Meta-Framework of Dyadic Interventions

Project Overview

Picture the following (fictional) intervention scenarios: A cardiac patient attends a lifestyle change intervention and is accompanied by the spouse. — A pregnant woman receives motivating text-messages from a family member to help her quit smoking. — An individual is asked to collaboratively plan with a close friend how to increase their daily physical activity together.

 

Would we term such interventions dyadic? And if so, what are the defining features that make these interventions dyadic?

 

In this project, we strive to pinpoint the underlying dimensions of dyadic intervention programs. Our goal is to develop and introduce a clear and concise framework that systematically identifies and precisely describes the different ways in which an intervention program can be dyadic. This will allow to disentangle potentially meaningful differences in dyadic intervention approaches in a more organized and systematic way.

 

After several discussion rounds in the project team between 2022 and 2023, our current efforts focus on preparing a conceptual paper that will introduce the meta-framework of dyadic interventions with its underlying dimensions and definitions to interested scholars in the field of dyadic behavior change.

Facilitators

Alex Rothman

Professor in the Department of Psychology

Corina Berli

Ph.D., Lecturer

Urte Scholz

Prof., Head of Applied Social and Health Psychology

Nina Knoll

Professor of Health Psychology

Jeffry Simpson

Professor in the Department of Psychology, Director Social Interactions Lab

Aleksandra Łuszczyńska

Prof., Head of the CARE-BEH Research Center

James Allen

Ph.D, Post-Doc

Patrick Höhener

MSc, Ph.D. Student

Karoline Villinger

Ph.D, Post-Doc

Monique Nakamura

MSc, Ph.D. Student

Lea O. Wilhelm

MSc, Research Associate (Third-party fund) workHealth

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