Chronic Illness. Issue 1 (27th September 2020)
- Main Title:
- Constructing We‐ness: A Communal Coping Intervention for Couples Facing Chronic Illness
- Authors:
- Rohrbaugh, Michael J.
- Abstract:
- Abstract : Communal coping occurs when relationship partners view a stressful health problem as "ours, " rather than yours or mine, and take collaborative action to deal with it. Although research employing linguistic ( we ‐talk) and other measures of communal coping demonstrates relevance to a variety of chronic illnesses, the literature offers little about how clinicians can actively promote we ‐ness and teamwork to help patients and their partners achieve the health benefits this appears to confer. This paper highlights clinical and supporting scientific features of a narrative intervention designed to foster communal coping by couples in which one partner has a chronic illness. The illustrative illness is diabetes, but with modification the protocol is suitable for other chronic conditions as well. Grounded in systemic and narrative models of problem maintenance and change, the communal coping intervention represents a distillation of research and clinical experience with family consultation over several decades. In contrast to more directive and educational approaches, the intervention consists entirely of questions, with no direct suggestions or instruction about how patients, partners, or couples should change. These questions comprise 8 sequential modules ( Coping Challenges, Trajectory and Focus, Illness as External Invader, You as a Couple, Past Teamwork in Overcoming Adversity, Present and Future Teamwork, Obstacles to Teamwork, and Wrap‐Up ), described here inAbstract : Communal coping occurs when relationship partners view a stressful health problem as "ours, " rather than yours or mine, and take collaborative action to deal with it. Although research employing linguistic ( we ‐talk) and other measures of communal coping demonstrates relevance to a variety of chronic illnesses, the literature offers little about how clinicians can actively promote we ‐ness and teamwork to help patients and their partners achieve the health benefits this appears to confer. This paper highlights clinical and supporting scientific features of a narrative intervention designed to foster communal coping by couples in which one partner has a chronic illness. The illustrative illness is diabetes, but with modification the protocol is suitable for other chronic conditions as well. Grounded in systemic and narrative models of problem maintenance and change, the communal coping intervention represents a distillation of research and clinical experience with family consultation over several decades. In contrast to more directive and educational approaches, the intervention consists entirely of questions, with no direct suggestions or instruction about how patients, partners, or couples should change. These questions comprise 8 sequential modules ( Coping Challenges, Trajectory and Focus, Illness as External Invader, You as a Couple, Past Teamwork in Overcoming Adversity, Present and Future Teamwork, Obstacles to Teamwork, and Wrap‐Up ), described here in manual‐like detail. Resumen: El afrontamiento comunitario ocurre cuando las parejas de una relación ven un problema de salud estresante como nuestro, en lugar de tuyo o mío, y toman medidas colaborativas para resolverlo. Aunque las investigaciones que emplean medidas lingüísticas (uso de nosotros al hablar) y otras medidas de afrontamiento comunitario demuestran relevancia para diversas enfermedades crónicas, la bibliografía ofrece poco sobre cómo los profesionales clínicos pueden promover activamente la nostredad y el trabajo en equipo para ayudar a los pacientes y a sus parejas a obtener los beneficios de salud que esto parece conceder. Este artículo destaca las características científicas clínicas y respaldatorias de una intervención narrativa diseñada para fomentar el afrontamiento comunitario por parte de parejas en las cuales uno de sus integrantes tiene una enfermedad crónica. La enfermedad que se ejemplifica es la diabetes, pero con modificaciones, el protocolo es apropiado para otras enfermedades crónicas también. Basada en modelos sistémicos y narrativos de mantenimiento de problemas y de cambio, la intervención de afrontamiento comunitario representa una síntesis de la investigación y la experiencia clínica con consultas de familias durante varias décadas. En contraste con enfoques más autoritarios y educativos, la intervención consiste totalmente en preguntas, sin sugerencias directas ni órdenes sobre cómo los pacientes, las integrantes de la pareja o las parejas deben cambiar. Estas preguntas están compuestas por ocho módulos correlativos ( Las dificultades del afrontamiento, La trayectoria y el enfoque, La enfermedad como invasor externo, Ustedes como pareja, El trabajo previo en equipo a la hora de superar la adversidad, El trabajo en equipo presente y futuro, Los obstáculos para el trabajo en equipo, y Conclusión ), descritos aquí en detalle al estilo de un manual. 摘要: 当关系中的伴侣将压力性健康问题视为 "我们的",而不是你或我的,并采取合作行动来处理它时,就会出现共同应对。虽然采用语言学(有关我们的用语)和其他公共应对措施的研究表明与各种慢性疾病相关,但文献中很少读到关于临床医生如何积极促进"咱们"和团队合作,以帮助患者及其伴侣实现这似乎能带来的健康益处。本文重点介绍了一种叙事干预的临床和支持性科学特征,这种干预的目的是促进伴侣双方在其中一方患有慢性疾病时的共同应对。本文所举例的疾病是糖尿病,但经过修改后的方案也适用于其他慢性疾病。基于问题维持和变化的系统和叙述模式,共同应对干预代表了几十年来家庭咨询的研究和临床经验的提炼。与更多的指导性和教育性方法相比,该干预措施完全由问题组成,没有直接建议或指导患者、伴侣或伴侣应该如何改变。这些问题包括8个连续的模块(应对挑战、轨迹和焦点、疾病作为外部入侵者、作为伴侣的你们、过去克服逆境的团队合作、现在和未来的团队合作、团队合作的障碍和总结),这里以指导手册的形式详细描述。 … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Family process. Volume 60:Issue 1(2021)
- Journal:
- Family process
- Issue:
- Volume 60:Issue 1(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 60, Issue 1 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 60
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0060-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 17
- Page End:
- 31
- Publication Date:
- 2020-09-27
- Subjects:
- Communal Coping -- Couple Intervention -- Chronic Illness -- We‐Talk -- Narrative Therapy -- Health Behavior Change
afrontamiento comunitario -- intervención en la pareja -- enfermedad crónica -- uso de nosotros al hablar -- terapia narrativa -- cambio en el comportamiento relacionado con la salud
共同应对 -- 伴侣敢于 -- 长期疾病 -- 我们话语 -- 叙事治疗 -- 健康行为变化
Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals
Families -- Periodicals
616.8915 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?goto=journal&code=famp ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/famp.12595 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0014-7370
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