Josephine K Boumis

Biographic Data

ID167849
NAMEJosephine K Boumis
GIVEN NAMESJosephine K
FAMILY NAMEBoumis
SIGNATUREBOUMIS J K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Florida
ORCID0000-0001-9702-8496
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Theoretical Distinctions Between Emotion and Cognition Content in Supportive Messages

    Open AccessA J Holmstrom, Junwen M Hu et al.ARTICLECommunication Research2026

    What constitutes effective supportive message content is a topic of intense interdisciplinary scholarly interest and has palpable real-world implications for individuals’ well-being. Emotion and cognition content are two commonly theorized supportive message forms. Although both are theorized to operate through conversationally induced reappraisal, their relative effects, underlying mediating mechanisms, and boundary conditions for effectiveness …

  • The BRCA1/2 Previvor Information Journey

    Josephine K Boumis, Marleah DeanARTICLEHealth Communication2024

    previvors - individuals who have a genetic mutation that increases their lifetime risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer - have unique information needs. Previvors can experience distress and uncertainty when these needs are not met, which can have negative consequences on their physical and psychological health. Previous research suggests meeting previvors' information needs is one way to combat these potential harmful effects. However, lim…

  • An Experimental Investigation of Supportive Tactile Communication During Esteem Support Conversations

    Open AccessSamantha J Shebib, Josephine K Boumis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Nonverbal Behavior2024

    The present study examines how supportive touch impacts evaluations of esteem support content containing high emotion-focused (HEF) or high problem-focused (HPF) messages during observed esteem support interactions. A 2 (verbal content; i.e., HEF or HPF) by 2 (nonverbal content; i.e., presence or absence of supportive tactile communication) experiment was conducted to test for main and interactional effects. Results revealed that HEF conditions w…

  • A longitudinal analysis of involuntary job loss and communication resilience processes during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessKai Kuang, Steven R Wilson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication2023

    This longitudinal study explored associations between communication resilience processes, job-search self-efficacy, and well-being for a sample of US adults who involuntarily lost their jobs during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the communication theory of resilience (CTR), we tested four possible models regarding how the enactment of resilience processes would be associated with job-search self-efficacy and well-being over ti…

  • Family Communication Patterns Predict Anticipatory Resilience and the Enactment of Resilience Processes

    Josephine K Boumis, Kai Kuang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Communication2023Cited by: 1References: 14

    The communication theory of resilience (CTR; Buzzanell, 2010 Buzzanell, P. M. (2010). Resilience: Talking, resisting, and imagining new normalcies into being. The Journal of Communication, 60(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2009.01469.x[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar], 2019 Buzzanell, P. M. (2019). Communication theory of resilience in everyday talk, interactions, and network structures. In S. R. Wilson & S. W. Smit…

  • Seeing invisible support

    Open AccessAdam J Mason, Samantha J Shebib et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2022

    The concept of invisible support (Bolger et al., 2000) has sparked interest among social support researchers. Theoretically, invisible support avoids negative support outcomes related to face threats and, therefore, should lead to better outcomes than traditional support. Unfortunately, empirical tests of invisible support have yielded inconsistent results, potentially due to a lack of conceptual and operational clarity in defining invisible supp…

  • Self-Conscious Emotions and Esteem Support

    Open AccessA J Holmstrom, Samantha J Shebib et al.ARTICLEHuman Communication Research2021

    This experiment examines state shame and guilt responses to esteem support messages, testing predictions derived from the cognitive-emotional theory of esteem support messages (CETESM). Participants (N = 852) chose one of eight hypothetical scenarios designed to induce shame and/or guilt. Next, participants were directed to a randomization of emotion-focused (EF) and problem-focused (PF) esteem support messages and were asked to rate how the mess…

  • Support gaps during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessA J Holmstrom, Samantha J Shebib et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2021Cited by: 8References: 48

    During times of stress, supportive communication can buffer individuals from experiencing negative outcomes. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has substantially altered the interactions people rely on for support, which may influence the supportive messages they desire and receive. When people receive quantities of support that differ from what they desire, they experience support gaps, which are often associated with negative outcomes. The present …