A Denes

Datos Biográficos

ID21354
NOMBREA Denes
NOMBRESA
APELLIDODenes
FIRMADENES A
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Connecticut
ORCID0000-0003-2252-5687
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS54
TOTAL DE CITAS200
TOTAL COMO AUTOR54
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2009
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H9

  • Assessing the Role of Ambivalent Sexism on the Associations Between Individual Characteristics and Sexual Well-Being in New Romantic Relationships

    Open AccessElizabeth A Hintz, Rachel V Tucker et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2026Referencias: 28

  • Identity Gaps and LGBTQIA+ Students’ Social Connection, Stigma, and Activism

    Open AccessA Denes, Katrina T Webber et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2025

    For LGBTQIA+ individuals, identity development and exploration are salient experiences that may be further impacted by other major life events, including moving away to college. Using the communication theory of identity, we examined identity gaps (i.e., inconsistencies between various frames of identity) between LGBTQIA+ college students’ personal identity and their enacted, relational, and communal identities and their link to social connection…

  • Exploring the Relationship Between Asexuality and Well-Being Through Identity Gaps

    Open AccessOlivia Camacho, A Denes et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2025

    Although asexuality is becoming more commonly understood within broader society, asexuality is still often misconstrued or misunderstood by allosexual individuals (i.e., people who experience sexual attraction). Identity gaps (i.e., a conflict or disconnect between layers of identity) are common for any person but, due to compulsory sexuality standards, asexual people may feel more pressure to conform to sexual standards. Therefore, the current s…

  • Disclosing Sexual Dysfunction in Newly Established Romantic Relationships

    Rachel V Tucker, Elizabeth A Hintz et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2025

    400) to assess five strategies (i.e. initiate, response, third-person disclosure, humor, evidence) used to hypothetically disclose two types of sexual dysfunction (SD) - vulvovaginal pain (VVP) and erectile dysfunction (ED) - in romantic relationships of six months or less. Results indicated that relationship investment varied depending on the SD disclosed, such that participants who imagined that their partner disclosed ED were less invested tha…

  • Investigating differences in LGBTQIA+ students’ identity gaps during the semester and academic breaks

    A Denes, Katrina T Webber et al.ARTICLECommunication Research Reports2025

    Guided by the communication theory of identity, we explored gaps between LGBTQIA+ students’ personal, relational, enacted, and communal frames of identity while on campus during the semester compared to during academic breaks. LGBTQIA+ students (N = 234) in the United States completed an online survey. The results indicated that LGBTQIA+ students reported the most intense identity gaps during the semester between the personal and relational frame…

  • The dyadic role of attachment in the relational maintenance of cohabitating couples during Covid-19

    M Turner, Meredith M Turner et al.ARTICLECommunication Quarterly2025

    This study examined the role of attachment styles in relational maintenance behaviors among cohabitating couples during the COVID-19 pandemic. Utilizing a dyadic approach, the associations among anxious and avoidant attachment styles and personal and partner maintenance behaviors during the pandemic were explored. The role of COVID-related anxiety was also investigated as a potential moderator of attachment insecurity and relational maintenance b…

  • An Exploratory Study of the Associations Between Epstein–Barr Virus Antibodies and Forgiveness Among Recipients of Relational Transgressions in the USA

    Open AccessJ P Crowley, A Denes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Religion and Health2025

    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…

  • Sexual Orientations, Like Relationships, Are Messy”

    Open AccessAlyssa N Clark, Tracy L Walters et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2025Referencias: 10

    Individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or other minoritized sexual and gender identities (LGBTQ+) are at greater risk of experiencing stressors due to their diverse sexual and gender identities. These stressors extend to LGBTQ+ individuals' romantic relationships and can result in relationship dissolution. To inform strategies for relationship maintenance specific to LGBTQ+ identity‐related stressors, it is import…

  • Charting Salivary Oxytocin Across an Episode of Naturally Occurring Partnered Sex

    Open AccessA Denes, Margaret Bennett‐brown et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2025Referencias: 48

  • Decoding stressful conversations

    Open AccessA Dhillon, A DenesARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 56

    Communication behavior during conversations about relational stressors has consequences for romantic relationships and may be associated with partners' relational uncertainty and satisfaction. The current study explored whether the hormone testosterone (T) is associated with post-conversation relational outcomes through perceptions of partners' (non)accommodative behaviors during a stressful conversation. Data was collected from 50 mixed-sex coll…

  • Phone or affection

    Open AccessA Denes, Chelsea Guest et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 35

    The present study explored the role of phubbing, or interrupting a conversation by attending to one's cell phone instead of their communication partner, among 51 couples living together during the COVID-19 pandemic. Framed by affection exchange theory, the present study examined whether phubbing was indirectly associated with relationship satisfaction via feelings of affection deprivation. The findings indicated that phubbing was associated with …

  • Implicit sexual beliefs and relational thriving in new romantic relationships facing imagined sexual dysfunction

    Open AccessJacqueline N Gunning, A Denes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2025Citada por: 1Referencias: 60

    Guided by implicit theories of relationships and sexual satisfaction and the theory of resilience and relational load (TRRL), our study investigated the mediating role of sexual communal strength on associations between implicit beliefs regarding sexual compatibility and relational thriving in new romantic couples (≤ 6 months duration) facing a hypothetical scenario of sexual dysfunction (i.e., vulvovaginal pain or erectile dysfunction). Particip…

  • A Critical Quantitative Approach to Intersectionality

    Open AccessRachel V Tucker, Jacqueline N Gunning et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2024

    Addressing calls to advance critical quantitative approaches to intersectionality, this study used multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) to examine how female chronic pain patients’ (N = 350) interactions with their healthcare providers are, in addition to gender, shaped along axes of race and socioeconomic status. Guided by intersectionality and the theory of communicative (dis)enfranchisement (TCD), this study illustrates how quantitative …

  • LGBTQI Sexual Well-Being and Embodiment After Cancer

    Open AccessA Denes, Jane M Ussher et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Sex Research2024Citada por: 1Referencias: 3

    This study examined lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) cancer patients' sexual well-being post-cancer, and the associations between sexual well-being and social support, physical concerns, distress, quality of life (QOL), and coping. We used a mixed-methods approach, including 430 surveys and 103 interviews, representing a range of tumor types, sexual and gender identities, age groups, and intersex status. The findin…

  • Testing the Communication During Sexual Activity Model

    Open AccessMargaret Bennett‐brown, A DenesARTICLECommunication Research2023

    Preliminary evidence suggests that communication during and after sexual activity is linked to positive sexual and relational assessments, but the process of communication during sexual activity (i.e., predictors and outcomes of such behavior) has yet to be explicated. As such, the current study puts forth the Communication During Sexual Activity model, which posits that one’s propensity for affectionate communication, sexual self-esteem, and sex…

  • Exploring linguistic markers, threat appraisals, and genetic variation during mixed‐sex couples' conflict conversations

    Open AccessA Denes, J P Crowley et al.ARTICLEPersonal Relationships2023Referencias: 9

    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

    J P Crowley, A Denes et al.ARTICLECommunication Monographs2023Citada por: 1Referencias: 15

    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…

  • Living through the pandemic together

    Open AccessA Denes, Tara Cornelius et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2023Citada por: 3Referencias: 41

    The present study tested several pathways detailed in the theory of resilience and relational load (TRRL) in the context of urban couples living together during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fifty cohabitating couples completed a baseline assessment and 7 days of daily diaries. Results indicated that, the more an individual or their partner reported being communally oriented within their relationship at baseline, the greater that individual's relational…

  • 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-…

    A Denes, J P Crowley et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2022

    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…

  • Sexuality and mental health during the pandemic

    A Denes, Tara Cornelius et al.ARTICLECommunication Research Reports2022

    The present study explored the associations among COVID-19 anxiety, sexual communication, and sexual satisfaction in couples cohabitating together during the pandemic lockdown. Forty-one couples living in three major cities in the United States completed a survey during the early months of the pandemic. Multilevel modeling revealed that individuals’ sexual communication was associated with their own, but not their partner’s, reported sexual satis…

  • Required to work from home

    Rory Mcgloin, Amanda Coletti et al.ARTICLECommunication Research Reports2022

    This study examined how the COVID-19 pandemic and related work-from-home (WFH) mandates impacted the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) channels in the workplace and how the use of CMC channels influenced the perceived quality of supervisory relationships. A survey was administered during spring 2020 to a sample of U.S. employees required to work remotely due to COVID-19. The findings indicated a significant relationship between the use…

  • Too much too soon

    Open AccessChelsea Guest, A DenesARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2022

  • Relationship quality and objectively measured physical activity before and after implementation of Covid-19 stay-home orders

    Open AccessTara Cornelius, A Denes et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2022Citada por: 2Referencias: 28

    In a sample of 28 individuals cohabiting with a partner in NYC, Boston, or Chicago, this study tested whether implementation of stay-home orders to combat the spread of COVID-19 disrupted physical activity and whether high-quality romantic relationships buffered adverse effects. Participants provided FitBit data between February and October, 2020. Stay-home orders were associated with a reduction in daily step counts, B = −1595.72, p = 0.018, inc…

  • Gene X Environment Interactions and Pillow Talk

    Open AccessA DenesARTICLECommunication Studies2021

    The present investigation tested the effects of a gene x environment interaction on sexual communication and relational well-being. It was hypothesized that the interaction of variation in oxytocin receptor gene OXTR rs53576 and orgasm would predict post sex communication and subsequent relationship satisfaction. The results revealed that for women in the sample, orgasm was positively associated with disclosing positive thoughts and feelings for …

  • Forgiveness through Writing

    Open AccessJ P Crowley, A Denes et al.ARTICLENarrative Inquiry2021Referencias: 9

    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 …