Why the study?
Does couple illness perception congruence predict better psychological adjustment in women with rheumatoid arthritis?
Population
Women with rheumatoid arthritis and their husbands recruited from community and clinical settings
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
4 months
Authors
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Couple congruence on RA perceptions may aid women's adjustment; hypothesis-generating for dyadic interventions, requiring prospective confirmation.
Does couple illness perception congruence predict better psychological adjustment in women with rheumatoid arthritis?
Shared optimistic beliefs and congruence regarding personal control and the cyclic nature of RA between wives and husbands predict better psychological adjustment in women with RA.
Sterba et al. (2008) studied this question.
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