As a global health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has also made heavy mental and
emotional tolls become shared experiences of global communities, especially among …

The purpose of this essay is to illustrate the opportunity communication scholars have in
defining and illuminating the process of family distancing. With this in mind, we begin by …

We present findings on the longitudinal relationships of religious worship attendance and
seeking spiritual comfort with subsequent major depression, anxiety disorders and suicidal …

Conflicts are unavoidable in human life. Thus, for human beings, the attitude of forgiveness
is of importance to be well-embedded and sustainably constructed. Resting upon the …

Forgiveness plays a prominent role in social interaction yet has received scant attention in
the parasocial realm. This research addresses this gap by investigating people extending or …

Involuntary unemployment is an unfortunate circumstance not only for those without
meaningful work, but also for families, family relationships, and committed long-term …

To date, little is known about how gay male parents discursively create and sustain family
identity and how they position themselves in relation to the dominant heteronormative …

In this essay, the authors use autoethnography to critically investigate the problem of
bullying within family contexts. They convey and analyze two narratives that illustrate salient …

Challenges and conflicts experienced by stepfamilies are well documented, but researchers
are increasingly focused on communication processes that facilitate resilience in these …

Framed by relational dialectics theory, the current investigation sought to understand
women's meaning making processes in publicly shared stories about birth trauma …