A5088045488- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Media Influence and Health
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Family Support in Illness
- Social Media and Politics
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Marriage and Sexual Relationships
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- International Student and Expatriate Challenges
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Fashion and Cultural Textiles
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Competency Development and Evaluation
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Media, Gender, and Advertising
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Augsburg University
2015-2023
University of Augsburg
2021-2023
Minnesota State University, Mankato
2015
University of Iowa
2015
Concordia College - Minnesota
2015
Purdue University West Lafayette
2015
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
2015
Gustavus Adolphus College
2015
Hamline University
2015
Shorter College
2015
The present study was conducted to explore the cognitive processes linking people's perceptions of their mobile dating app experience and intention commit infidelity. Three hundred ninety-five participants were recruited through a U.S. based university (44.6%) MTurk (55.4%). Our results indicate that perceived success on positively associated with infidelity self-perceived desirability, negatively amount available partners. These findings are discussed in light theories relational investment.
This study examines how college students’ family communication environments influence their adjustment during the first year of in two distinct cultures: Belgium ( n = 513) and United States 431). Three structural equation models were tested to determine mediating effects (a) perceived support, (b) quality academic advice from parents, (c) social parents on associations between patterns (FCPs) student adjustment. Although most relationships are more complicated than predicted based FCP...
Sibling relationships are influenced both by the behaviors performed within relationship (e.g., relational work) and family system as a whole. This study extends communication patterns theory (FCP) examining whether communicative maintenance plays role in between FCP sibling satisfaction. Data from 327 adult siblings across United States tested using Hayes (2013) PROCESS revealed that conversation conformity orientation had positive indirect effects on satisfaction through (a) expectations...
Rape affects a large proportion of women in the United States but is one most underreported crimes. It believed that rape myth acceptance contributes to low reporting rates. We tested whether television sports exposure was indirectly related higher beliefs. An online survey involving 465 undergraduate students showed viewing TV positively hostile sexism, benevolent and sexual objectification women. Through these variables, associated with acceptance. These results suggest programming...
Persistent fear of crime can have serious consequences for one's social behavior. Previous research has shown that people who are more likely to engage in self-protective Although a substantial amount examined the relationship between television exposure and crime, on association behavior is scarce. Based cultivation theory mediated model, current study aimed examine whether news drama viewing indirectly related via crime. Structural equation modeling data from 392 undergraduate students...
This study explores how advice from friends predicts Chinese international students’ college adjustment. First-year ( N = 95) undergraduates reported on their English language ability (ELA), seeking and evaluation with domestic friends, psychosocial students lower self-reported ELA sought closest friend less often, perceived that as in quality, were psychosocially adjusted. Advice processes partially mediated the association between
This study explored how reports of individuals' own maintenance behavior and perceptions their siblings' influence relationship satisfaction. Given the nonelective long-lasting nature sibling relationship, impact on quality may differ from that in romantic relationships. Based data adults relationships, results indicated behaviors were significantly associated with satisfaction a positive direction, but participant's not. When all variables included model, correlation between participants'...
This study examined the association between social media use and first-year college students' academic self-efficacy in two large, research intensive universities Flanders (N = 513) United States 431). Given cultivation cognitive theories' premises that consistent messages can shape attitudes beliefs about self other, perceptions of others' ease (or how difficult it is for peers to do well college) was included as a mediator. For U.S., Twitter directly indirectly associated with...
Framed using Family Communication Patterns Theory, this study examined today's grandparent experience by drawing connections among grandparental role expectations, family communication patterns, and relationship satisfaction with one's grandchild adult child. Grandparent expectations operate as relational schemas that include general about what individuals should do grandparents might color the choices an individual makes in communicating members. Based on survey responses from 380 United...
A qualitative cross-cultural comparison of native Japanese and Caucasian American women was used to examine whether the critically processed magazine images differently. Four focus groups were generate data (n = 19). The analysis revealed that viewed holistically, whereas participants fashion analytically. Implications differences are discussed with analytic versus holistic thinking traditional beauty ideals in cultures.
Grandparents in the United States play increasingly significant familial and societal roles, yet an underexplored aspect of their experiences is how relationship between grandparents adult child influences development grandparent-grandchild relationships. To address this gap, study explores (a) associations family communication patterns relational maintenance behaviors, (b) extent trust mediates those Data from (N = 380, Mage 57.17, SD 9.68) revealed higher conversation orientations were...
This study examined associations among stress, resilience, and relational maintenance behaviors (RMB) in the development of grandchild-grandparent relationships for grandparents varying near-parental roles. Grandparents (n = 389) greater roles reported higher stress less relationship satisfaction; however, resilience moderated some these relationships. with moderate high levels enacted more RMB compared to those low resilience. Furthermore, mediation analyses suggested that, increases...
Using cultivation and attachment theories as the theoretical frameworks, this study examined two potential mediators in associations between past television exposure adult romantic attachment: self-efficacy transportability. The resulting analyses shed light on how during childhood adolescence may have long-term impacts dimensions (i.e., anxiety avoidance). Findings indicate higher overall genre-specific directly indirectly promotes above influence of parent peer attachment; however, direct...
This content analysis sought to observe the number of relational messages present in adult and adolescent serial television dramas order understand presence Galician's (2004) Mass Media Myth #10, or "Finding right mate 'completes you'" (p. 201). The this completion ideal illustrates Cultivation Analysis Theory (Gerbner et al., 1986) is significant development adolescents' identities attitudes due persuasive power repetition. 101 conversations 13 episodes found that are more frequent than...
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Grandparents increasingly use both technologically-mediated and in-person communication to nurture relationships with their grandchildren. Framed using the interdependence perspective (CIP), this study examined associations among family patterns (FCPs), integration of face-to-face communication, relationship satisfaction explore grandparent-grandchild relationships. Analysis survey responses from 379 grandparents in United States indicated that conversation orientation was positively...