| | | Introduction by Tracey A. Revenson and Karen Kayser and Guy Bodenmann | | 3 |
| 1 | | Marriages in context : interactions between chronic and acute stress among newlyweds by Benjamin R. Karney and Lisa B. Story and Thomas N. Bradbury | | 13 |
| 2 | | Dyadic coping and its significance for marital functioning by Guy Bodenmann | | 33 |
| 3 | | A contextual examination of stress and coping processes in stepfamilies by Melady Preece and Anita DeLongis | | 51 |
| 4 | | The relationship enhancement model of social support by Carolyn E. Cutrona and Daniel W. Russell and Kelli A. Gardner | | 73 |
| 5 | | How partners talk in times of stress : a process analysis approach by Nancy Pistrang and Chris Barker | | 97 |
| 6 | | My illness or our illness? : attending to the relationship when one partner is ill by Linda K. Acitelli and Hoda J. Badr | | 121 |
| 7 | | Couples coping with chronic illness : whats gender got to do with it? by Tracey A. Revenson and Ana F. Abraido-Lanza and S. Deborah Majerovitz and Caren Jordan | | 137 |
| 8 | | A model dyadic-coping intervention by Kathrin Widmer and Annette Cina and Linda Charvoz and Shachi Shantinath and Guy Bodenmann | | 159 |
| 9 | | Enhancing dyadic coping during a time of crisis : a theory-based intervention with breast cancer patients and their partners by Karen Kayser | | 175 |