Uncertainty issues and management in adult children's stories of their estrangement with their parents

KM Scharp, RM McLaren - Journal of Social and Personal …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Framed in the uncertainty literature, the present study explores the uncertainty issues and
management practices of adult children who are in the estrangement process with their …

Integrating the relational turbulence model and a multiple goals approach to understand topic avoidance during the transition to extended family

SL Mikucki-Enyart, JP Caughlin - Communication Research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study focuses on the transition to extended family that occurs as marriage creates in-
law relationships along with the spousal unit. Specifically, it utilizes both the relational …

Relational uncertainty management in adult children of divorce

SL Mikucki-Enyart, SR Petitte… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Utilizing uncertainty management theory (UMT) and a multiple goals theory of personal
relationships (MGPR) the present study examined how adult children of divorce (ACOD) …

“It's my job now, I guess”: Biographical disruption and communication work in supporters of young adult cancer survivors

NT Iannarino - Communication Monographs, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study uses narrative interviews to describe how 25 young adult (YA) close supporters
(ie, romantic partners, siblings) experience an often invisible and uniquely burdensome …

A qualitative study on the perspectives of Turkish mothers and grandmothers in the Netherlands regarding the influence of grandmothers on health related practices in …

G Bektas, F Boelsma, M Gündüz, EN Klaassen… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Given the importance of the first 1000 days of a child's life in terms of laying the
foundations for healthy growth and development, parents are a logical target group for …

Chinese adult children's perceived parents' satisfaction with adult children's marriage, in-law relationship quality, and adult children's marital satisfaction

H Cao, M Fine, X Fang, N Zhou - Journal of Social and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Based on three annual waves of data obtained from 265 Chinese couples during the early
years of marriage and using an actor–partner interdependence mediation model with latent …

“Was it all smoke and mirrors?” Applying the relational turbulence model to adult children's experience of late-life parental divorce

SL Mikucki-Enyart, SE Wilder… - Journal of Social and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The present study utilizes the relational turbulence model (RTM) to illuminate adult
children's experiences of relational uncertainty and interference from partners following late …

A life-span approach to children-in-law's perceptions of parent-in-law communication

C Fowler, C Rittenour - Journal of Family Communication, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Relationships between children-in-law (CIL) and parents-in-law (PIL) can be enduring
sources of delight or distress that influence the quality of spousal relationships and …

Emotional support from parents and in-laws: The roles of gender and contact

A Chong, AE Gordon, BP Don - Sex Roles, 2017 - Springer
After the birth of a child, new mothers and fathers commonly have a substantial amount of
contact with their parents and in-laws. However, this contact may not always result in …

Fertility preservation decision-making communication between young adult cancer patients and their romantic partners: An application of the DECIDE typology

NT Iannarino, AL Palmer-Wackerly - Health Communication, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Infertility risk and fertility preservation (FP) are often salient quality-of-life concerns for young
adults (YAs; ie, 18–39 years old) who have experienced a cancer diagnosis. However, we …