Leah E Bryant
Biographic Data
| ID | 4890827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leah E Bryant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leah E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bryant |
| SIGNATURE | BRYANT L E |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9796-2753 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Memorable messages, perceived message deficiencies, and advice from estranged queer adolescents
This study explores the intersection of education and family socialization through memorable messages reported by adolescents who are estranged from their parents because of their queer identity (estranged queer adolescents [EQAs)]). Using the theory of memorable messages, 40 EQAs aged 13–19 described memorable messages they received during their estrangement process, the deficiencies in those messages, and messages they had for others. We identi…
Overcoming Obstacles by Enacting Resilience: How Queer Adolescents Respond to Being Estranged From Their Parents
Queer adolescents experience compounding complications especially when they are estranged from their parents. Findings from a sample of 40 estranged queer adolescents revealed four triggers, five resilience processes, and three co-occurring relationships between the triggers and processes. Based on these findings, we advance the communication theory of resilience by (a) illustrating resilience enactments with an adolescent population, (b) introdu…
The Use of Behavioral Indicators of Sibling Commitment Among Emerging Adults
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the role that commitment plays in emerging adult sibling relationships. In the first study, 148 participants provided 436 examples of how they showed sibling commitment that were coded into 11 behavioral indicators of commitment. In the second study, 140 participants indicated the extent to which they used each of the 11 behavioral indicators of commitment with a targeted sibling and completed meas…
Stepchildren's Perceptions of the Contradictions in Communication with Stepparents
This interpretive study, framed in relational dialectics theory, sought to identify stepchildren's perceptions of the contradictions that animate communication with the stepparent in their household of primary residence. In-depth interviews were conducted, producing 802 pages of double-spaced interview transcripts, which were analyzed inductively for commonly experienced contradictions of stepchild-stepparent communication. Three underlying contr…
Stepchildren's Perceptions of the Contradictions in Communication with Stepparents
This interpretive study, framed in relational dialectics theory, sought to identify stepchildren's perceptions of the contradictions that animate communication with the stepparent in their household of primary residence. In-depth interviews were conducted, producing 802 pages of double-spaced interview transcripts, which were analyzed inductively for commonly experienced contradictions of stepchild-stepparent communication. Three underlying contr…
The Use of Behavioral Indicators of Sibling Commitment Among Emerging Adults
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the role that commitment plays in emerging adult sibling relationships. In the first study, 148 participants provided 436 examples of how they showed sibling commitment that were coded into 11 behavioral indicators of commitment. In the second study, 140 participants indicated the extent to which they used each of the 11 behavioral indicators of commitment with a targeted sibling and completed meas…
Stepchildren's Perceptions of the Contradictions in Communication with Stepparents
This interpretive study, framed in relational dialectics theory, sought to identify stepchildren's perceptions of the contradictions that animate communication with the stepparent in their household of primary residence. In-depth interviews were conducted, producing 802 pages of double-spaced interview transcripts, which were analyzed inductively for commonly experienced contradictions of stepchild-stepparent communication. Three underlying contr…
The Use of Behavioral Indicators of Sibling Commitment Among Emerging Adults
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the role that commitment plays in emerging adult sibling relationships. In the first study, 148 participants provided 436 examples of how they showed sibling commitment that were coded into 11 behavioral indicators of commitment. In the second study, 140 participants indicated the extent to which they used each of the 11 behavioral indicators of commitment with a targeted sibling and completed meas…
Overcoming Obstacles by Enacting Resilience: How Queer Adolescents Respond to Being Estranged From Their Parents
Queer adolescents experience compounding complications especially when they are estranged from their parents. Findings from a sample of 40 estranged queer adolescents revealed four triggers, five resilience processes, and three co-occurring relationships between the triggers and processes. Based on these findings, we advance the communication theory of resilience by (a) illustrating resilience enactments with an adolescent population, (b) introdu…
Memorable messages, perceived message deficiencies, and advice from estranged queer adolescents
This study explores the intersection of education and family socialization through memorable messages reported by adolescents who are estranged from their parents because of their queer identity (estranged queer adolescents [EQAs)]). Using the theory of memorable messages, 40 EQAs aged 13–19 described memorable messages they received during their estrangement process, the deficiencies in those messages, and messages they had for others. We identi…
Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Developmental psychology (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Queer (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (1 works) · Closeness (1 works)