The Hunter Coping and Health in Context Laboratory (CHiC) examines psychological, interpersonal, and contextual factors that promote better adjustment to chronic disease.  It examines the natural progression of psychosocial adjustment among patients with cancer (breast, prostate, blood), gender and ethnic minority disparities in coping and adjustment, and couple-level processes (dyadic coping). We also design brief behavioral interventions to improve the quality of life among people with chronic illness and conduct proof-of-concept experimental studies using the Hunter subject pool.