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Relationship among differentiation of self, relationship satisfaction, partner support, depression, monitoring/blunting style, adherence to treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic lung disease

Lal, Arpita
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1164037503

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2006, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Human Development and Family Science.
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship among differentiation of self, relationship satisfaction, partner support, depression, monitoring/blunting style, adherence to treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic lung disease (CLD). There is considerable evidence for the relationship between two or more of these variables, but no single previous study has looked at all of these variables together in patients with CLD. Fifty-two patients with CLD and their partners were evaluated on measures of differentiation of self, relationship satisfaction, partner support and depression. Patients were also evaluated on measures of monitoring/blunting style, adherence to treatment and quality of life. Hierarchical regressions were used to predict patient variables from other patient variables, partner variables from other partner variables and patient variables from partner variables. The results indicate that: (1) patients’ differentiation of self is significantly lower than partners’ differentiation of self, (2) patients’ relationship satisfactions is positively correlated with partners’ relationship satisfaction, (3) patients’ relationship satisfaction predicts perceived partner supportive behavior, (4) perceived partner unsupportive behavior predicts patients’ depression, (5) patients’ differentiation of self and depression predicts patients’ symptom level, (6) partners’ differentiation of self predicts partners’ relationship satisfaction, (7) partners’ relationship satisfaction predicts partner supportive behavior, (8) partners’ differentiation of self and relationship satisfaction predicts partners’ depression, (9) an interaction between patients' and partners' differentiation of self predicts patients’ symptom level and monitoring behavior. These observations can form the basis of a model, which integrates the interrelationships among the variables studied. The study serves to highlight the fact that the patient is part of a system, and that taking the system into account is relevant to the well-being of both the patient and the partner. Although the study is restricted to patients with CLD in a restricted setting, it paves the way for similar studies on patients with other chronic diseases and in other cultural settings. The results of such studies have significant implications for couple and family therapists.
Suzanne Bartle-Haring (Advisor)
129 p.
Health Sciences, Mental Health
chronic lung disease; differentiation of self; relationship satisfaction; partner support; depression; monitoring behavior; symptom level

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  • Lal, A. (2006). Relationship among differentiation of self, relationship satisfaction, partner support, depression, monitoring/blunting style, adherence to treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic lung disease [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1164037503

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lal, Arpita. Relationship among differentiation of self, relationship satisfaction, partner support, depression, monitoring/blunting style, adherence to treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic lung disease. 2006. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1164037503.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lal, Arpita. "Relationship among differentiation of self, relationship satisfaction, partner support, depression, monitoring/blunting style, adherence to treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic lung disease." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1164037503

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