Health and Illness in Close Relationships

Health and Illness in Close Relationships provides an integrated theoretical framework for understanding the complexities of health trajectories and relationship processes, offering a unique cross-disciplinary understanding of how health and illness redefine relationships and mapping out an explanatory framework for resilience and flourishing or relational and health decline.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 380 pages
Publication date: 29 October 2020
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Health and Illness in Close Relationships is a comprehensive theoretical framework that delves into the intricate complexities of health trajectories and relationship processes. This groundbreaking volume serves as the first to comprehensively review and synthesize current empirical evidence and associated theoretical constructs from the diverse fields of social and behavioral sciences, shedding light on health and illness within close relationships. By undertaking this endeavor, the book offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective, illuminating how health and illness redefine the very essence of relationships. Moreover, it provides a comprehensive explanatory framework that explores how the pathways and processes of close relationships either foster resilience and flourishing or, conversely, contribute to relational and health decline. This invaluable resource will captivate researchers and students across psychology, communication, and relationship studies, as well as health professionals who are passionate about understanding the profound impact of health conditions on patients' close relationships.

Weight: 560g
Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781108412643