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Download or read book The Spinal Cord Injured and Spouse written by Eldonna Sharon Gail Brintnell and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though the study of the impact of a spinal cord injury has become more prevelant in the last decade, very little research has been undertaken to increase the understanding of such an event on the marital dyad. Few researchers have included the spouse's appraisal of the marital relationship, thereby seriously limiting the scope of their study. This research was designed to explore the impact of the husbands' traumatic spinal cord injury on the functioning of the marital dyad and to identify the dyadic change process that was precipitated. A. case study method was selected to facilitate in depth exploration of changes in the marital dyad and to determine the husband's and the wife's present role functions as breadwinner, as social companion and as sexual partner. The data analysis of two marital dyads revealed an adjustment process which, can-be differentiated into three stages: Assault , Upheaval and Recovery . The final step in the recovery stage was the dyads' decision to accept or reject the new dyadic roles that had emerged as a result of the process. The findings indicated that Dyad A rejected the new roles and ultimately chose dissolution of the dyad while Dyad B accepted the new roles and continued the marital relationship. The findings were presented using the symbolic interaction conceptual framework for interpretation and discussion. Implications for further dyadic research are presented as well as some considerations for health care professionals.