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This study aims to elucidate the impact of familial risk factors and dyadic coping on the family resilience of young stroke.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n This cross-sectional study integrates evidence-based research with clinical data. We developed a structured questionnaire grounded in identified familial risk factors. A cohort of 243 dyads, comprising young stroke patients and their spouses, was recruited from the neurology departments of four tertiary hospitals. The Actor\u2013Partner Interdependence Mediation Model (APIMeM) framework was utilized, in which patients were treated as actors (influencing their own outcomes) and spouses as partners (influencing each other\u2019s outcomes), to determine both direct and indirect effects among variables, with significance evaluated using bootstrap procedures (5,000 resamples, 95% confidence intervals). Model simplification was guided by chi-square difference testing.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n The analysis indicated that family resilience could be strengthened in young stroke survivors and their spouses. APIMeM analyses showed that patients\u2019 and spouses\u2019 anxiety (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n = \u20130.479,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0=\u00a00.002) and depression (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n = \u20130.718,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) had significant negative actor effects on their own family resilience, while patients\u2019 activities of daily living (ADL) had significant positive actor\n (\u03b2 = 0.175, P<\/jats:italic>\n &lt;\u00a00.001) and partner effects (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0=\u00a00.198,\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001) on family resilience. Crucially, dyadic coping partially mediated these relationships, with significant actor-actor indirect effects for anxiety (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n =\u20130.139, 95%\n CI<\/jats:italic>\n [\u20130.261, \u20130.029]), depression (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n = \u20130.190, 95%\n CI<\/jats:italic>\n [\u20130.321, \u20130.084]), and ADL (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n =\u00a00.062, 95%\n CI<\/jats:italic>\n [0.009, 0.131]) on family resilience. Significant actor-partner mediation effects were also observed for depression (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n = \u20130.072, 95%\n CI<\/jats:italic>\n [\u20130.170, \u20130.017]) and ADL (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n =\u00a00.028, 95%\n CI<\/jats:italic>\n [0.002, 0.079]).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Using a dyadic APIMeM approach, this study demonstrates that dyadic coping serves as a key mediator linking familial risk factors to family resilience in young stroke dyads. 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