The core premise of cognitive appraisal theories of emotion is that emotions are produced
from our interpretation of what we experience. Compared to other major theoretical …

Student satisfaction is important in the evaluation of distance education courses as it is
related to the quality of online programs and student performance. Interaction is a critical …

Expanding and building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume,
Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook provides new measures in mass …

The current study applies the communication theory of resilience (CTR) to assess married
individuals' utilization of resilience communication during the first wave of the COVID-19 …

Marital satisfaction has been psychometrically measured using many different instruments
not soundly based on theory. The Revised Dyadic Adjustment Scale (RDAS), consisting of …

We extend the relational turbulence model by applying an actor—partner interdependence
model to people's experiences of cognitive and emotional turbulence. In the study, 135 …

We review the jealousy literature and present our Dynamic Functional Model of Jealousy
(DFMJ), which argues that jealousy evolved and has its own unique motivational state …

The Handbook of Relationship Initiation is the first volume to focus specifically on the very
beginning stage of relationships–their origin. In this Handbook, leading scholars on …

This study models the individual and dyadic associations between relational uncertainty,
indirect communication about sexual intimacy, and sexual satisfaction within marital …

Two studies were conducted to examine relational uncertainty within marriage. Study 1
gathered open-ended data from 85 individuals to identify issues spouses are unsure about …