caa a22 4500 445304766 CHVBK 20180317142609.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10880-011-9265-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10880-011-9265-0 Adversarial Growth in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and their Partners: Relationships with Illness Perceptions, Disability and Distress [Elektronische Daten] [Katie Ackroyd, Dónal Fortune, Siân Price, Stephen Howell, Basil Sharrack, Claire Isaac] The purpose of this study was to investigate whether patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and their partners show adversarial growth and to examine which psychological and disability variables contribute to this in patients and their partners. The study also investigated the relationship between growth and distress. Seventy-two patients with MS and their partners provided demographic information and completed measures of posttraumatic growth, illness perceptions, depression, cognitive function and disability. Both patients and partners showed adversarial growth, with patients reporting significantly higher growth than partners. The only significant predictor for patient growth was partner growth, and vice versa. Dissimilarity in illness representations between patients and their partners on the consequences of MS dimension, patient mood and patient growth accounted for significant variance in partner growth. The findings support the idea of a ‘communal search for meaning' where patients and their partners experience the trauma of having a chronic illness and subsequently find positive aspects together. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Multiple sclerosis nationallicence Adversarial growth nationallicence Illness perceptions nationallicence Ackroyd Katie Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut Fortune Dónal Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Mid West and Southern Region, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aut Price Siân Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK aut Howell Stephen Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK aut Sharrack Basil Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK aut Isaac Claire Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 18/4(2011-12-01), 372-379 1068-9583 18:4<372 2011 18 10880 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-011-9265-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-011-9265-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ackroyd Katie Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fortune Dónal Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, Mid West and Southern Region, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Price Siân Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Howell Stephen Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sharrack Basil Department of Neurology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, S10 2JF, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Isaac Claire Department of Psychology, Clinical Psychology Unit, University of Sheffield, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 18/4(2011-12-01), 372-379 1068-9583 18:4<372 2011 18 10880 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer