J P Crowley
Biographic Data
| ID | 19230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J P Crowley |
| GIVEN NAMES | J P |
| FAMILY NAME | Crowley |
| SIGNATURE | CROWLEY J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delaware |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4627-773X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Stress and Resilience in Bi+ People’s Conversations About Hate Speech
Bi+ (attracted to more than one gender) individuals experience unique stress and marginalization from LGBTQIA+ and heterosexual communities due to monosexism and biphobia. Informed by minority stress theory and models of meaning-making, this study sought to understand the characteristics and impacts of hate speech as recalled by 18 bi+ individuals (ages 18–35, primarily white) to a trusted confidant. A thematic analysis of their recollections of …
Development and validation of the support marshaling scale
Research on social support has consistently underscored its importance for well-being, but overlooked that it needs to be accomplished through skillful communication activities transacted between support recipients and providers. The current study sought to develop and validate a support marshaling scale (SMS). Grounded in social contextual theory and the principles of relational sensemaking and network structuring, as well as within prior work e…
Spillover Effects of Covid-19 News Coverage on Willingness to Participate in Medical Research in a Diverse Sample of US Older Adults
COVID-19 has dominated news coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The extent to which exposure to such news affected perceptions of medical research and other health issues is not clear, especially among older adults who are more susceptible to infection and experience more COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. This study uses a two-wave national panel of U.S. adults ages 50 years and older ( n = 1,240) to examine the mechanism throug…
Covid-19 Misperceptions and Masking Compliance
Misperceptions strongly influence the extent to which individuals comply with preventative measures. Social support from others, particularly given widespread mistrust in news media among those holding misperceptions, plays an important role in shaping compliance with preventative measures. The impact of social support, however, is not straightforward and not all support results in greater compliance. The goal of this study is to examine the role…
An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA
Forgiveness is an important component of many of the world’s religions that also has benefits for individuals’ health and relationships. Research on the health benefits of forgiveness is couched predominately in the stress and coping framework, which views forgiveness as buffering the stress associated with unforgiving feelings. This exploratory study ( N = 47) elaborated on the stress and coping framework by investigating it in conversation with…
Charting Salivary Oxytocin Across an Episode of Naturally Occurring Partnered Sex
Television News Media Consumption and Misperceptions about Covid-19 among US Populations at High Risk for Severe Health Outcomes Early in the Pandemic
Research indicates that misperceptions that become part of people’s initial mental models about an issue tend to persist and influence their attitudes even after the misperception has been corrected. Recent work on evolving mental models suggests that communication efforts about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath may be improved by crafting messages that acknowledge biases and misunderstandings about the virus and other infectious di…
Exploring linguistic markers, threat appraisals, and genetic variation during mixed‐sex couples' conflict conversations
How couples communicate during conflict interactions can have important implications for their relational well‐being. The theory of resilience and relational load provides a valuable lens for exploring the associations among couples' language use during conflict conversations and the extent to which such conversations are perceived as threatening to one's relationship, as well as whether genetic markers moderate such associations. Forty‐seven mix…
The longitudinal influence of supportive messages on stress reactivity and general well-being for LGBTQ+ recipients of hate speech
LBGTQ+ individuals (N = 50) engaged in a 10-minute discussion with a close network member about an experience they had with hate speech that was targeted at their sexual orientation. The relative effects of two predominant social support theoretical frameworks, verbal person centeredness and autonomy support, were compared. Discussions were rated by trained raters for the presence of each type of support. Results support both theoretical framewor…
Evidence of the Associations between Individual and Partner Autonomy Support and Physiological Stress in the Context of Conversations about Weight among Couples Who are Overweight or Obese during a 6-…
The aim of the study was to examine the impact of supportive communication on acute physiological stress responses during weight-related conversations taking place throughout a couples’ weight loss program. Participants were 47 married or cohabitating couples where each partner had a BMI of 25–40 kg/m2. Couples were randomized as a dyad into a traditional weight loss program or a program that also included training in providing support to one’s p…
Uncertainty Management and Curve Flattening Behaviors in the Wake of Covid-19’s First Wave
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak poses a substantial threat to public health. Individual efforts to engage in COVID-19 precautionary behaviors are necessary to flatten the pandemic's curve in the waiting period before a vaccine is developed. This study sought to apply the Theory of Motivated Information Management to investigate the relationships among COVID-19 illness uncertainty, information management, and actual precautionary behaviors, bo…
Forgiveness through Writing
Research has identified that writing can help individuals find forgiveness for their romantic partners in the wake of relational transgressions, but little is known about the actual narrative components that bring about changes in forgiveness. The current study sought to investigate the narrative components that contribute to month-long changes in forgiveness for romantic partners who have recently experienced a relational transgression. It also …
Exploring the role of oxytocin in communication processes
This study explored the role of the hormone oxytocin in 49 emerging adult couples’ communication after sexual activity. Guided by the post sex disclosures model, the findings indicated that post sex oxytocin levels, but not increases in pre to post sex oxytocin, were associated with men's general assessments of the benefits and risks of disclosing after sexual activity (measured separately from the sexual episode). Additionally, women's and men's…
Between the sheets
The present study investigated young adults' self‐reported communication during sexual activity and its link to sexual and relational outcomes. The associations between two forms of communication during sexual activity (i.e., positive relational disclosures and erotic talk) and orgasm and relationship satisfaction were explored. Additionally, the study tested whether orgasm mediated the association between communication during sexual activity and…
Exploring the effects of pillow talk on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to couples’ difficult conversations
This study examined the effects of pillow talk (i.e., communication after sexual activity) on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to difficult conversations. Fifty heterosexual couples were randomly assigned to either a pillow talk condition in which they doubled their pillow talk for three weeks or a control condition. After three weeks, participants came to the lab to engage in a conflict conversation. Saliva samples ta…
Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions
The current study sought to investigate how individuals optimize their partner's support during a weight transition to accomplish their weight loss goals. A theoretical model was tested to determine the role of support marshaling in managing the relational turbulence associated with weight transitions. Path modeling broadly identified that support marshaling is a useful framework from which to consider how relational turbulence associated with we…
Does Testosterone Influence Young Adult Romantic Partners' Accommodation During Conversations About Stressors
The present study contributes to a growing line of research exploring the associations between physiology and communication behavior. Specifically, this study investigated the influence of testosterone (T) on perceptions of partners' accommodative and nonaccommodative behaviors during a conversation about a relational stressor, and their subsequent association with satisfaction with the conversation. One hundred individuals participated in the st…
Minding Your Matters
This exploratory study sought to uncover whether trait mindfulness, an individual's aptitude for focusing on the present moment while refraining from passing negative judgments or processing external cues in a habitual manner, is predictive of more constructive and less destructive approaches to relational conflict. In addition, we looked at its predictive role in relational satisfaction and commitment. Ninety-one participants completed self-repo…
Support marshaling for romantic relationships
Research has demonstrated that network support for a romantic relationship often plays a crucial role in the relationship's success. Despite this knowledge, it is not uncommon for romantic couples to encounter network opposition for their relationship, and little research has evaluated what the romantic partners do in this situation. Using “social contextual theory” as its foundation (M. R. Parks, , ), this study evaluates a previously proposed t…
Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech
Journal Article Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech: Assessing Psychobiological Stress Recovery and Forgiveness Promotion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Queer Victims of Hate Speech Get access John Patrick Crowley John Patrick Crowley 1Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1783, USA, 1Corresponding author: John Patrick Crowley; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
A preliminary test of a relational goal pursuit theory of obsessive relational intrusion and stalking
Exploring the effects of pillow talk on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to couples’ difficult conversations
This study examined the effects of pillow talk (i.e., communication after sexual activity) on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to difficult conversations. Fifty heterosexual couples were randomly assigned to either a pillow talk condition in which they doubled their pillow talk for three weeks or a control condition. After three weeks, participants came to the lab to engage in a conflict conversation. Saliva samples ta…
Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech
Journal Article Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech: Assessing Psychobiological Stress Recovery and Forgiveness Promotion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Queer Victims of Hate Speech Get access John Patrick Crowley John Patrick Crowley 1Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1783, USA, 1Corresponding author: John Patrick Crowley; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
Does Testosterone Influence Young Adult Romantic Partners' Accommodation During Conversations About Stressors
The present study contributes to a growing line of research exploring the associations between physiology and communication behavior. Specifically, this study investigated the influence of testosterone (T) on perceptions of partners' accommodative and nonaccommodative behaviors during a conversation about a relational stressor, and their subsequent association with satisfaction with the conversation. One hundred individuals participated in the st…
A preliminary test of a relational goal pursuit theory of obsessive relational intrusion and stalking
Minding Your Matters
This exploratory study sought to uncover whether trait mindfulness, an individual's aptitude for focusing on the present moment while refraining from passing negative judgments or processing external cues in a habitual manner, is predictive of more constructive and less destructive approaches to relational conflict. In addition, we looked at its predictive role in relational satisfaction and commitment. Ninety-one participants completed self-repo…
Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions
The current study sought to investigate how individuals optimize their partner's support during a weight transition to accomplish their weight loss goals. A theoretical model was tested to determine the role of support marshaling in managing the relational turbulence associated with weight transitions. Path modeling broadly identified that support marshaling is a useful framework from which to consider how relational turbulence associated with we…
The longitudinal influence of supportive messages on stress reactivity and general well-being for LGBTQ+ recipients of hate speech
LBGTQ+ individuals (N = 50) engaged in a 10-minute discussion with a close network member about an experience they had with hate speech that was targeted at their sexual orientation. The relative effects of two predominant social support theoretical frameworks, verbal person centeredness and autonomy support, were compared. Discussions were rated by trained raters for the presence of each type of support. Results support both theoretical framewor…
Exploring the role of oxytocin in communication processes
This study explored the role of the hormone oxytocin in 49 emerging adult couples’ communication after sexual activity. Guided by the post sex disclosures model, the findings indicated that post sex oxytocin levels, but not increases in pre to post sex oxytocin, were associated with men's general assessments of the benefits and risks of disclosing after sexual activity (measured separately from the sexual episode). Additionally, women's and men's…
Support marshaling for romantic relationships
Research has demonstrated that network support for a romantic relationship often plays a crucial role in the relationship's success. Despite this knowledge, it is not uncommon for romantic couples to encounter network opposition for their relationship, and little research has evaluated what the romantic partners do in this situation. Using “social contextual theory” as its foundation (M. R. Parks, , ), this study evaluates a previously proposed t…
Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech
Journal Article Expressive Writing to Cope with Hate Speech: Assessing Psychobiological Stress Recovery and Forgiveness Promotion for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or Queer Victims of Hate Speech Get access John Patrick Crowley John Patrick Crowley 1Department of Communication Studies, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1783, USA, 1Corresponding author: John Patrick Crowley; Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Goog…
A preliminary test of a relational goal pursuit theory of obsessive relational intrusion and stalking
Minding Your Matters
This exploratory study sought to uncover whether trait mindfulness, an individual's aptitude for focusing on the present moment while refraining from passing negative judgments or processing external cues in a habitual manner, is predictive of more constructive and less destructive approaches to relational conflict. In addition, we looked at its predictive role in relational satisfaction and commitment. Ninety-one participants completed self-repo…
Between the sheets
The present study investigated young adults' self‐reported communication during sexual activity and its link to sexual and relational outcomes. The associations between two forms of communication during sexual activity (i.e., positive relational disclosures and erotic talk) and orgasm and relationship satisfaction were explored. Additionally, the study tested whether orgasm mediated the association between communication during sexual activity and…
Exploring the effects of pillow talk on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to couples’ difficult conversations
This study examined the effects of pillow talk (i.e., communication after sexual activity) on relationship satisfaction and physiological stress responses to difficult conversations. Fifty heterosexual couples were randomly assigned to either a pillow talk condition in which they doubled their pillow talk for three weeks or a control condition. After three weeks, participants came to the lab to engage in a conflict conversation. Saliva samples ta…
Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions
The current study sought to investigate how individuals optimize their partner's support during a weight transition to accomplish their weight loss goals. A theoretical model was tested to determine the role of support marshaling in managing the relational turbulence associated with weight transitions. Path modeling broadly identified that support marshaling is a useful framework from which to consider how relational turbulence associated with we…
Does Testosterone Influence Young Adult Romantic Partners' Accommodation During Conversations About Stressors
The present study contributes to a growing line of research exploring the associations between physiology and communication behavior. Specifically, this study investigated the influence of testosterone (T) on perceptions of partners' accommodative and nonaccommodative behaviors during a conversation about a relational stressor, and their subsequent association with satisfaction with the conversation. One hundred individuals participated in the st…
Uncertainty Management and Curve Flattening Behaviors in the Wake of Covid-19’s First Wave
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak poses a substantial threat to public health. Individual efforts to engage in COVID-19 precautionary behaviors are necessary to flatten the pandemic's curve in the waiting period before a vaccine is developed. This study sought to apply the Theory of Motivated Information Management to investigate the relationships among COVID-19 illness uncertainty, information management, and actual precautionary behaviors, bo…
Forgiveness through Writing
Research has identified that writing can help individuals find forgiveness for their romantic partners in the wake of relational transgressions, but little is known about the actual narrative components that bring about changes in forgiveness. The current study sought to investigate the narrative components that contribute to month-long changes in forgiveness for romantic partners who have recently experienced a relational transgression. It also …
Exploring the role of oxytocin in communication processes
This study explored the role of the hormone oxytocin in 49 emerging adult couples’ communication after sexual activity. Guided by the post sex disclosures model, the findings indicated that post sex oxytocin levels, but not increases in pre to post sex oxytocin, were associated with men's general assessments of the benefits and risks of disclosing after sexual activity (measured separately from the sexual episode). Additionally, women's and men's…
Evidence of the Associations between Individual and Partner Autonomy Support and Physiological Stress in the Context of Conversations about Weight among Couples Who are Overweight or Obese during a 6-…
The aim of the study was to examine the impact of supportive communication on acute physiological stress responses during weight-related conversations taking place throughout a couples’ weight loss program. Participants were 47 married or cohabitating couples where each partner had a BMI of 25–40 kg/m2. Couples were randomized as a dyad into a traditional weight loss program or a program that also included training in providing support to one’s p…
Television News Media Consumption and Misperceptions about Covid-19 among US Populations at High Risk for Severe Health Outcomes Early in the Pandemic
Research indicates that misperceptions that become part of people’s initial mental models about an issue tend to persist and influence their attitudes even after the misperception has been corrected. Recent work on evolving mental models suggests that communication efforts about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath may be improved by crafting messages that acknowledge biases and misunderstandings about the virus and other infectious di…
Exploring linguistic markers, threat appraisals, and genetic variation during mixed‐sex couples' conflict conversations
How couples communicate during conflict interactions can have important implications for their relational well‐being. The theory of resilience and relational load provides a valuable lens for exploring the associations among couples' language use during conflict conversations and the extent to which such conversations are perceived as threatening to one's relationship, as well as whether genetic markers moderate such associations. Forty‐seven mix…
The longitudinal influence of supportive messages on stress reactivity and general well-being for LGBTQ+ recipients of hate speech
LBGTQ+ individuals (N = 50) engaged in a 10-minute discussion with a close network member about an experience they had with hate speech that was targeted at their sexual orientation. The relative effects of two predominant social support theoretical frameworks, verbal person centeredness and autonomy support, were compared. Discussions were rated by trained raters for the presence of each type of support. Results support both theoretical framewor…
Covid-19 Misperceptions and Masking Compliance
Misperceptions strongly influence the extent to which individuals comply with preventative measures. Social support from others, particularly given widespread mistrust in news media among those holding misperceptions, plays an important role in shaping compliance with preventative measures. The impact of social support, however, is not straightforward and not all support results in greater compliance. The goal of this study is to examine the role…
An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA
Forgiveness is an important component of many of the world’s religions that also has benefits for individuals’ health and relationships. Research on the health benefits of forgiveness is couched predominately in the stress and coping framework, which views forgiveness as buffering the stress associated with unforgiving feelings. This exploratory study ( N = 47) elaborated on the stress and coping framework by investigating it in conversation with…
Charting Salivary Oxytocin Across an Episode of Naturally Occurring Partnered Sex
Stress and Resilience in Bi+ People’s Conversations About Hate Speech
Bi+ (attracted to more than one gender) individuals experience unique stress and marginalization from LGBTQIA+ and heterosexual communities due to monosexism and biphobia. Informed by minority stress theory and models of meaning-making, this study sought to understand the characteristics and impacts of hate speech as recalled by 18 bi+ individuals (ages 18–35, primarily white) to a trusted confidant. A thematic analysis of their recollections of …
Development and validation of the support marshaling scale
Research on social support has consistently underscored its importance for well-being, but overlooked that it needs to be accomplished through skillful communication activities transacted between support recipients and providers. The current study sought to develop and validate a support marshaling scale (SMS). Grounded in social contextual theory and the principles of relational sensemaking and network structuring, as well as within prior work e…
Spillover Effects of Covid-19 News Coverage on Willingness to Participate in Medical Research in a Diverse Sample of US Older Adults
COVID-19 has dominated news coverage since the beginning of the pandemic. The extent to which exposure to such news affected perceptions of medical research and other health issues is not clear, especially among older adults who are more susceptible to infection and experience more COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. This study uses a two-wave national panel of U.S. adults ages 50 years and older ( n = 1,240) to examine the mechanism throug…
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