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This section is about how you communicate your stress to your partner.
I let my partner know that I appreciate his practical support, advice, or help.
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I ask my partner to do things for me when I have too much to do.
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I show my partner through my behavior when I am not doing well or when I have problems.
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I tell my partner openly how I feel and that I would appreciate his support.
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This section is about what your partner does when you are feeling stressed.
My partner shows empathy and understanding to me.
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My partner expresses that he is on my side.
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My partner blames me for not coping well enough with stress.
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My partner helps me to see stressful situations in a different light.
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My partner listens to me and gives me the opportunity to communicate what really bothers me.
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My partner does not take my stress seriously.
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My partner provides support, but does so unwillingly and unmotivated.
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My partner takes on things that I normally do in order to help me out.
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My partner helps me analyze the situation so that I can better face the problem.
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When I am too busy, my partner helps me out.
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When I am stressed, my partner tends to withdraw.
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This section is about how your partner communicates when he is feeling stressed.
My partner lets me know that he appreciates my practical support, advice, or help.
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My partner asks me to do things for him when he has too much to do.
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My partner shows me through his behavior that he is not doing well or when he has problems.
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My partner tells me openly how he feels and that he would appreciate my support.
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This section is about what you do when your partner makes know his stress.
I show empathy and understanding to my partner.
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I express to my partner that I am on his side.
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I blame my partner for not coping well enough with stress.
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I tell my partner that his stress is not that bad and help him to see the situation in a different light.
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I listen to my partner and give him space and time to communicate what really bothers him.
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I do not take my partner's stress seriously.
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When my partner is stressed I tend to withdraw.
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I provide support, but do it so unwillingly and unmotivated because I think that he should cope with his problems on his own.
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I take on things that my partner would normally do in order to help him out.
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I try to analyze the situation together with my partner in an objective manner and help him to understand and change the problem.
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When my partner feels he has too much to do, I help him out.
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This section is about what you and your partner do when you are both feeling stressed.
We try to cope with the problem together and search for ascertained solutions.
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We engage in a serious discussion about the problem and think through what has to be done.
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We help one another to put the problem in perspective and see it in a new light.
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We help each other relax with such things like massage, taking a bath together, or listening to music together.
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We are affectionate to each other, make love and try that way to cope with stress.
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This section is about how you evaluate your coping as a couple.
I am satisfied with the support I receive from my partner and the way we deal with stress together.
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I am satisfied with the support I receive from my partner and I find as a couple, the way we deal with stress together is effective.