Couples coping with rheumatoid arthritis : spouse empathic responding as a moderator of depressive symptoms

Objective. To examine the effects of depressive symptoms and empathic responding on patient disability and marital quality over time. To identify factors that contribute to patient perceptions of spouses as responding empathically to their rheumatoid arthritis. Methods. Patients diagnosed with rhe...

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Main Author: Stephenson, Ellen Christine
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50107