Dena M Huisman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4878767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dena M Huisman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dena M |
| FAMILY NAME | Huisman |
| SIGNATURE | HUISMAN D M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8338-2515 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Social Power and Communicating Social Support
This book gives readers an understanding of the theoretical foundations of social support communication along with practical tools to ethically and justly connect with and support others in daily life. Incorporating research, real-world examples, and autoethnographic methods, this book examines how social hierarchies, personal power dynamics, and relational and social histories can be better understood to create stronger social support messages a…
I Am This Widow
This paper elaborates on relational processes of social support after widowhood in mid-life. It extends knowledge in effective support by examining themes of friendship communication between widows and their friends rather than widows' individual perceptions, and co-construction of support communication. Findings indicate that when social support is constructed between individuals with a focus on the specific relationship, support is highly value…
Telling a Family Culture
This study examines the role of public performance of private family identity through family storytelling. Using Narrative Performance Theory (Langellier & Peterson, 2006a), stories told as part of The Library of Congress's StoryCorps project were analyzed for how families publicly told private family stories to identify themselves as a particular family as well as a culturally appropriate family in the modern United States. Five themes of cultur…
Lay Conceptions of “Family”
This study replicates and extends research initiated by Trost (1990) Trost, J. 1990. Do we mean the same by the concept of family?. Communication Research, 17: 431–443. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]. In particular, 181 university students provided perceptual data on the family status of each of 23 structural constellations. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups that manipulated two independent …
Lay Conceptions of “Family”
This study replicates and extends research initiated by Trost (1990) Trost, J. 1990. Do we mean the same by the concept of family?. Communication Research, 17: 431–443. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]. In particular, 181 university students provided perceptual data on the family status of each of 23 structural constellations. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups that manipulated two independent …
Telling a Family Culture
This study examines the role of public performance of private family identity through family storytelling. Using Narrative Performance Theory (Langellier & Peterson, 2006a), stories told as part of The Library of Congress's StoryCorps project were analyzed for how families publicly told private family stories to identify themselves as a particular family as well as a culturally appropriate family in the modern United States. Five themes of cultur…
Lay Conceptions of “Family”
This study replicates and extends research initiated by Trost (1990) Trost, J. 1990. Do we mean the same by the concept of family?. Communication Research, 17: 431–443. [Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]. In particular, 181 university students provided perceptual data on the family status of each of 23 structural constellations. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups that manipulated two independent …
Telling a Family Culture
This study examines the role of public performance of private family identity through family storytelling. Using Narrative Performance Theory (Langellier & Peterson, 2006a), stories told as part of The Library of Congress's StoryCorps project were analyzed for how families publicly told private family stories to identify themselves as a particular family as well as a culturally appropriate family in the modern United States. Five themes of cultur…
I Am This Widow
This paper elaborates on relational processes of social support after widowhood in mid-life. It extends knowledge in effective support by examining themes of friendship communication between widows and their friends rather than widows' individual perceptions, and co-construction of support communication. Findings indicate that when social support is constructed between individuals with a focus on the specific relationship, support is highly value…
Social Power and Communicating Social Support
This book gives readers an understanding of the theoretical foundations of social support communication along with practical tools to ethically and justly connect with and support others in daily life. Incorporating research, real-world examples, and autoethnographic methods, this book examines how social hierarchies, personal power dynamics, and relational and social histories can be better understood to create stronger social support messages a…
Sociology (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (2 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Perception (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Cultural identity (1 works)