Aimee E Miller‐ott
Biographic Data
| ID | 200104 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aimee E Miller‐ott |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aimee E |
| FAMILY NAME | Miller‐ott |
| SIGNATURE | OTT A E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Illinois State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7413-287X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Effects of Multitasking During Interpersonal Video Chats
Even when engaged in synchronous dyadic video chats, individuals can be distracted from their communication partner. Drawing on the concept of crosstalk in face-to-face interactions, two studies explored the impact of a video chat partner’s distraction on perceptions of that partner’s social attractiveness, electronic propinquity, conversational immediacy, and social presence. The first study (N = 40) used a survey to have respondents recall and …
Understanding Parents’ Information Seeking About Adolescents’ Use of Social Apps Using Theory of Motivated Information Management
Many parents have concerns about what their adolescent children are doing online, including potential risks of their tweens and teens encountering people who may want to harm them. Some fear they do not know what their children are doing online and may be motivated to seek information to alleviate their uncertainty. This study applied the theory of motivated information management (TMIM) to examine parents’ information management process amid fee…
Proximal Discourses in Residential Facility Care Providers’ Sense-Making of Their Communication with Family Members of a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Disease
Families often stay involved in the care of a loved one with Alzheimer's disease even after relocation to a residential care facility, and through this transition, communication between the residential care providers and families becomes integral to keeping family informed and providing good care to the patient. However, care providers of people with Alzheimer's living in residential facilities find themselves overwhelmed by expectations related …
Understanding parents’ sense-making of their role in adolescent daughters’ social media use through the lens of relational dialectics theory 2.0
With the development of social media, parents must figure out how to guide their children’s use or even whether to allow it. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with 30 parents of daughters aged 12–18. Relational dialectics theory 2.0 was used to analyze how parents’ talk revealed their sense-making of their role in adolescent daughters’ social media use. Analysis revealed that parents voiced competing discourses pertaining to “…
“I Just Like to Share My Life with My Partner
Participants (N = 312) in romantic relationships completed an online survey to determine common integrated phone activities, motivations for integrating phones into time together, and whether phone integration is associated with relationship satisfaction. The most frequent activities included showing social media posts, photos, and videos; showing texts; and involving the partner in video calls. Primary motivations for integrating phones into par…
Conversational partners’ interactions in response to co-present mobile phone usage
The goals of the two studies were to identify common communicative responses to co-present mobile phone usage and conversational partners’ reactions to that communication, and to determine whether individuals perceive their communicative responses as effective. Study 1 identified common participant responses and partner (i.e., phone user) reactions to those responses. In Study 2, researchers coded data from a new sample for these same responses a…
The polite abuser
This study examined how instigators of abuse used emotionally abusive messages to manipulate politeness to attack their partners' face. Additionally, we studied how the people experiencing abuse responded to such messages. Using thematic co‐occurrence analysis (TCA), we analyzed 20 semi‐structured interviews with those who have experienced abuse. Participants reported that instigators of abuse used all three of Austin's (1990) face attack act str…
It Just Shifted Everything in Our Family Dynamic
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating progressive illness that wreaks havoc on the person with Alzheimer’s (PWA) and their family. AD impairs the PWA’s cognitive, communicative, and bodily functioning, and family members are challenged to maintain ongoing but significantly altered relationships with the PWA. We aimed to understand how the actions of family members of a PWA served to recalibrate the family system. Among the changes that recal…
Developing and Maintaining Foster Family Identity Through Foster Parents’ Identity Work
There are hundreds of thousands of children in foster care in the United States, nearly a majority of whom are placed with nonrelative foster parents (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015). Few scholars (e.g., Nelson, 2014) have explored the communicative process through which a sense of family is created and maintained in foster families, despite the potential positive impact that developing a foster family identity may have on fos…
The Presence of Cell Phones in Romantic Partner Face-to-Face Interactions
Cell phones are essential in maintaining ties with romantic partners but they can also detract from quality time we spend with them. The purpose of this study was to examine expectations that romantic partners have of cell phone usage during time spent together and how they manage violations of expectations. Using Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT; Burgoon, 1978 Burgoon, J. K. (1978). A communication model of personal space violations: Explication…
Cell Phone Usage Expectations, Closeness, and Relationship Satisfaction Between Parents and Their Emerging Adults in College
Frequent cell phone contact between emerging adults in college and parents raises the question of how they manage access and maintain control over cell phone use and how it affects their relationships. Emerging adults in college ( N = 207) completed measures of relational satisfaction and closeness, cell phone satisfaction, and cell phone rules for their parents. Participants reported cell phone rules about availability, repetitive contact, and r…
Factors That Influence Separated and Divorced Parents' Sharing of Personal Information With Dating Partners
Separated and divorced parents struggle with the best ways to manage personal information with new partners. Thirty-five separated or divorced parents were interviewed to determine the factors that influence whether and how they reveal information about their divorces, children, and other details about their former marriages to dating partners. Findings revealed that, in early dating relationships, people privileged openness but also engaged in i…
The Multivocality of Meaning Making
The mother-daughter relationship is argued to be one of the most significant relationships in the family system. As such, it is important to investigate how daughters engage in meaning making regarding this relationship. The researchers used relational dialectics theory (Baxter, 2011 Baxter, L. A. 2011. Voicing relationships: A dialogic perspective, Los Angeles, CA: Sage. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996 Baxter, L. A. and …
Mean Girls in College
Relational aggression involves manipulating others' social standing and reputation through communication behaviors that include gossiping, spreading rumors, name-calling, cruel teasing, and ostracizing. Using accounting as the theoretical framework, researchers analyzed transcripts from interviews with 30 college women to understand how they account for their relationally aggressive behaviors. Findings revealed five themes that reflected specific…
The Role of Social Support in Young Women's Communication About the Genital HPV Vaccine
Understanding the function of social support in communication about women's sexual health topics is an important avenue of research for communication scholars. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of social support in young women's communication about receiving or not receiving the genital HPV vaccine, Gardasil. In 10 focus groups, 52 female participants between ages 18 and 24 revealed instances of informational, tangible, emotio…
Developing and Maintaining Foster Family Identity Through Foster Parents’ Identity Work
There are hundreds of thousands of children in foster care in the United States, nearly a majority of whom are placed with nonrelative foster parents (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015). Few scholars (e.g., Nelson, 2014) have explored the communicative process through which a sense of family is created and maintained in foster families, despite the potential positive impact that developing a foster family identity may have on fos…
The Multivocality of Meaning Making
The mother-daughter relationship is argued to be one of the most significant relationships in the family system. As such, it is important to investigate how daughters engage in meaning making regarding this relationship. The researchers used relational dialectics theory (Baxter, 2011 Baxter, L. A. 2011. Voicing relationships: A dialogic perspective, Los Angeles, CA: Sage. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996 Baxter, L. A. and …
The Role of Social Support in Young Women's Communication About the Genital HPV Vaccine
Understanding the function of social support in communication about women's sexual health topics is an important avenue of research for communication scholars. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of social support in young women's communication about receiving or not receiving the genital HPV vaccine, Gardasil. In 10 focus groups, 52 female participants between ages 18 and 24 revealed instances of informational, tangible, emotio…
Mean Girls in College
Relational aggression involves manipulating others' social standing and reputation through communication behaviors that include gossiping, spreading rumors, name-calling, cruel teasing, and ostracizing. Using accounting as the theoretical framework, researchers analyzed transcripts from interviews with 30 college women to understand how they account for their relationally aggressive behaviors. Findings revealed five themes that reflected specific…
The Role of Social Support in Young Women's Communication About the Genital HPV Vaccine
Understanding the function of social support in communication about women's sexual health topics is an important avenue of research for communication scholars. The goal of the present study was to examine the role of social support in young women's communication about receiving or not receiving the genital HPV vaccine, Gardasil. In 10 focus groups, 52 female participants between ages 18 and 24 revealed instances of informational, tangible, emotio…
Factors That Influence Separated and Divorced Parents' Sharing of Personal Information With Dating Partners
Separated and divorced parents struggle with the best ways to manage personal information with new partners. Thirty-five separated or divorced parents were interviewed to determine the factors that influence whether and how they reveal information about their divorces, children, and other details about their former marriages to dating partners. Findings revealed that, in early dating relationships, people privileged openness but also engaged in i…
The Multivocality of Meaning Making
The mother-daughter relationship is argued to be one of the most significant relationships in the family system. As such, it is important to investigate how daughters engage in meaning making regarding this relationship. The researchers used relational dialectics theory (Baxter, 2011 Baxter, L. A. 2011. Voicing relationships: A dialogic perspective, Los Angeles, CA: Sage. [Crossref] , [Google Scholar]; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996 Baxter, L. A. and …
Mean Girls in College
Relational aggression involves manipulating others' social standing and reputation through communication behaviors that include gossiping, spreading rumors, name-calling, cruel teasing, and ostracizing. Using accounting as the theoretical framework, researchers analyzed transcripts from interviews with 30 college women to understand how they account for their relationally aggressive behaviors. Findings revealed five themes that reflected specific…
Cell Phone Usage Expectations, Closeness, and Relationship Satisfaction Between Parents and Their Emerging Adults in College
Frequent cell phone contact between emerging adults in college and parents raises the question of how they manage access and maintain control over cell phone use and how it affects their relationships. Emerging adults in college ( N = 207) completed measures of relational satisfaction and closeness, cell phone satisfaction, and cell phone rules for their parents. Participants reported cell phone rules about availability, repetitive contact, and r…
The Presence of Cell Phones in Romantic Partner Face-to-Face Interactions
Cell phones are essential in maintaining ties with romantic partners but they can also detract from quality time we spend with them. The purpose of this study was to examine expectations that romantic partners have of cell phone usage during time spent together and how they manage violations of expectations. Using Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT; Burgoon, 1978 Burgoon, J. K. (1978). A communication model of personal space violations: Explication…
Developing and Maintaining Foster Family Identity Through Foster Parents’ Identity Work
There are hundreds of thousands of children in foster care in the United States, nearly a majority of whom are placed with nonrelative foster parents (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2015). Few scholars (e.g., Nelson, 2014) have explored the communicative process through which a sense of family is created and maintained in foster families, despite the potential positive impact that developing a foster family identity may have on fos…
“I Just Like to Share My Life with My Partner
Participants (N = 312) in romantic relationships completed an online survey to determine common integrated phone activities, motivations for integrating phones into time together, and whether phone integration is associated with relationship satisfaction. The most frequent activities included showing social media posts, photos, and videos; showing texts; and involving the partner in video calls. Primary motivations for integrating phones into par…
Conversational partners’ interactions in response to co-present mobile phone usage
The goals of the two studies were to identify common communicative responses to co-present mobile phone usage and conversational partners’ reactions to that communication, and to determine whether individuals perceive their communicative responses as effective. Study 1 identified common participant responses and partner (i.e., phone user) reactions to those responses. In Study 2, researchers coded data from a new sample for these same responses a…
The polite abuser
This study examined how instigators of abuse used emotionally abusive messages to manipulate politeness to attack their partners' face. Additionally, we studied how the people experiencing abuse responded to such messages. Using thematic co‐occurrence analysis (TCA), we analyzed 20 semi‐structured interviews with those who have experienced abuse. Participants reported that instigators of abuse used all three of Austin's (1990) face attack act str…
It Just Shifted Everything in Our Family Dynamic
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating progressive illness that wreaks havoc on the person with Alzheimer’s (PWA) and their family. AD impairs the PWA’s cognitive, communicative, and bodily functioning, and family members are challenged to maintain ongoing but significantly altered relationships with the PWA. We aimed to understand how the actions of family members of a PWA served to recalibrate the family system. Among the changes that recal…
Understanding parents’ sense-making of their role in adolescent daughters’ social media use through the lens of relational dialectics theory 2.0
With the development of social media, parents must figure out how to guide their children’s use or even whether to allow it. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews with 30 parents of daughters aged 12–18. Relational dialectics theory 2.0 was used to analyze how parents’ talk revealed their sense-making of their role in adolescent daughters’ social media use. Analysis revealed that parents voiced competing discourses pertaining to “…
Proximal Discourses in Residential Facility Care Providers’ Sense-Making of Their Communication with Family Members of a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Disease
Families often stay involved in the care of a loved one with Alzheimer's disease even after relocation to a residential care facility, and through this transition, communication between the residential care providers and families becomes integral to keeping family informed and providing good care to the patient. However, care providers of people with Alzheimer's living in residential facilities find themselves overwhelmed by expectations related …
Effects of Multitasking During Interpersonal Video Chats
Even when engaged in synchronous dyadic video chats, individuals can be distracted from their communication partner. Drawing on the concept of crosstalk in face-to-face interactions, two studies explored the impact of a video chat partner’s distraction on perceptions of that partner’s social attractiveness, electronic propinquity, conversational immediacy, and social presence. The first study (N = 40) used a survey to have respondents recall and …
Understanding Parents’ Information Seeking About Adolescents’ Use of Social Apps Using Theory of Motivated Information Management
Many parents have concerns about what their adolescent children are doing online, including potential risks of their tweens and teens encountering people who may want to harm them. Some fear they do not know what their children are doing online and may be motivated to seek information to alleviate their uncertainty. This study applied the theory of motivated information management (TMIM) to examine parents’ information management process amid fee…
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (8 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Phone (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)