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Dyadic Coping Inventory

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The Dyadic Coping Inventory is a self-report questionnaire that measures stress management in couples.

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DCI

Introduction

The Dyadic Coping Inventory (DCI*) is a widely used (Falconier et al. 2016) self-report questionnaire developed by Bodenmann (2008) to assess partners’ stress expression and dyadic coping behaviors as conceptualized in the Systemic-Transactional Model (STM; Bodenmann 1995, 2005). According to the STM, dyadic coping is viewed as a stress management process within the couple, which goes above and beyond social support received from others, where the communication of one partner’s stress, supportive dyadic coping, delegated dyadic coping, negative dyadic coping, and common or joint dyadic coping are differentiated.

Supportive dyadic copingincludes behaviors such as showing empathy and understanding, showing solidarity with the partner, helping the partner to reframe the situation, helping the partner to calm down, helping the partner...

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Guy Bodenmann

  2. Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA

    Laura Jimenez Arista

  3. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Kelsey J. Walsh

  4. Counseling and Counseling Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

    Ashley K. Randall

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Correspondence to Laura Jimenez Arista .

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  1. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Jay Lebow

  2. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Anthony Chambers

  3. The Family Institute at Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Douglas C. Breunlin

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  1. Council for Relationships, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Heather Pederson

  2. Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA

    Diana Semmelhack

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Bodenmann, G., Arista, L.J., Walsh, K.J., Randall, A.K. (2018). Dyadic Coping Inventory. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_678-1

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