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DOI: 10.1177/019394599401600403 Family Communication Patterns in Coping with Early Breast CancerSchool of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta Diagnosis of a life-threatening disease is a majorfamily stressor How family members communicate with each other about the situation and their fears has received little study. The communication patterns of 41 couples where the woman was newly diagnosed with Stage 1 or 2 breast cancer were investigated. Family interviews were done atfive points, from the time of diagnosis to I year later Qualitative grounded theory methods were triangulated with responses to the Couple Communication Scale and State Trait Anxiety Inventory. Three major types of couple discussion patterns about fears, doubts, and emotional issues were seen, based on whether they shared similar or different views about the importance of talking. Some couples talked openly or reasonably openly. Others did not talk to each other, although afew of these talked to other people. Another group, who held divergent views, demonstrated more problems in their communication Selective open disclosure was generally perceived as the most satisfactory of the patterns. Quantitative findings generally supported the talking themes that emerged.
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