TY  - JOUR
A1  - Häusler, Andreas
A1  - Sánchez, Alba
A1  - Gellert, Paul
A1  - Deeken, Friederike
A1  - Rapp, Michael Armin
A1  - Nordheim, Johanna
T1  - Perceived stress and quality of life in dementia patients and their caregiving spouses: does dyadic coping matter?
JF  - International psychogeriatrics
N2  - Background: Given the well-established association between perceived stress and quality of life (QoL) in dementia patients and their partners, our goal was to identify whether relationship quality and dyadic coping would operate as mediators between perceived stress and QoL. Results: We found negative correlations between stress and QoL in both partners (QoL-AD: r = -0.62; p < 0.001; WHO-QOL Overall: r = -0.27; p = 0.02). Spousal caregivers had a significantly lower DCI total score than dementia patients (p < 0.001). Dyadic coping was a significant mediator of the relationship between stress and QoL in spousal caregivers (z = 0.28; p = 0.02), but not in dementia patients. Likewise, relationship quality significantly mediated the relationship between stress and QoL in caregivers only (z = -2.41; p = 0.02). Conclusions: This study identified dyadic coping as a mediator on the relationship between stress and QoL in (caregiving) partners of dementia patients. In patients, however, we found a direct negative effect of stress on QoL. The findings suggest the importance of stress reducing and dyadic interventions for dementia patients and their partners, respectively.
KW  - dementia
KW  - dyadic coping
KW  - perceived stress
KW  - quality of life
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1041610216001046
SN  - 1041-6102
SN  - 1741-203X
VL  - 28
SP  - 1857
EP  - 1866
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
CY  - New York
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wollny, Anna Irena
A1  - Jacobs, Ingo
A1  - Pabel, Luise
T1  - Trait emotional intelligence and relationship satisfaction
BT  - The mediating role of Dyadic Coping
JF  - The journal of psychology : interdisciplinary and applied
N2  - Trait emotional intelligence (TEI) is an important individual difference variable that is related to the quality of romantic relationships. The present study investigated the associations between TEI, dyadic coping, and relationship satisfaction. A convenience sample of N = 136 heterosexual couples was recruited online. When the actor-partner interdependence model was applied to the data, TEI showed a positive actor effect and a positive partner effect on relationship satisfaction. The actor effect and partner effect of TEI on relationship satisfaction were partially mediated through positive dyadic coping and common dyadic coping, respectively. A small total indirect actor effect was also found for negative dyadic coping. Controlling for potential content overlap between TEI and relationship satisfaction did not alter the results. However, removing variance from the TEI score that was shared with the Big Five trait factors attenuated TEI’s actor and partner effects on relationship satisfaction and rendered all but one actor effect for TEI on dyadic coping and all but one indirect effect nonsignificant. The results underline the importance of TEI for the quality of romantic relationships and they shed light on underlying mechanisms. Implications for theory, research, and applications in counseling contexts will be discussed.
KW  - Actor-partner mediator model
KW  - Big Five
KW  - dyadic coping
KW  - trait emotional intelligence
KW  - relationship satisfaction
KW  - interpersonal relations
KW  - personality
KW  - quality of life
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2019.1661343
SN  - 0022-3980
SN  - 1940-1019
VL  - 154
IS  - 1
SP  - 75
EP  - 93
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - Abingdon
ER  -