Facing cancer together: Current research and future perspectives on psychosocial, relational, and intervention approaches for couples

This Research Topic will examine couples facing cancer. It aims to make visible the most recent studies:

• Assessing relational factors (e.g., authenticity, mutuality) and their association with individual and dyadic outcomes
• Assessing close relationship processes (e.g., dyadic coping, self-disclosure, shared decision making) and their relationship with individual and dyadic outcomes
• Explaining the relationship between relational factors, close relationship processes, and individual and dyadic outcomes
• Evaluating intervention programs and/or clinical interventions
• Expanding the current literature to include types of couples (gay, bisexual, transgendered patients or partners) in different cultures at different age groups
• Exploring the experience of patients, partners, and couples
• Using quantitative (self-reported data, observation data, daily diaries, etc.), qualitative, or a mixed-methods approaches
• Advancing dyadic measurement, analysis, and research methods