Married Spouses Research Articles

Women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence

This study explores the relationship between women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV), measured as women’s hospital visits for assault. Using longitudinal Swedish administrative data, I proxy women’s economic empowerment with a measure of potential relative earnings of married spouses caused by local changes in gender-specific labour demand. The findings reveal that an increase in potential relative earnings increases the probability of women’s hospital visits for injuries caused by assault, and the effect is particularly pronounced for women with low baseline bargaining power. Furthermore, exploiting detailed information on type of hospital visit, diagnosis and medical actions taken at the hospital, I show that the increase in hospital visits for assault is, at least in part, driven by an increase in care-seeking for IPV-related injuries rather than an increase in IPV itself.

Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office

The Industrial Removal Office funded 39,000 Jewish households to leave enclave neighborhoods in New York City from 1900 to 1922. Compared to neighbors with the same baseline occupation, program participants earned 4 percent more ten years after relocation. These gains persisted to the next generation. Benefits increased with more years spent outside of an enclave. Participants were more likely to speak English, and married spouses with less Jewish names. More Jewishly-identified men (as measured by own names) were more likely to return to the city. We contextualize these results with new national evidence on Jewish economic and cultural assimilation.

A Critical Legal Analysis of the Effect of the Proposed ‘Two-Pot System’ on Spouses in Unregistered Customary Marriages in South Africa

Abstract For the first time in the history of South African pension laws, a system is proposed that will enable pension fund members to access a portion of their pension benefits while still actively employed. The proposed system seeks to provide pension fund members with financial relief without requiring them to quit their jobs due to financial strain. This paper commends the government’s initiative in response, among others, to the financial problems caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper argues, however, that despite the potential beneficial effects the system may have on pension fund members, it may introduce new challenges that pension fund stakeholders have never faced before. This paper aims to highlight a potential defect in the proposed system, particularly in cases where pension benefits are included in the joint estate of a pension fund member. South African customary marriages, whether or not they are registered, are by default in community of property. The pension benefits of a member who is a spouse in these marriages form a part of the joint estate. This paper examines and proposes solutions to the challenges that the proposed system may present to spouses in unrecorded customary marriages.

PATRIARCHY AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS

In this note the writer has deliberately avoided dealing with the heavily contested issues relating to the substantive rights and duties of spouses in marriages as these issues have already been dealt with in recent legislation (see s 6 of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998). This Act has incorporated some provisions of the Matrimonial Property Act (88 of 1984). The thorny issue of succession will soon be satisfactorily resolved in terms of the recommendation of the South African Law Commission.This note is about African religion and the role played by the elders in that context. In a recent decision of the Constitutional Court, religion has been defined as a means of giving content to the constitutional value of human dignity in an open and democratic society (see the judgment of Ngcobo J in Prince v President of the Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope 2002 3 BCLR 231 (CC)). There is no general agreement as to what constitutes religion (see the definition adopted by Nafzinger “The Functions of Religion in International Legal System” in Jaris and Evans (eds) Religion and International Law (1999) 158).

Pooling of Wealth in Marriage: The Role of Premarital Cohabitation

Previous studies documented the existence of a ‘cohabitation–marriage gap’ in resource pooling among opposite-sex partners, with cohabiters being more likely to separate income and wealth than married individuals. Surprisingly, despite many non-marital cohabitations transform into marriages, we know little about income and wealth pooling of ‘spousal cohabiters’, i.e. spouses who transition to marriage after experiencing a period of non-marital cohabitation. The comparison between ‘spousal cohabiters’ and directly married spouses is particularly interesting because it offers a litmus test of theories of marriage in relation to how and why economic resources are differently distributed within married vs. cohabiting couples. This paper compares directly married couples and ‘spousal cohabiters’ in Italy, focusing on one aspect of resource pooling: the marital property regime, i.e. the choice made at the time of marriage between joint or separate ownership of wealth accumulated during marriage. Competing hypotheses are developed on the basis of the arguments that marriage yields legal protection, that selection mechanisms drive both the choice of community vs. separation of property and direct marriage vs. premarital cohabitation, and that, by inertia, ‘spousal cohabiters’ continue to separate resources upon transition to marriage. Results based on the 2016 Italian ‘Family and social subjects’ survey show that ‘spousal cohabiters’ are significantly more likely to choose separation of property compared to directly married spouses. Such differences, however, are drastically reduced once relevant confounders are controlled for, hence suggesting that existing differences between directly married and previously cohabiting couples and, more generally, differences between married and cohabiting couples are driven, above all, by selection mechanisms.

Impact of single parenting on the development of young adults: a comparative study of intact and non-intact families in Lahore, Pakistan

The study sought to investigate whether the social development of the young adults (in the form of resilience) is more closely related to single parents or the upbringing of both parents and how the nonappearance of 1 of the 2 parentages can affect these imperative aspects. Young adults from sole mother or father and intact households, both 320 boys and girls, 160 young adults from broken setups, and 160 young adults from happy families were selected through a convenient sampling technique from different educational institutes. This study adopted the quantitative research design and method of the survey to gather information. The structured Resilience Scale (RS) was used to gather data. A noteworthy variance was seen in young adults ‘resilience with single and both parents. There was a significant difference found between age, and resilience and even between education and resilience. There was no important change visible in the order of birth between young adults with both parents, and single parents. The results have a major impact on clinicians and educators working with families who are concerned with nurturing positive, emotionally close-step relationships as well as maintaining sturdy matrimonial ties and beliefs among spouses in marriages.

Child Marriage or Statutory Rape? A Comparison of Law and Practice Across the United States

PurposeIn many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can legally consent to sex, leading to situations in which sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married persons from their definition of statutory rape, which may create perverse incentives for child marriage. We estimated the number of child marriages that violated statutory rape laws across the United States since January 1, 2000. MethodsWe created a longitudinal database of statutory rape laws in place from 2000 to 2020 in each state. Using data from marriage certificates filed in 44 states and Washington, DC, we compared the age of married spouses with the text of state-specific statutory rape laws in place at the time the marriages occurred. ResultsChild marriages violated statutory rape laws in 14 states. The proportion of child marriages that violated statutory rape laws varied from 1% to over 50%. In 33 states, some or all statutory rape laws exempted sex between married couples from the definition of crimes. In these states, the proportion of child marriages that would have been crimes, without these exemptions, varied from less than 1% to over 80%. ConclusionsOur results highlight the blurred legal and conceptual boundaries between child marriage and sexual violence. The simultaneous legality of child marriage and marital exemptions to statutory rape laws provide legal loopholes for sexual acts with children that would otherwise be considered crimes. Marital exemptions to statutory rape laws may also incentivize a substantial portion of child marriages.

Mobile Phone and Family Happiness, Mediating Role of Marital Communication: An Attachment Theory Perspective

Mobile phone communication has established itself as an essential element of people's personal and working lives medium of connection in daily interactions and relationships. It has thus become significant for the most intimate form of interpersonal relations, including marital relationships. This small-scale research seeks to find the importance of mobile phone communication in marriage and its influence on family happiness. The study unearths the patterns of mobile phone communication among married partners, by outlining the most common reasons for communicating with the spouse on a mobile phone. In this research, a survey was conducted using a questionnaire to collect data from 30 respondents who were married partners, staff, or students in one of the state-owned universities in South Kalimantan. Each of the respondents possessed a mobile phone. The Mann-Whitney test indicates that the males profoundly believed that mobile phone communication was more important to their marriage than females to strengthen their relationship. Also, the males reported a higher frequency of sending messages and calling their spouses. By and large, the study results describe the most common reasons for communicating with the spouse. The outstanding reason is maintaining a strong intimate relationship by keeping in touch, sharing updates, emotions, feelings, knowing about children, and ensuring the safety of each other through checking on one another using a mobile phone. The findings have significance in showing the need for continued communication in a marital relationship, especially by using the fastest and most comfortable means of mobile phone. Given the synchronous nature of mobile phone communication, the results indicate that married spouses cannot do without it, especially in this Information Society, where we need updates from our spouses, children, friends, and the situation at large.

Spousal Sexual Abuse: The Worst of Domestic Violence

Objective is to seek public perception about spousal sexual abuse now in many part of the world known as spousal rape or marital rape. Marital rape is simply the sexual act without the implied or expressed consent of spouse. This paper addresses the element of marital rape in two local communities - Lyari and Clifton, in the city of Karachi, Pakistan. The topic is not new but the acceptability is; mostly people avoid discussing such taboos in the public, for them rape doesn’t exist in the marital life. To find out the true picture, we have conducted a qualitative survey the methodology that we are following is qualitative survey of general public married spouses from two areas and the public servants those deal with this phenomenon in their capacities including the lawyers, religious scholars, and non-profit organizers. Our sample size is 200 concerned individuals and is equally divided in two areas. We opted a random sampling method based on qualitative research to reach the target audience in both the localities with an assumption to find the real deal. Our research is based on the volunteering response of the people regarding the concerned query, not to trigger or force people to share their respective experience/s. Instruments of research are questioners filled in by spouses from both areas. Hypothesis were tested using the method of Z-Testing. The study will help us to clarify the public perception about unconsented sexual intercourse or spousal sexual harassment or marital rape.

Associations between spouse and service member prescriptions for high-risk and long-term opioids: A dyadic study

BackgroundEstimates suggest approximately 2.4% of service members, and 15% of service members who have engaged in recent combat, report misusing pain relievers in the past year. This study explores the extent to which military spouses’ obtainment of opioids is associated with their service member partners’ obtainment of opioid prescriptions, in addition to other factors such as service member health, state prescribing patterns, and sociodemographic characteristics. MethodsData were drawn from the Millennium Cohort Family Study, a large, longitudinal survey of married spouses of service members from all service branches, and archival data analyzed from 2018 to 2020. The dependent variables were spouse long-term opioid therapy and spouse opioid prescriptions that pose a high risk of adverse outcomes. ResultsSeven percent of spouse and service member dyads met the criteria for high-risk opioid use, generally because they had purchased a prescription for a ≥90 Morphine Milligram Equivalents daily dose (76.7% for spouses, 72.8% for service members). Strong associations were found between spouse and service member opioid therapies (OR = 5.53 for long-term; OR = 2.20 for high-risk). ConclusionsFindings suggest that reducing the number of long-term and high-risk opioid prescriptions to service members may subsequently reduce the number of similar prescriptions obtained by their spouses. Reducing the number of service members and spouses at risk for adverse events may prove to be effective in stemming the opioid epidemic and improve the overall health and safety of military spouses and thus, the readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces.

Spouses’ Employment Situations and Marital Separation in Germany: A Dyadic Perspective

Previous research shows that men’s and women’s employment situations can affect the stability of marital unions, but results differ by country context and different measurements. This study models the effect of spouses’ employment situations on the risk of divorce. It focuses on time aspects and financial aspects, resulting from the employment situation of married spouses in Germany. A broad variety of employment indicators measured in a dyadic perspective lead to an array of hypotheses about marital stability. Event history models on the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data show mixed evidence for spouses’ permanency of the job and their relative income. Marriages of couples with higher income are more stable. In addition, the spouses’ employment situation does not seem to affect marital stability. The study shows that the precarious job characteristics, which can destabilize marriages in analysis at the individual level, become blurred in analyzing dyads in a 1.5-earner society.

Demographic Variation in Military Life Stress and Perceived Support Among Military Spouses.

Military spouses play a critical role in supporting military service members, and thus, their experiences may have a significant impact on the well-being, readiness, and resilience of the U.S. Armed Forces. Research suggests that military spouses experience unique stressors as a result of military life, but few studies have assessed demographic factors associated with their experiences of military life and perceived support. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Family Study, a nationwide survey of 9,872 married spouses of service members with 2 to 5 years of military service, this study examined differences in experiences of military life and perceived support across multiple understudied subgroups of military spouses. Key outcomes included military-related stressors (e.g., deployment-related experiences), perceived social support, and perceived military efforts to provide support. Military life stress and perceived support differed across military spouse, service member, and family characteristics. Results indicated that spouses who are older than age 35 or are married to enlisted service members in the Army, Navy, or Marines are more likely to experience heightened military stress or less perceived social support. Dual-military couples reported experiencing less stress associated with military life and perceiving more social support and support from the military, compared with spouses who have never served in the military. These findings may help guide effective channeling of resources and outreach to potentially vulnerable military families.

Quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS in tertiary care centre of Himachal Pradesh

Background: The world health organization (WHO) has defined quality of life as an individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The objective of study was to assess the quality of life among people living with HIV/AIDS by comparison of mean scores of their quality of life in physical, psychological, social and environmental domain.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among PLWHA on ART during 2016-17. Data were collected using WHOQOLHIV‑BREF scale and mean±SD of score was calculated. The difference in mean scores of various domains were analysed using ANOVA test. All variables with p<0.2 on univariate analysis were included in multivariate linear regression model.Results: The total score of QOL was 61.71±9.43. The scores of QOL was highest in physical and lowest in environmental domains with 69.55±12.27 and 57.14±10.61 respectively. 71.25% patients rated their QOL good and only 10% were dissatisfied with their health. Currently ill status was the most associated factor under all except social domain. Males with higher education or living with their spouse had significantly better QOL scores.Conclusions: Being a male, educated, employed in the government sector, belonging to general caste category and living with their married spouse were the factors for their better QOL in comparison to their counterparts. Along with ART, other factors should be taken into consideration to improve QOL of PLWHA.

A Study of Extra Marital Relations in Urdu Dramas: A Qualitative Analysis

It is highly perceived that most of the stories of Urdu televise dramas in Pakistan are revolving around the problems of wedded couple. It is point of discussion that plots of the contemporary Pakistani Urdu televise dramas is depicting more extramarital relations. Through narrative structure analysis, the current study revealed that drama serials start with a family and then a quarrel arises between married couple. At that point, a protagonist enters in the scene which also becomes as catalyst in making separation between the married spouses. The bad and harsh attitude of the husband appears to be the enough reason to bend toward extramarital relation. Divorce seems to be the only solution in case of incompatible relations between the spouses. Consequently, the divorced lady marries with her protagonist and starts living a happy life with her second husband. It is apparent that these dramas are promoting extramarital relations in positive ways. The current bombardment of such issues by electronic media seems to be trying to legitimize the illegitimate relation. The analyses depict that televise Urdu dramas of Pakistan are violating the family values and promoting the extramarital relations in positive ways.

ANALYTICAL STUDY OF CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DIVORCE AS PERCEIVED BY STUDENTS IN SOUTH SOUTH GEOPOLITICAL ZONE OF NIGERIA

Divorce or the dissolution of marriage has been subject of discourse among social scientists from a wide range of disciplines in recent years. Unfortunately, insufficient number of studies in this area has been conducted in South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. This study of the possible causes and effects of divorce was undertaken to fill this research gap. A descriptive method was adopted and data was collected via a survey of six hundred (600) respondents. Data collected were analyzed using percentage, mean and t-test. The findings revealed that the major causes of divorce as perceived by students are infertility, infidelity, primary wrong selection of spouse, fiery temper(anger), interference of spouse’s family, immaturity, communication defects, unmet emotional needs (feeling less), loss of sexual desire, cultural differences, poverty and domestic violence. While the major strategies for effective control of divorce were pre and post marital counseling that is affordable, putting spouse before children, effective legislation against forced / early marriage, effective marriage social networking, regular renewal of marital vows and defining position of in-laws early in marriage. The study also indicated that there was no significant difference between the opinion of male and female students on the causes of divorce in South South geographical zone of Nigeria. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended that government and non-governmental organizations together should intensity efforts to ensure that all unhappily married spouses have access to pre and post marital counseling that is affordable across the length and breadth of the country.

Couples-based coping training on thought control strategies of spouses of cancer patients - a study

The stress of a patient's cancer can easily be felt by her partner so that the cancer becomes a shared stress or a “we-disease.” In this article, we look at how couples experience the cancer diagnosis and treatment and the ways they cope together with the illness. As practitioners, we are particularly interested in understanding the process of mutual support and the characteristics associated with a couple's coping that lead to a positive adjustment to cancer. A total of 187 spouses of cancer patients attending oncology clinics of two hospitals in Tehran, Iran, participated in the research program. Data collection was done using the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Thought Control Questionnaire and Beck Depression Inventory. The research sample consisted of 29 married spouses of cancer patients. The prevalence of probable mixed anxiety depression disorder (MADD) among the spouses was 15.5%. In the present study, we examined changes in thought control strategies for MADD patients who underwent couples-based coping training. The couples-based coping training sessions extended for 45 minutes and were held once weekly. All of the thought control strategies were positively associated with MADD. Mutual support for couples with cancer can substantially benefit family and patient functioning and caregiver burden.

Molecular transmission clusters on HCV genotypes among newly reported HIV/HCV co-infection in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture of Yunnan province, 2016

Objective: To understand the characteristics on major strain subtypes of hepatitis C virus among HIV/HCV co-infected patients, so as to explore the molecular transmission clusters and related risk factors of HCV strains. Methods: A total of 336 newly reported HIV-infected patients were diagnosed as HIV/HCV co-infection in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture (Dehong) in 2016. We used Nested PCR to amplify CE1 and NS5B genes among 318 samples with plasma levels above 200 μl, before using the combining phylogenetic tree and constructing molecular propagation network method to analyze the related data. Results: A total of 267 HIV/HCV co-infection patients who had met the HCV genotyping requirements were screened the gene subtypes were diversified. Among these genotypes, proportions of 3b, 6n, 6u, 1a, 3a and other subtypes appeared as 32.6% (87/267), 18.4% (49/267), 15.7%(42/267), 13.1%(35/267), 11.2%(30/267) and 9.0%(24/267) respectively. Molecular transmission network of five major HCV genotypes was constructed with a clustering rate of 39.1% (95/243). The clustering rate of subtype 1a was the highest, as 71.4% (25/35). Results from the multivariate logistic regression showed that ethnic minorities other than the Yi and Jingpo (vs. the Han, OR=0.17, 95%CI: 0.04-0.71), the married spouses (vs. the unmarried, OR=0.42, 95%CI: 0.18-0.94), the 6n and 3a subtype (vs. the 3b subtype, OR=0.34, 95%CI: 0.12-0.95; OR=0.22, 95%CI: 0.05-0.93) were more difficult to form transmission clusters. However, the 6u and 1a subtype (vs. the 3b subtype, OR=3.10, 95%CI: 1.21-7.94; OR=4.00, 95%CI: 1.32-12.11) seemed more likely to form the transmission clusters. Conclusion: Ethnicity, marital status and genetic subtypes were factors significantly associated with the formation of transmission clusters related to the major HCV gene subtypes among newly reported HIV/HCV co-infection in Dehong.

Spousal Support in Quebec: Resisting the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines

Since 2005, the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines have become an essential part of the practice of family law throughout Canada. Aimed at structuring discretionary spousal support determinations under the Divorce Act and increasing the fairness of awards, the Advisory Guidelines have been embraced by appellate courts across jurisdictions. Quebec is the exception to that trend. Despite that marriage and divorce fall under federal jurisdiction, Quebec courts resist the application of these non-binding rules, written by two family law scholars. This article responds to Quebec’s resistance to the Advisory Guidelines and suggests that concerns about them may be misplaced. By reviewing the history of Quebec’s legislative approach to married spouses, it suggests that antipathy toward the Advisory Guidelines, based on their failure to reflect Quebec matrimonial law, is misguided. Rather, judicial approaches in Quebec based on autonomy and economic independence fail to reflect the reality of both the provincial and federal legislative landscapes respecting marriage and divorce.

Analysis on late HIV diagnosis among newly reported human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases between 2009 and 2017 in medical institutions

Objective: To analyze the proportion of late HIV diagnosis and the factors associated with late HIV diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases newly reported by medical institutions in China from 2009 to 2017. Methods: Data of adult HIV/AIDS cases newly reported by medical institutions in China from 2009 to 2017 were downloaded from the AIDS prevention and control information system of China's disease prevention and control information system. The basic information, sample source, transmission route, flow of HIV/AIDS patients and the first CD4(+) T lymphocyte count were analyzed in 293 187 cases who had been tested for CD4(+) T lymphocyte count within 91 days of diagnosis. The multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the late HIV diagnosis relevant factors. Results: A total of 293 187 newly reported HIV/AIDS cases in medical institutions were analyzed, and the mean age was (44.7±15.6) years. The proportion of late diagnosis in all cases was 68.4% (200 503 cases). From 2009 to 2017, the proportions of late diagnosis were 71.7% (6 263/8 737), 69.5% (8 283/11 917), 69.2% (13 230/19 116), 67.0% (17 186/25 669), 66.5% (21 833/32 834), 66.4% (26 541/39 944), 67.2% (31 257/46 536), 69.6% (35 920/51 646) and 70.4% (39 990/56 789) respectively. Compare with female cases, the OR (95%CI) of male cases with late diagnosis was 1.18 (1.15-1.20). Compared with the 18 to 29 years old group, the 30 to 39 years, 40 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years and 60 years old and over groups have higher risk of late diagnosis with OR (95%CI) values about 1.65 (1.61-1.69), 2.13 (2.08-2.19), 2.25 (2.18-2.31) and 2.33 (2.26-2.39) respectively. Compared with the college education level and above group, OR (95% CI) values of junior middle school and below group was 1.11 (1.08-1.14); and OR (95%CI) values of senior high school and equal level education group was 1.08 (1.04-1.11). Compared with the migrant population, the resident population has higher risk of late diagnosis (OR=1.06, 95%CI: 1.04-1.08). Compared with other national minorities, Han nationality has higher risk of late diagnosis (OR=1.33, 95%CI: 1.30-1.36). Compared with divorce, widowed and other marital status, married spouse have higher risk of late diagnosis (OR=1.08, 95%CI: 1.06-1.10). Compared with patients receiving other testing services, the OR (95%CI) values of examination before blood transfusion or blood products, pregnancy and childbirth examination, STD clinic and preoperative examination were 1.16 (1.08-1.25), 0.52 (0.50-0.54), 0.63 (0.61-0.64), 0.66 (0.65-0.68) respectively. Conclusion: The proportion of late HIV diagnosis of newly reported HIV/AIDS cases in medical institutions in China was relatively high from 2009 to 2017 and the factors associated with late HIV diagnosis included male, Han nationality, old age group, low educational level, married spouse, other testing services and resident population.

Let’s chat: Piloting an approach to patient-caregiver goal discussions in a neuro-oncology clinic.

28 Background: Communication is important to fostering joint coping in patients with advanced cancer and their family caregivers. Joint goal setting has been shown to enhance relationship quality for dyads and increase interpersonal ease and connection. Often patients and caregivers indicate they wish to discuss issues together but have difficulty doing so, which can inhibit dyadic coping and achievement of treatment goals and interpersonal plans. The aim of this study was to determine the feasibility and describe the methods of a short, one-time goal communication intervention for neuro-oncology patients and their primary family caregivers. Methods: Participants were recruited from a neuro-oncology clinic at an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. After informed consent from both patient and caregiver, the dyad was taken to a private room to complete a demographic questionnaire, eight-minute self-directed dyadic discussion of goals, and post-discussion questionnaire. For the discussion, dyads were asked to create and discuss three goals they had for themselves, and three goals they thought their partner would list, with at least one non-cancer related goal. Results: 10 dyads (n=20) were recruited for this study. Participants were mostly white, non-Hispanic, and married spouses. Only one patient participant was unable to list three goals. Dyads reported that the discussion was not stressful and they found high levels of benefit. Analysis of questionnaire and open-ended feedback overwhelmingly indicated the discussion task was useful to participants and that the study environment encouraged open, non-confrontational communication. Conclusions: Our brief prompted dyadic discussion intervention was feasible to implement and participants reported it was useful. Communication between advanced cancer patients and caregivers is vitally important to facilitate dyadic coping and ensure dyads are better able to achieve their goals. This pilot could be easily adapted to facilitate dyadic communication longitudinally to help facilitate communication between patients and caregivers along the cancer care continuum.