Intrusion, avoidance, and daily negative affect among couples coping with prostate cancer: a dyadic investigation.

@article{Fagundes2012IntrusionAA,
  title={Intrusion, avoidance, and daily negative affect among couples coping with prostate cancer: a dyadic investigation.},
  author={Christopher P. Fagundes and Cynthia A. Berg and Deborah J Wiebe},
  journal={Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association},
  year={2012},
  volume={26 2},
  pages={
          246-53
        }
}
  • C. Fagundes, C. Berg, D. Wiebe
  • Published 1 April 2012
  • Psychology
  • Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association
In the present study we examined how husbands' and wives' intrusive thoughts of prostate cancer (i.e., thinking about it when not meaning to) and avoidance (i.e., efforts to not think about cancer) related to their own and each other's average negative affect over a subsequent 14-day period. We examined whether congruence or similarity in intrusion about illness, but not avoidance, would be associated with less negative affect as this response to cancer could potentially facilitate adjustment… 
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