The present study draws attention to the significance of considering cancer-related communication on cancer-related distress through the vulnerability–stress–adaptation model among couples with cancer during the pandemic. This is a quantitative dyadic study with a sample of 80 couples (N = 160). Dyadic data were analyzed among couples with cancer to examine the within-person (actor effects) and between-partner (partner effects) associations among links between cancer-related communication and cancer-related distress through the use of actor–partner interdependence models. Significant actor and partner effects were found for cancer-related communication in partners facing cancer, a factor that predicted cancer-related distress. The findings underscore the need to adopt a systemic perspective that accounts for multiple, simultaneous adaptive processes including cancer-related communication as influences on cancer-related distress in the time of COVID-19.

本研究通过在大流行期间患有癌症的夫妇之间的脆弱性-压力-适应模型，关注与癌症相关的沟通对癌症相关痛苦的重要性。这是一项定量二元研究，样本为 80 对夫妇（N= 160)。对患有癌症的夫妇的二元数据进行分析，以通过使用演员-伴侣相互依赖模型来检查癌症相关沟通和癌症相关痛苦之间的联系之间的人内（演员效应）和伴侣间（伴侣效应）关联。在面临癌症的合作伙伴中发现了与癌症相关的沟通的显着参与者和合作伙伴效应，这是预测癌症相关痛苦的一个因素。研究结果强调了采用系统性观点的必要性，该观点解释了多个同时发生的适应过程，包括与癌症相关的沟通，作为对 COVID-19 时期癌症相关痛苦的影响。