Jocelyn M Degroot
Biographic Data
| ID | 218998 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jocelyn M Degroot |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jocelyn M |
| FAMILY NAME | Degroot |
| SIGNATURE | DEGROOT J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Southern Illinois University Edwardsville |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7724-3949 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Coping with Loss in Caregiving: Comparing the Experiences of Dementia Family Caregivers and Parents of Medically Complex Children
Applying the dual-process model of coping with bereavement, we examined how dementia family caregivers and parents of medically complex children (MCC) experience and cope with loss on a daily basis. Integrating caregiving experiences at both ends of the lifespan revealed largely similar experiences of loss in caregiving as well as nuanced differences in grieving and coping. Using interview data from 26 dementia family caregivers and 26 MCC caregi…
The Rare Life: Examining Parents’ Grief, Barriers, and Facilitators Associated with Caring for Medically Complex Children
Caring for medically complex children (MCC) involves physical, financial, and emotional challenges for parents, who are often grieving the loss of their expectations or vision for a healthy child. We applied Miles’ parental grief model to explore the experiences of 25 parent-caregivers who were interviewed for The Rare Life, a podcast in which a mother of a MCC interviews parents about their experiences caring for their MCC. We characterize paren…
Examining Changes in Affection and “Feeling Touched Out” after the Birth of a Child
This research explored changes in affection, with a particular focus on feeling touched out, for parents after the birth of their child. An online questionnaire asked parents (N = 39 U.S. adults) open-ended questions to investigate changes in affection after the birth of their child. Thematic analysis indicated that approximately a little over half of the sample reported reduced affection after the birth of their child, including feeling “touched…
Creating and Using Facebook Groups for Collaborative (Auto)ethnography and Ethnographic Sensemaking
Much computer-mediated communication (CMC) literature has focused on how technology can influence interpersonal relationships and, in turn, lived experiences in social networking sites (SNSs) and offline. Throughout this article we aim to provide a foundation for readers engaging in research on SNSs, specifically Facebook—though our findings here are movable to other text-based platforms, such as Twitter and Reddit. We used a private/hidden Faceb…
I don't let everyone see my struggles”: Mothers' social support and privacy management
This study explored the connection between communication privacy management and person‐centered messages directed toward mothers, as they make decisions to disclose or not disclose parenting challenges in the face of needing social support. One hundred thirty‐six mothers completed the online open‐ended survey. Findings revealed that, if they chose to share their challenges, mothers tended to disclose parenting challenges to others with whom they …
Loss, Meaning-Making, and Coping After the 2016 Presidential Election
Hillary Rodham Clinton was heralded by news outlets and political pundits as the clear frontrunner and expected winner of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Her election loss to Republican Donald Trump was not only surprising, for many voters, it was devastating. Guided by the death studies literature about meaning-making after a loss, the purpose of this study was to explore how voters who were disappointed by the results of the election made …
Unexpected Negative Participant Responses and Researcher Safety: “Fuck Your Survey and Your Safe Space, Trigger Warning Bullshit”
In this article, the authors revisit their experiences analyzing open-ended responses to an online questionnaire about the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. This piece initiates the discussion about the role of participant ethics in studies. People who did not fit the research eligibility requirements participated in the study and contributed vile remarks about the questionnaire and the authors. In addition to claiming the questionnaire protocol w…
The Weight of Our Household Rests on My Shoulders: Inequity in Family Work
This study explores gendered work imbalance, particularly pertaining to parenthood, and posits a social justice perspective with equity theory. Participants for this study were mothers who disclosed their lived experiences with family workload and inequity in an online, open-ended survey. Findings reinforce previous literature, indicating that there is an imbalance in equity between heterosexual romantic partners, and that mothers are overworked …
Communication Apprehension About Death, Religious Group Affiliation, and Religiosity: Predictors of Organ and Body Donation Decisions
Communication willingness has previously been identified as an important communication factor in influencing individuals' decisions to become an organ donor. Missing from this conversation is the role of communication apprehension about death and its impact on donation decisions. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between communication apprehension about death, religiosity, religious affiliation, and donation decisions. Th…
Development and Validation of the Communication Apprehension About Death Scale
Two studies ( N = 621) were conducted to develop and initially validate the Communication Apprehension About Death Scale (CADS). In Study 1, 302 general public participants completed a preliminary list of 66 items. An exploratory factor analysis identified two distinct dimensions of communication apprehension about death: communication anxiety and communication avoidance. A different group of participants ( n = 319) participated in Study 2. Parti…
A Model of Transcorporeal Communication: Communication Toward/With/to the Deceased
Research indicates that people maintain a connection with deceased loved ones, which can be healthy for the bereaved individuals. To maintain these bonds, people readily admit to communicating with the deceased. Although communication with the deceased shares similarities with traditional models of interpersonal communication, it is distinctly different. Interviews with 20 individuals revealed support for a model of transcorporeal communication, …
A View From the Top”: Crafting the Male “Domdentity” in Domestic Discipline Relationships
Domestic discipline (DD) is a relationship approach that advocates wifely submission and male dominance through the use of disciplinary tactics such as spanking. Because DD is seen as a deviant behavioral approach to relationships, men often turn to blogs to chronicle their experiences with DD. These blogs provide insight regarding their identity as a Dominant (Dom), or what they refer to as their “Domdentity.” The purpose of our study is to inve…
Exploiting Loss: Ethical Considerations, Boundaries, and Opportunities for the Study of Death and Grief Online
More people are turning to the Internet to communicate about dying, death, and grief experiences. This theoretical article explores the ethical dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities presented to researchers interested in exploring how death and grief are communicated online. Weaving together the literatures of computer-mediated communication and thanatology (dying and death), we discuss the ways in which many common ethical dilemmas uniquely ma…
Topping from the Bottom”: Relational Convergence of Meaning in Domestic Discipline Relationships
It May Not Be Pretty, But It's Honest”: Examining Parental Grief on the Callapitter Blog
Following the death of a child, parents are turning to alternative means of communication to express their grief In this instrumental case study, the authors explore how 1 woman, Amy Ambrusko, communicates her grief experience on her blog, emotionally negotiating loss and parental grief. Guided by M. S. Miles's (1984) parental grief model, the authors argue that the Callapitter blog serves as a case study illustration of online parental grief. Sp…
For Whom the Bell Tolls”: Emotional Rubbernecking in Facebook Memorial Groups
Facebook memorial groups are often formed as a way for people to remember a deceased loved one. Because of the public nature of communication on Facebook, people who did not intimately know the deceased (emotional rubberneckers) can locate memorial groups and watch as people grieve the loss of their friend or family member. Using grounded theory methods, the author identified and examined the function of the rubberneckers' messages posted on 10 F…
Maintaining Relational Continuity with the Deceased on Facebook
Scholars have noted that communication helps maintain relational continuity despite physical absence; yet, the specific role of communication in continuing a relationship with the deceased has not been analyzed. In this study, messages directed to the deceased on Facebook memorial group walls were examined to explore how grieving individuals utilize Facebook memorial groups in order to make sense of the death of a loved one and reconnect with the…
Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness
This investigation tested a theoretical model of communication behavior with specific Facebook friends, such that attitudes toward (a) online self-disclosure, and (b) online social connection, predict Facebook communication frequency and, in turn, relational closeness. Participants included both undergraduates and older adults. Results generally supported the model, with the interaction effect between self-disclosure and social connection directl…
For Whom the Bell Tolls”: Emotional Rubbernecking in Facebook Memorial Groups
Facebook memorial groups are often formed as a way for people to remember a deceased loved one. Because of the public nature of communication on Facebook, people who did not intimately know the deceased (emotional rubberneckers) can locate memorial groups and watch as people grieve the loss of their friend or family member. Using grounded theory methods, the author identified and examined the function of the rubberneckers' messages posted on 10 F…
The Weight of Our Household Rests on My Shoulders: Inequity in Family Work
This study explores gendered work imbalance, particularly pertaining to parenthood, and posits a social justice perspective with equity theory. Participants for this study were mothers who disclosed their lived experiences with family workload and inequity in an online, open-ended survey. Findings reinforce previous literature, indicating that there is an imbalance in equity between heterosexual romantic partners, and that mothers are overworked …
It May Not Be Pretty, But It's Honest”: Examining Parental Grief on the Callapitter Blog
Following the death of a child, parents are turning to alternative means of communication to express their grief In this instrumental case study, the authors explore how 1 woman, Amy Ambrusko, communicates her grief experience on her blog, emotionally negotiating loss and parental grief. Guided by M. S. Miles's (1984) parental grief model, the authors argue that the Callapitter blog serves as a case study illustration of online parental grief. Sp…
Loss, Meaning-Making, and Coping After the 2016 Presidential Election
Hillary Rodham Clinton was heralded by news outlets and political pundits as the clear frontrunner and expected winner of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Her election loss to Republican Donald Trump was not only surprising, for many voters, it was devastating. Guided by the death studies literature about meaning-making after a loss, the purpose of this study was to explore how voters who were disappointed by the results of the election made …
Topping from the Bottom”: Relational Convergence of Meaning in Domestic Discipline Relationships
I don't let everyone see my struggles”: Mothers' social support and privacy management
This study explored the connection between communication privacy management and person‐centered messages directed toward mothers, as they make decisions to disclose or not disclose parenting challenges in the face of needing social support. One hundred thirty‐six mothers completed the online open‐ended survey. Findings revealed that, if they chose to share their challenges, mothers tended to disclose parenting challenges to others with whom they …
Unexpected Negative Participant Responses and Researcher Safety: “Fuck Your Survey and Your Safe Space, Trigger Warning Bullshit”
In this article, the authors revisit their experiences analyzing open-ended responses to an online questionnaire about the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. This piece initiates the discussion about the role of participant ethics in studies. People who did not fit the research eligibility requirements participated in the study and contributed vile remarks about the questionnaire and the authors. In addition to claiming the questionnaire protocol w…
A View From the Top”: Crafting the Male “Domdentity” in Domestic Discipline Relationships
Domestic discipline (DD) is a relationship approach that advocates wifely submission and male dominance through the use of disciplinary tactics such as spanking. Because DD is seen as a deviant behavioral approach to relationships, men often turn to blogs to chronicle their experiences with DD. These blogs provide insight regarding their identity as a Dominant (Dom), or what they refer to as their “Domdentity.” The purpose of our study is to inve…
Examining Changes in Affection and “Feeling Touched Out” after the Birth of a Child
This research explored changes in affection, with a particular focus on feeling touched out, for parents after the birth of their child. An online questionnaire asked parents (N = 39 U.S. adults) open-ended questions to investigate changes in affection after the birth of their child. Thematic analysis indicated that approximately a little over half of the sample reported reduced affection after the birth of their child, including feeling “touched…
Attitudes Toward Online Social Connection and Self-Disclosure as Predictors of Facebook Communication and Relational Closeness
This investigation tested a theoretical model of communication behavior with specific Facebook friends, such that attitudes toward (a) online self-disclosure, and (b) online social connection, predict Facebook communication frequency and, in turn, relational closeness. Participants included both undergraduates and older adults. Results generally supported the model, with the interaction effect between self-disclosure and social connection directl…
Maintaining Relational Continuity with the Deceased on Facebook
Scholars have noted that communication helps maintain relational continuity despite physical absence; yet, the specific role of communication in continuing a relationship with the deceased has not been analyzed. In this study, messages directed to the deceased on Facebook memorial group walls were examined to explore how grieving individuals utilize Facebook memorial groups in order to make sense of the death of a loved one and reconnect with the…
It May Not Be Pretty, But It's Honest”: Examining Parental Grief on the Callapitter Blog
Following the death of a child, parents are turning to alternative means of communication to express their grief In this instrumental case study, the authors explore how 1 woman, Amy Ambrusko, communicates her grief experience on her blog, emotionally negotiating loss and parental grief. Guided by M. S. Miles's (1984) parental grief model, the authors argue that the Callapitter blog serves as a case study illustration of online parental grief. Sp…
For Whom the Bell Tolls”: Emotional Rubbernecking in Facebook Memorial Groups
Facebook memorial groups are often formed as a way for people to remember a deceased loved one. Because of the public nature of communication on Facebook, people who did not intimately know the deceased (emotional rubberneckers) can locate memorial groups and watch as people grieve the loss of their friend or family member. Using grounded theory methods, the author identified and examined the function of the rubberneckers' messages posted on 10 F…
Exploiting Loss: Ethical Considerations, Boundaries, and Opportunities for the Study of Death and Grief Online
More people are turning to the Internet to communicate about dying, death, and grief experiences. This theoretical article explores the ethical dilemmas, challenges, and opportunities presented to researchers interested in exploring how death and grief are communicated online. Weaving together the literatures of computer-mediated communication and thanatology (dying and death), we discuss the ways in which many common ethical dilemmas uniquely ma…
Topping from the Bottom”: Relational Convergence of Meaning in Domestic Discipline Relationships
A View From the Top”: Crafting the Male “Domdentity” in Domestic Discipline Relationships
Domestic discipline (DD) is a relationship approach that advocates wifely submission and male dominance through the use of disciplinary tactics such as spanking. Because DD is seen as a deviant behavioral approach to relationships, men often turn to blogs to chronicle their experiences with DD. These blogs provide insight regarding their identity as a Dominant (Dom), or what they refer to as their “Domdentity.” The purpose of our study is to inve…
Development and Validation of the Communication Apprehension About Death Scale
Two studies ( N = 621) were conducted to develop and initially validate the Communication Apprehension About Death Scale (CADS). In Study 1, 302 general public participants completed a preliminary list of 66 items. An exploratory factor analysis identified two distinct dimensions of communication apprehension about death: communication anxiety and communication avoidance. A different group of participants ( n = 319) participated in Study 2. Parti…
A Model of Transcorporeal Communication: Communication Toward/With/to the Deceased
Research indicates that people maintain a connection with deceased loved ones, which can be healthy for the bereaved individuals. To maintain these bonds, people readily admit to communicating with the deceased. Although communication with the deceased shares similarities with traditional models of interpersonal communication, it is distinctly different. Interviews with 20 individuals revealed support for a model of transcorporeal communication, …
Communication Apprehension About Death, Religious Group Affiliation, and Religiosity: Predictors of Organ and Body Donation Decisions
Communication willingness has previously been identified as an important communication factor in influencing individuals' decisions to become an organ donor. Missing from this conversation is the role of communication apprehension about death and its impact on donation decisions. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between communication apprehension about death, religiosity, religious affiliation, and donation decisions. Th…
Unexpected Negative Participant Responses and Researcher Safety: “Fuck Your Survey and Your Safe Space, Trigger Warning Bullshit”
In this article, the authors revisit their experiences analyzing open-ended responses to an online questionnaire about the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. This piece initiates the discussion about the role of participant ethics in studies. People who did not fit the research eligibility requirements participated in the study and contributed vile remarks about the questionnaire and the authors. In addition to claiming the questionnaire protocol w…
The Weight of Our Household Rests on My Shoulders: Inequity in Family Work
This study explores gendered work imbalance, particularly pertaining to parenthood, and posits a social justice perspective with equity theory. Participants for this study were mothers who disclosed their lived experiences with family workload and inequity in an online, open-ended survey. Findings reinforce previous literature, indicating that there is an imbalance in equity between heterosexual romantic partners, and that mothers are overworked …
I don't let everyone see my struggles”: Mothers' social support and privacy management
This study explored the connection between communication privacy management and person‐centered messages directed toward mothers, as they make decisions to disclose or not disclose parenting challenges in the face of needing social support. One hundred thirty‐six mothers completed the online open‐ended survey. Findings revealed that, if they chose to share their challenges, mothers tended to disclose parenting challenges to others with whom they …
Loss, Meaning-Making, and Coping After the 2016 Presidential Election
Hillary Rodham Clinton was heralded by news outlets and political pundits as the clear frontrunner and expected winner of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election. Her election loss to Republican Donald Trump was not only surprising, for many voters, it was devastating. Guided by the death studies literature about meaning-making after a loss, the purpose of this study was to explore how voters who were disappointed by the results of the election made …
Examining Changes in Affection and “Feeling Touched Out” after the Birth of a Child
This research explored changes in affection, with a particular focus on feeling touched out, for parents after the birth of their child. An online questionnaire asked parents (N = 39 U.S. adults) open-ended questions to investigate changes in affection after the birth of their child. Thematic analysis indicated that approximately a little over half of the sample reported reduced affection after the birth of their child, including feeling “touched…
Creating and Using Facebook Groups for Collaborative (Auto)ethnography and Ethnographic Sensemaking
Much computer-mediated communication (CMC) literature has focused on how technology can influence interpersonal relationships and, in turn, lived experiences in social networking sites (SNSs) and offline. Throughout this article we aim to provide a foundation for readers engaging in research on SNSs, specifically Facebook—though our findings here are movable to other text-based platforms, such as Twitter and Reddit. We used a private/hidden Faceb…
The Rare Life: Examining Parents’ Grief, Barriers, and Facilitators Associated with Caring for Medically Complex Children
Caring for medically complex children (MCC) involves physical, financial, and emotional challenges for parents, who are often grieving the loss of their expectations or vision for a healthy child. We applied Miles’ parental grief model to explore the experiences of 25 parent-caregivers who were interviewed for The Rare Life, a podcast in which a mother of a MCC interviews parents about their experiences caring for their MCC. We characterize paren…
Coping with Loss in Caregiving: Comparing the Experiences of Dementia Family Caregivers and Parents of Medically Complex Children
Applying the dual-process model of coping with bereavement, we examined how dementia family caregivers and parents of medically complex children (MCC) experience and cope with loss on a daily basis. Integrating caregiving experiences at both ends of the lifespan revealed largely similar experiences of loss in caregiving as well as nuanced differences in grieving and coping. Using interview data from 26 dementia family caregivers and 26 MCC caregi…
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (7 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Grief (5 works)