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Health psychology

the framing of an illness as a shared stressor that both partners own and cope with together.

In health psychology, we-disease refers to the framing of an illness as a shared stressor that both partners own and cope with together. This meaning comes from Kayser (2007) in Families, Systems, & Health.[1]

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Kayser, K., Watson, L. E., & Andrade, J. T. (2007). Cancer as a "we-disease": Examining the process of coping from a relational perspective. Families, Systems, & Health, 25(4), 404-418. https://doi.org/10.1037/1091-7527.25.4.404

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