Communication and Support‐Focused Experiences and Needs of Young Adult Couples Coping With Cancer: A Qualitative Study
Results highlight YA couples' communication and support needs that are central, and external, to the couple. These findings elucidate how YA couples navigate the cancer experience together, highlighting experiences, needs, and concerns that are central to the developmentally off-time nature of cancer during their relationship. Additionally, results have implications for intervention development focused on communication and support among this vulnerable and underrepresented YA couple population.
Authors
- Katie Darabos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3325-079X)
- Sharon L. Manne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-7822)
- Katie A. Devine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-8905)
- S. McHugh
- Shannon Desbiens
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psycho-Oncology
- Published
- 2025-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70248
- Primary Topic
- Family Support in Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00