Helgeson Vicki S, Van Vleet Meredith
Carnegie Mellon University.
J Soc Pers Relat. 2019 Nov 1;36(11-12):4048-4056. doi: 10.1177/0265407519848491. Epub 2019 May 19.
We adapted the widely-used measure of relationship closeness, the Inclusion of Other in Self Scale (IOS; Aron, Aron, & Smollan, 1992), to assess communal coping (IOS-CC). Communal coping is a construct that reflects a shared appraisal of a stressor ('our problem' instead of 'my problem') and collaborative action to manage the stressor. We administered the IOS and the IOS-CC to a racially and economically diverse sample of persons with type 2 diabetes and their partners ( = 207 couples) and examined how a subset ( = 85 couples) interpreted the IOS-CC as well as the IOS. The IOS-CC was largely interpreted as intended. The IOS reflected interpersonal connection, as expected, but also a number of other relationship constructs. The IOS-CC and IOS were positively related, but empirically distinguished by stronger connections of the IOS-CC to communal coping and stronger connections of the IOS to relationship quality. Future researchers should consider using the IOS-CC to measure communal coping when a simple, visual, and less time-intensive measure is needed and consider the different ways the IOS is conceptualized by diverse populations.
我们采用了广泛使用的关系亲密度测量方法——自我包含他人量表（IOS；阿伦、阿伦和斯莫兰，1992年）来评估共同应对（IOS-CC）。共同应对是一种结构，反映了对应激源的共同评估（“我们的问题”而非“我的问题”）以及管理应激源的协作行动。我们对一个种族和经济背景多样的2型糖尿病患者及其伴侣样本（n = 207对夫妇）进行了IOS和IOS-CC测试，并研究了其中一部分样本（n = 85对夫妇）对IOS-CC以及IOS的解读方式。IOS-CC在很大程度上按预期得到了解读。正如预期的那样，IOS反映了人际关系，但也反映了许多其他关系结构。IOS-CC和IOS呈正相关，但在实证上的区别在于，IOS-CC与共同应对的联系更强，而IOS与关系质量的联系更强。未来的研究人员在需要一种简单、直观且耗时较少的测量方法时，应考虑使用IOS-CC来测量共同应对，并考虑不同人群对IOS的不同概念化方式。
