Rudy Pett

Biographic Data

ID757682
NAMERudy Pett
GIVEN NAMESRudy
FAMILY NAMEPett
SIGNATUREPETT R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Texas at Austin, USA
ORCID0000-0003-0463-8522
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • A Latent Profile Analysis of Relational Maintenance Behaviors in Romantic Relationships

    Open AccessRudy Pett, Colton E KrawietzARTICLEPersonal Relationships2025References: 11

    Existing research reflects extensive knowledge of how individuals enact relational maintenance (RM) in close relationships and the relational antecedents, as well as outcomes, of RM behaviors. Although traditional approaches often assess the frequencies of five core RM behaviors (e.g., openness, assurances, positivity, social networks, and sharing tasks), little attention has been directed toward how individuals may enact RM behaviors relative to…

  • A Phronetic Iterative Analysis of Decisions to Disclose Negative Feelings About Others’ (Non)compliance with Recommended Covid Precaution Behaviors

    Open AccessRudy Pett, Abigail Hazlett et al.ARTICLECommunication Studies2023

    The current study analyzed 212 college students’ decisions to express or suppress negative feelings about the extent to which others enact recommended COVID-19 precaution behaviors. Using a phronetic iterative analysis, participant experiences were examined in terms of (a) choices to express or suppress their negative feelings and (b) the reasons underlying their disclosure decisions. Significant themes emerged with both response categories. The …

  • A Systematic Literature Review of Latent Variable Mixture Modeling in Communication Scholarship

    Colton E Krawietz, Rudy PettARTICLECommunication Methods and Measures2023References: 17

    Recently, latent variable mixture modeling has gained traction in many disciplines, given its unique ability to discover unknown groups within a broader population. Indeed, this method assumes that a finite number of mixtures (i.e. unknown groups) exist within the population and can be discovered by evaluating participants' response patterns to a set of manifest indicators. Despite the intuitive approach, recommendations have been proposed to ove…

  • Investigating relationship dispositions as explanations for on-again/off-again relationships

    Open AccessRené M Dailey, Lingzi Zhong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2020Cited by: 1References: 18

    The current study explored whether individuals with certain relationship dispositions were more likely to be involved in on-again/off-again (on-off) relationships. A sample of 211 currently dating participants in either on-off or non-cyclical relationships completed an online survey about relationship dispositions (e.g., attachment, implicit beliefs) and positive and negative aspects of relational quality (e.g., satisfaction, commitment, disillus…

  • Post-dissolution ambivalence, breakup adjustment, and relationship reconciliation

    Open AccessRené M Dailey, Lingzi Zhong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2020Cited by: 3References: 49

    Relational ambivalence is conceptualized as having conflicting thoughts and feelings toward one's partner or relationship. The current study explored how ambivalence about an ex-partner in a post-dissolution stage was associated with breakup distress as well as reconciliation. The moderating role of whether the relationship had previously cycled through breakups and renewals (on-off) or not (non-cyclical) was also examined. The 275 participants c…