Descriptive Statistics on Coping Codes (n = 204)
| . | People With Diabetes, mean ± SD . | Partners, mean ± SD . | r . | t Test . | People With Diabetes ICCs . | Partners ICCs . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner provides support “Extent to which the person mentions the partner helping the patient with diabetes”; could be emotional or instrumental support | 1.34 ± 0.57 | 1.72 ± 0.67 | 0.12* | † | 0.83 | 0.78 |
| Person with diabetes/partner collaboration “Extent to which the person describes the couple working together to manage diabetes”; may use “we-talk” | 1.61 ± 0.66 | 1.82 ± 0.80 | 0.24† | † | 0.91 | 0.87 |
| Partner controlling “Extent to which the person describes the partner as trying to control what the patient does; doing things for the patient instead of helping the patient” | 1.10 ± 0.30 | 1.21 ± 0.45 | 0.14‡ | † | 0.79 | 0.66 |
| Person with diabetes independent coping “Extent to which the person describes the problem as belonging to the patient”; patient describes managing diabetes on own | 2.35 ± 0.83 | 1.74 ± 0.75 | 0.20§ | † | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| Person with diabetes diabetes disengagement “Extent to which the person describes the patient as not doing what they need to do to take care of diabetes”; patient neglects self-care | 1.29 ± 0.51 | 1.20 ± 0.43 | 0.27† | ‡ | 0.82 | 0.74 |
| . | People With Diabetes, mean ± SD . | Partners, mean ± SD . | r . | t Test . | People With Diabetes ICCs . | Partners ICCs . |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partner provides support “Extent to which the person mentions the partner helping the patient with diabetes”; could be emotional or instrumental support | 1.34 ± 0.57 | 1.72 ± 0.67 | 0.12* | † | 0.83 | 0.78 |
| Person with diabetes/partner collaboration “Extent to which the person describes the couple working together to manage diabetes”; may use “we-talk” | 1.61 ± 0.66 | 1.82 ± 0.80 | 0.24† | † | 0.91 | 0.87 |
| Partner controlling “Extent to which the person describes the partner as trying to control what the patient does; doing things for the patient instead of helping the patient” | 1.10 ± 0.30 | 1.21 ± 0.45 | 0.14‡ | † | 0.79 | 0.66 |
| Person with diabetes independent coping “Extent to which the person describes the problem as belonging to the patient”; patient describes managing diabetes on own | 2.35 ± 0.83 | 1.74 ± 0.75 | 0.20§ | † | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| Person with diabetes diabetes disengagement “Extent to which the person describes the patient as not doing what they need to do to take care of diabetes”; patient neglects self-care | 1.29 ± 0.51 | 1.20 ± 0.43 | 0.27† | ‡ | 0.82 | 0.74 |
Item response scale: 1 = no evidence of this at all; 2 = a little bit, one or two mentions of code; 3 = somewhat, more than two mentions of code but not a lot; and 4 = strong evidence of the code throughout the transcript.
P <0.10.
P <0.001.
P <0.05.
P <0.01.