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Checton, Maria G.; Magsamen-Conrad, Kate; Venetis, Maria K.; Greene, Kathryn – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to apply Berg and Upchurch's developmental-conceptual model toward a better understanding of how couples cope with chronic illness. Specifically, a model was hypothesized in which proximal factors (relational quality), dyadic appraisal (illness interference), and dyadic coping (partner support) influence…
Descriptors: Coping, Chronic Illness, Models, Interpersonal Relationship
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Lim, Jung-won; Townsend, Aloen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Objective: The current study examines the equivalence of a measure of family coping, the Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation scales (F-COPES), in Chinese American and Korean American breast cancer survivors (BCS). Methods: Factor structure and cross-ethnicity equivalence of the F-COPES were tested using structural equation modeling with 157…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Ethnicity, Coping, Cancer
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Schnoll, Robert A.; Fang, Carolyn Y.; Manne, Sharon L. – Structural Equation Modeling, 2004
The past decade has seen a tremendous growth in the use of structural equation modeling (SEM) to address research questions in 2 subfields of behavioral science: cancer prevention and control (e.g., determinants of cancer screening adherence) and behavioral oncology (e.g., determinants of psychosocial adjustment among cancer patients or…
Descriptors: Prevention, Test Construction, Structural Equation Models, Quality of Life