Amy L Delaney
Biographic Data
| ID | 177469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy L Delaney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy L |
| FAMILY NAME | Delaney |
| SIGNATURE | DELANEY A L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Millikin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5434-1922 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Uncertainty Management in Online Sexual Health Forums
Sexual health is critical to overall well-being, yet it is challenging and uncomfortable to discuss. Individuals frequently encounter uncertainty about their sexual health as they experience bodily changes, navigate romantic or sexual relationships, and explore their identities. In this study, we called on uncertainty management theory to guide an investigation of sexual health uncertainty. Specifically, we asked how people use social support to …
Integrating relational turbulence theory and the theory of resilience and relational load to investigate the relationships of couples with chronic illness
Chronic illness is both prevalent in U.S. adults and influential in people’s lives and relationships. In this study, we integrate relational turbulence theory with the theory of resilience and relational load to consider associations between perceptions of the relationship, relational maintenance, and two global relationship qualities: resilience and relational load. Results from a cross-sectional online survey of 100 dyads in which at least one …
A content analysis of newspaper coverage of maternal mortality from 2010-2019
Pregnancy-related death, the death of a woman during or within one year after pregnancy, is between three and four times more likely to occur in Black women than White women. To better understand communication about this public health crisis, we examined features of news coverage on maternal mortality in 155 newspaper articles. Very few articles included a clear definition of the problem, and only about a third mentioned that these deaths are lar…
A Relational Turbulence Model of Sexual Communication in Couples With Depression
Couples coping with depression are prone to unique and pervasive sexual intimacy challenges and experience troubles communicating effectively. Successful sexual communication improves sexual and relationship satisfaction, making communication particularly important for couples facing sexual difficulties. In this study, the relational turbulence model serves as a framework to examine associations between sexual communication and both sexual and re…
Uncertainty and support-seeking in US-based online diabetes forums
Uncertainty is a prevalent and influential experience for people managing chronic illness. People living with diabetes experience individual, relational, and illness-related uncertainty across the illness trajectory, yet scholars know little about the lived experience of diabetes uncertainty. To fill this gap, our study examined interpersonal exchanges in 22 US-based online forums geared toward people with diabetes. Our results revealed four sour…
Couples managing chronic illness
How individuals in romantic partnerships cope with health challenges either separately or together has a profound impact on their individual and relational well-being. The goal of this investigation was to test the logic of the recently extended Theoretical Model of Communal Coping (TMCC) by assessing how the two dimensions of communal coping, shared appraisal and joint action, are related to individual and relational well-being. Dyadic survey da…
Information and Relationship Functions of Communication between Pregnant Women and Their Health Care Providers
Pregnancy is a unique health context, as women undergo physical, social, and identity transformations across gestation and childbirth. Prenatal health care providers, such as obstetricians and midwives, play principal roles in how patients understand and navigate pregnancy, and patient-centered communication is an approach to clinical interaction that can help patients as they encounter physical and social changes. Communication scholarship on pa…
Sexual intimacy challenges as markers of relational turbulence in couples with depression
Using the relational turbulence model, I test a model in which relational uncertainty and interference from a partner mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and sexual intimacy challenges for couples with depression. Couples in whom one or both partners were clinically diagnosed with depression completed an online survey of closed-ended items. Results suggest depressive symptoms associate with relational uncertainty, and men's depre…
In their own words
This study adopts an inductive and dyadic approach to illuminate how depression affects romantic relationships in people's own words. Depressed couples ( N = 135) responded to an open-ended item about ways that depression influences their romantic relationship. Content analytic results indicated eight categories of negative effects ( emotional toll, romance and sexual intimacy, communication, isolation, lack of energy/motivation, dependence on th…
The Role of Relational Uncertainty in Topic Avoidance among Couples with Depression
To address a key gap in theorizing and research, we consider relational uncertainty as an explanation for why individuals experiencing depressive symptoms may be reluctant to talk about sensitive issues. We report closed-ended online survey data from 126 romantic couples in which one or both partners had been professionally diagnosed with depression. Results indicated that relational uncertainty mediated the positive association between depressiv…
A Grounded Theory of Students' Long-Distance Coping With a Family Member's Cancer
In this study, we explore how family members cope with one source of stress-cancer diagnosis and treatment. We suggest that coping away from one's family is characterized by constraints that are not common to proximal coping. We conducted six focus groups with college students ( N = 21) at a university in the United States to investigate their long-distance coping experiences and used grounded theory methods to develop a model of college students…
In their own words
This study adopts an inductive and dyadic approach to illuminate how depression affects romantic relationships in people's own words. Depressed couples ( N = 135) responded to an open-ended item about ways that depression influences their romantic relationship. Content analytic results indicated eight categories of negative effects ( emotional toll, romance and sexual intimacy, communication, isolation, lack of energy/motivation, dependence on th…
The Role of Relational Uncertainty in Topic Avoidance among Couples with Depression
To address a key gap in theorizing and research, we consider relational uncertainty as an explanation for why individuals experiencing depressive symptoms may be reluctant to talk about sensitive issues. We report closed-ended online survey data from 126 romantic couples in which one or both partners had been professionally diagnosed with depression. Results indicated that relational uncertainty mediated the positive association between depressiv…
Couples managing chronic illness
How individuals in romantic partnerships cope with health challenges either separately or together has a profound impact on their individual and relational well-being. The goal of this investigation was to test the logic of the recently extended Theoretical Model of Communal Coping (TMCC) by assessing how the two dimensions of communal coping, shared appraisal and joint action, are related to individual and relational well-being. Dyadic survey da…
Sexual intimacy challenges as markers of relational turbulence in couples with depression
Using the relational turbulence model, I test a model in which relational uncertainty and interference from a partner mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and sexual intimacy challenges for couples with depression. Couples in whom one or both partners were clinically diagnosed with depression completed an online survey of closed-ended items. Results suggest depressive symptoms associate with relational uncertainty, and men's depre…
A Grounded Theory of Students' Long-Distance Coping With a Family Member's Cancer
In this study, we explore how family members cope with one source of stress-cancer diagnosis and treatment. We suggest that coping away from one's family is characterized by constraints that are not common to proximal coping. We conducted six focus groups with college students ( N = 21) at a university in the United States to investigate their long-distance coping experiences and used grounded theory methods to develop a model of college students…
The Role of Relational Uncertainty in Topic Avoidance among Couples with Depression
To address a key gap in theorizing and research, we consider relational uncertainty as an explanation for why individuals experiencing depressive symptoms may be reluctant to talk about sensitive issues. We report closed-ended online survey data from 126 romantic couples in which one or both partners had been professionally diagnosed with depression. Results indicated that relational uncertainty mediated the positive association between depressiv…
A Grounded Theory of Students' Long-Distance Coping With a Family Member's Cancer
In this study, we explore how family members cope with one source of stress-cancer diagnosis and treatment. We suggest that coping away from one's family is characterized by constraints that are not common to proximal coping. We conducted six focus groups with college students ( N = 21) at a university in the United States to investigate their long-distance coping experiences and used grounded theory methods to develop a model of college students…
In their own words
This study adopts an inductive and dyadic approach to illuminate how depression affects romantic relationships in people's own words. Depressed couples ( N = 135) responded to an open-ended item about ways that depression influences their romantic relationship. Content analytic results indicated eight categories of negative effects ( emotional toll, romance and sexual intimacy, communication, isolation, lack of energy/motivation, dependence on th…
Sexual intimacy challenges as markers of relational turbulence in couples with depression
Using the relational turbulence model, I test a model in which relational uncertainty and interference from a partner mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and sexual intimacy challenges for couples with depression. Couples in whom one or both partners were clinically diagnosed with depression completed an online survey of closed-ended items. Results suggest depressive symptoms associate with relational uncertainty, and men's depre…
Information and Relationship Functions of Communication between Pregnant Women and Their Health Care Providers
Pregnancy is a unique health context, as women undergo physical, social, and identity transformations across gestation and childbirth. Prenatal health care providers, such as obstetricians and midwives, play principal roles in how patients understand and navigate pregnancy, and patient-centered communication is an approach to clinical interaction that can help patients as they encounter physical and social changes. Communication scholarship on pa…
A Relational Turbulence Model of Sexual Communication in Couples With Depression
Couples coping with depression are prone to unique and pervasive sexual intimacy challenges and experience troubles communicating effectively. Successful sexual communication improves sexual and relationship satisfaction, making communication particularly important for couples facing sexual difficulties. In this study, the relational turbulence model serves as a framework to examine associations between sexual communication and both sexual and re…
Uncertainty and support-seeking in US-based online diabetes forums
Uncertainty is a prevalent and influential experience for people managing chronic illness. People living with diabetes experience individual, relational, and illness-related uncertainty across the illness trajectory, yet scholars know little about the lived experience of diabetes uncertainty. To fill this gap, our study examined interpersonal exchanges in 22 US-based online forums geared toward people with diabetes. Our results revealed four sour…
Couples managing chronic illness
How individuals in romantic partnerships cope with health challenges either separately or together has a profound impact on their individual and relational well-being. The goal of this investigation was to test the logic of the recently extended Theoretical Model of Communal Coping (TMCC) by assessing how the two dimensions of communal coping, shared appraisal and joint action, are related to individual and relational well-being. Dyadic survey da…
A content analysis of newspaper coverage of maternal mortality from 2010-2019
Pregnancy-related death, the death of a woman during or within one year after pregnancy, is between three and four times more likely to occur in Black women than White women. To better understand communication about this public health crisis, we examined features of news coverage on maternal mortality in 155 newspaper articles. Very few articles included a clear definition of the problem, and only about a third mentioned that these deaths are lar…
Uncertainty Management in Online Sexual Health Forums
Sexual health is critical to overall well-being, yet it is challenging and uncomfortable to discuss. Individuals frequently encounter uncertainty about their sexual health as they experience bodily changes, navigate romantic or sexual relationships, and explore their identities. In this study, we called on uncertainty management theory to guide an investigation of sexual health uncertainty. Specifically, we asked how people use social support to …
Integrating relational turbulence theory and the theory of resilience and relational load to investigate the relationships of couples with chronic illness
Chronic illness is both prevalent in U.S. adults and influential in people’s lives and relationships. In this study, we integrate relational turbulence theory with the theory of resilience and relational load to consider associations between perceptions of the relationship, relational maintenance, and two global relationship qualities: resilience and relational load. Results from a cross-sectional online survey of 100 dyads in which at least one …
Psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (8 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Health care (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)