Tricia J Burke
Biographic Data
| ID | 760647 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tricia J Burke |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tricia J |
| FAMILY NAME | Burke |
| SIGNATURE | BURKE T J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9699-0672 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
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…
‘It's a roller coaster of emotions!’: Investigating the paradoxes of childcare app use and work engagement
This study extends literature on work-life negotiations by exploring how parents navigate ideal worker and motherhood norms through personal technologies at work. We focused on childcare apps as a context to develop scholarship in this area, as these technologies uniquely facilitate parental connection with children during the workday, adding new complexities to the growing entanglement of personal and professional life. Open-ended responses from…
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…
Recognizing the blurred boundary between health‐related support and control in close relationships
In this review, we analyze the blurred boundary – or conceptual convergence – between health‐related social support and social control in close relationships. We begin with a brief overview of research on social support, defined as the provision of assistance or influence to help a close other achieve a health‐related goal or cope with illness related stressors, and social control, refers to communication intended to evoke health behavior change …
Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions: A support marshaling analysis
The current study sought to investigate how individuals optimize their partner's support during a weight transition to accomplish their weight loss goals. A theoretical model was tested to determine the role of support marshaling in managing the relational turbulence associated with weight transitions. Path modeling broadly identified that support marshaling is a useful framework from which to consider how relational turbulence associated with we…
The role of close others in promoting weight management and body image outcomes: An application of confirmation, self-determination, social control, and social support
Four theoretical perspectives grounded this examination of mothers', romantic partners', and friends' interpersonal communication behaviors related to young women's weight management behaviors and body image outcomes. Specifically, behaviors identified by confirmation (i.e., acceptance and challenge), self-determination (i.e., autonomous and controlled motivation), social control (i.e., positive and negative social control), and social support (i…
Interpersonal effects of health-related social control: Positive and negative influence, partner health transformations, and relationship quality
It is common for romantic partners to influence one another's health maintenance behaviors. Previous research has examined positively and negatively framed social control messages to understand health behavior outcomes and relational affect; however, this study confirms and extends previous research by studying the associations between health transformations (from interdependence theory, health behaviors enacted for the partner) and relationship …
Young Adult and Parent Perceptions of Facilitation: Associations with Overparenting, Family Functioning, and Student Adjustment
Overparenting occurs when parents engage in developmentally inappropriate involvement in their children’s lives. This topic is salient in the context of young adults attending college, as this developmental stage necessitates independent decision-making and adjustment on the part of these students. At the same time, the turbulence involved in this transition might engender parental interference and facilitation that could impact young adults’ adj…
Social Compensation and Enhancement via Mediated Communication in the Transition to College
This study extends the frameworks of social compensation and enhancement to examine students' social competence, daily well-being, and daily mediated communication with a parent when transitioning to college. First-semester college students (N = 155) completed a measure of social competence and 3–10 daily surveys (M = 6.94; SD = 4.24) regarding communication with a parent, loneliness, and stress. Consistent with social compensation, for participa…
Channel complementarity and multiplexity in long-distance friends’ patterns of communication technology use
Understanding how people use communication technologies (CTs) in close relationships requires examining interdependencies in or patterns of CT use in those relationships. We combined channel complementarity theory and media multiplexity theory to investigate first-year college students’ ( N = 155) use of CTs (video chat, phone calls, and text messaging) in close, long-distance friendships over a 3- to 10-day period. Overall, CTs were used complem…
Moving Away and Reaching Out: Young Adults’ Relational Maintenance and Psychosocial Well-Being During the Transition to College
In this study, we extended the research on students’ stress and psychosocial well-being during the transition to college to consider the potential moderating effect of their communication of relational maintenance with a parent. We found that as students’ (N = 155) daily stress increased, their daily loneliness and depression increased, and their daily happiness decreased. Moreover, we identified students’ daily communication of openness and assu…
Relational Sacrifices about Intimate Behavior and Relationship Quality for Expectant Cohabitors
Using interdependence theory, we examined how relational sacrifices specific to intimacy were associated with positive (commitment, satisfaction, love, and maintenance) and negative (ambivalence and conflict) relationship quality among expectant, unmarried cohabitors (n = 69 individuals), because this group may struggle relationally. We examined how often individuals made sacrifices for their partners and their partners’ perceived awareness of th…
Weight-related social control and relationship quality: Accuracy and bias effects
The purpose of this study was to investigate accuracy and bias effects in partners' reports and perceptions of diet- and exercise-related social control in conjunction with their relationship satisfaction. Actor-partner interdependence mediation models (APIMeM) were used to examine the reports of diet- and exercise-related social control in 192 couples. In line with the accuracy and bias framework, we found that couples are accurate and biased wi…
Complementary Channel Use and the Role of Social Competence
This study focused on channel complementarity among various interpersonal communication channels (face-to-face, telephone, e-mail, text messaging, and Facebook). We looked at daily channel use among 136 participants and demonstrated complementary channel use among most combinations of channels, excluding face-to-face. We also extended channel complementarity theory by examining social competence as a moderator of channel complementarity. Results …
The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Skills and Psychosocial Problems among Parents and their Young Adult Children
The primary aim of this study was to examine the potential intergenerational transmission of social skills and psychosocial problems (i.e., loneliness and anxiety) among a sample of 255 father-mother-adult child triads. These associations, along with the indirect effects of social skills and psychosocial problems, were examined using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that fathers' social skills and loneliness are predictive of their…
"You're going to eat that?" Relationship processes and conflict among mixed-weight couples
This study examines conflict among heterosexual mixed-weight (i.e., one overweight and one healthy weight partner) and matched-weight couples ( N = 43 couples). Participant sex, eating together, partner health support, and negative partner influence were examined as moderators of the association between weight status and conflict. Using dyadic models, we found that mixed-weight couples, specifically couples including overweight women and healthy …
Loneliness and poor health within families
This study was designed to determine whether loneliness clusters in families and if so, whether loneliness is associated with poor health in family members. Participants in the study were 456 individuals from 169 different family units who completed measures of loneliness, self-reported general health, self-reported physical symptoms, and structural support from family and friends. Results indicated that family membership explained significant va…
Sexual Transformations and Intimate Behaviors in Romantic Relationships
To understand the association between sexual transformations (i.e., changes in sexual behavior for the partner), intimate behaviors, and relationship quality among couples in romantic relationships, this study used Actor Partner Interdependence Models to examine frequency of sexual transformations, feelings about sexual transformations, and intimate behaviors as predictors of relationship satisfaction among 96 couples (N = 192). Sexual transforma…
"You're going to eat that?" Relationship processes and conflict among mixed-weight couples
This study examines conflict among heterosexual mixed-weight (i.e., one overweight and one healthy weight partner) and matched-weight couples ( N = 43 couples). Participant sex, eating together, partner health support, and negative partner influence were examined as moderators of the association between weight status and conflict. Using dyadic models, we found that mixed-weight couples, specifically couples including overweight women and healthy …
Channel complementarity and multiplexity in long-distance friends’ patterns of communication technology use
Understanding how people use communication technologies (CTs) in close relationships requires examining interdependencies in or patterns of CT use in those relationships. We combined channel complementarity theory and media multiplexity theory to investigate first-year college students’ ( N = 155) use of CTs (video chat, phone calls, and text messaging) in close, long-distance friendships over a 3- to 10-day period. Overall, CTs were used complem…
Sexual Transformations and Intimate Behaviors in Romantic Relationships
To understand the association between sexual transformations (i.e., changes in sexual behavior for the partner), intimate behaviors, and relationship quality among couples in romantic relationships, this study used Actor Partner Interdependence Models to examine frequency of sexual transformations, feelings about sexual transformations, and intimate behaviors as predictors of relationship satisfaction among 96 couples (N = 192). Sexual transforma…
Interpersonal effects of health-related social control: Positive and negative influence, partner health transformations, and relationship quality
It is common for romantic partners to influence one another's health maintenance behaviors. Previous research has examined positively and negatively framed social control messages to understand health behavior outcomes and relational affect; however, this study confirms and extends previous research by studying the associations between health transformations (from interdependence theory, health behaviors enacted for the partner) and relationship …
Young Adult and Parent Perceptions of Facilitation: Associations with Overparenting, Family Functioning, and Student Adjustment
Overparenting occurs when parents engage in developmentally inappropriate involvement in their children’s lives. This topic is salient in the context of young adults attending college, as this developmental stage necessitates independent decision-making and adjustment on the part of these students. At the same time, the turbulence involved in this transition might engender parental interference and facilitation that could impact young adults’ adj…
Complementary Channel Use and the Role of Social Competence
This study focused on channel complementarity among various interpersonal communication channels (face-to-face, telephone, e-mail, text messaging, and Facebook). We looked at daily channel use among 136 participants and demonstrated complementary channel use among most combinations of channels, excluding face-to-face. We also extended channel complementarity theory by examining social competence as a moderator of channel complementarity. Results …
Loneliness and poor health within families
This study was designed to determine whether loneliness clusters in families and if so, whether loneliness is associated with poor health in family members. Participants in the study were 456 individuals from 169 different family units who completed measures of loneliness, self-reported general health, self-reported physical symptoms, and structural support from family and friends. Results indicated that family membership explained significant va…
The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Skills and Psychosocial Problems among Parents and their Young Adult Children
The primary aim of this study was to examine the potential intergenerational transmission of social skills and psychosocial problems (i.e., loneliness and anxiety) among a sample of 255 father-mother-adult child triads. These associations, along with the indirect effects of social skills and psychosocial problems, were examined using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that fathers' social skills and loneliness are predictive of their…
The role of close others in promoting weight management and body image outcomes: An application of confirmation, self-determination, social control, and social support
Four theoretical perspectives grounded this examination of mothers', romantic partners', and friends' interpersonal communication behaviors related to young women's weight management behaviors and body image outcomes. Specifically, behaviors identified by confirmation (i.e., acceptance and challenge), self-determination (i.e., autonomous and controlled motivation), social control (i.e., positive and negative social control), and social support (i…
Social Compensation and Enhancement via Mediated Communication in the Transition to College
This study extends the frameworks of social compensation and enhancement to examine students' social competence, daily well-being, and daily mediated communication with a parent when transitioning to college. First-semester college students (N = 155) completed a measure of social competence and 3–10 daily surveys (M = 6.94; SD = 4.24) regarding communication with a parent, loneliness, and stress. Consistent with social compensation, for participa…
Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions: A support marshaling analysis
The current study sought to investigate how individuals optimize their partner's support during a weight transition to accomplish their weight loss goals. A theoretical model was tested to determine the role of support marshaling in managing the relational turbulence associated with weight transitions. Path modeling broadly identified that support marshaling is a useful framework from which to consider how relational turbulence associated with we…
Moving Away and Reaching Out: Young Adults’ Relational Maintenance and Psychosocial Well-Being During the Transition to College
In this study, we extended the research on students’ stress and psychosocial well-being during the transition to college to consider the potential moderating effect of their communication of relational maintenance with a parent. We found that as students’ (N = 155) daily stress increased, their daily loneliness and depression increased, and their daily happiness decreased. Moreover, we identified students’ daily communication of openness and assu…
Weight-related social control and relationship quality: Accuracy and bias effects
The purpose of this study was to investigate accuracy and bias effects in partners' reports and perceptions of diet- and exercise-related social control in conjunction with their relationship satisfaction. Actor-partner interdependence mediation models (APIMeM) were used to examine the reports of diet- and exercise-related social control in 192 couples. In line with the accuracy and bias framework, we found that couples are accurate and biased wi…
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…
Relational Sacrifices about Intimate Behavior and Relationship Quality for Expectant Cohabitors
Using interdependence theory, we examined how relational sacrifices specific to intimacy were associated with positive (commitment, satisfaction, love, and maintenance) and negative (ambivalence and conflict) relationship quality among expectant, unmarried cohabitors (n = 69 individuals), because this group may struggle relationally. We examined how often individuals made sacrifices for their partners and their partners’ perceived awareness of th…
Sexual Transformations and Intimate Behaviors in Romantic Relationships
To understand the association between sexual transformations (i.e., changes in sexual behavior for the partner), intimate behaviors, and relationship quality among couples in romantic relationships, this study used Actor Partner Interdependence Models to examine frequency of sexual transformations, feelings about sexual transformations, and intimate behaviors as predictors of relationship satisfaction among 96 couples (N = 192). Sexual transforma…
"You're going to eat that?" Relationship processes and conflict among mixed-weight couples
This study examines conflict among heterosexual mixed-weight (i.e., one overweight and one healthy weight partner) and matched-weight couples ( N = 43 couples). Participant sex, eating together, partner health support, and negative partner influence were examined as moderators of the association between weight status and conflict. Using dyadic models, we found that mixed-weight couples, specifically couples including overweight women and healthy …
Loneliness and poor health within families
This study was designed to determine whether loneliness clusters in families and if so, whether loneliness is associated with poor health in family members. Participants in the study were 456 individuals from 169 different family units who completed measures of loneliness, self-reported general health, self-reported physical symptoms, and structural support from family and friends. Results indicated that family membership explained significant va…
The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Skills and Psychosocial Problems among Parents and their Young Adult Children
The primary aim of this study was to examine the potential intergenerational transmission of social skills and psychosocial problems (i.e., loneliness and anxiety) among a sample of 255 father-mother-adult child triads. These associations, along with the indirect effects of social skills and psychosocial problems, were examined using structural equation modeling. Results indicated that fathers' social skills and loneliness are predictive of their…
Complementary Channel Use and the Role of Social Competence
This study focused on channel complementarity among various interpersonal communication channels (face-to-face, telephone, e-mail, text messaging, and Facebook). We looked at daily channel use among 136 participants and demonstrated complementary channel use among most combinations of channels, excluding face-to-face. We also extended channel complementarity theory by examining social competence as a moderator of channel complementarity. Results …
Moving Away and Reaching Out: Young Adults’ Relational Maintenance and Psychosocial Well-Being During the Transition to College
In this study, we extended the research on students’ stress and psychosocial well-being during the transition to college to consider the potential moderating effect of their communication of relational maintenance with a parent. We found that as students’ (N = 155) daily stress increased, their daily loneliness and depression increased, and their daily happiness decreased. Moreover, we identified students’ daily communication of openness and assu…
Relational Sacrifices about Intimate Behavior and Relationship Quality for Expectant Cohabitors
Using interdependence theory, we examined how relational sacrifices specific to intimacy were associated with positive (commitment, satisfaction, love, and maintenance) and negative (ambivalence and conflict) relationship quality among expectant, unmarried cohabitors (n = 69 individuals), because this group may struggle relationally. We examined how often individuals made sacrifices for their partners and their partners’ perceived awareness of th…
Weight-related social control and relationship quality: Accuracy and bias effects
The purpose of this study was to investigate accuracy and bias effects in partners' reports and perceptions of diet- and exercise-related social control in conjunction with their relationship satisfaction. Actor-partner interdependence mediation models (APIMeM) were used to examine the reports of diet- and exercise-related social control in 192 couples. In line with the accuracy and bias framework, we found that couples are accurate and biased wi…
Channel complementarity and multiplexity in long-distance friends’ patterns of communication technology use
Understanding how people use communication technologies (CTs) in close relationships requires examining interdependencies in or patterns of CT use in those relationships. We combined channel complementarity theory and media multiplexity theory to investigate first-year college students’ ( N = 155) use of CTs (video chat, phone calls, and text messaging) in close, long-distance friendships over a 3- to 10-day period. Overall, CTs were used complem…
Young Adult and Parent Perceptions of Facilitation: Associations with Overparenting, Family Functioning, and Student Adjustment
Overparenting occurs when parents engage in developmentally inappropriate involvement in their children’s lives. This topic is salient in the context of young adults attending college, as this developmental stage necessitates independent decision-making and adjustment on the part of these students. At the same time, the turbulence involved in this transition might engender parental interference and facilitation that could impact young adults’ adj…
Social Compensation and Enhancement via Mediated Communication in the Transition to College
This study extends the frameworks of social compensation and enhancement to examine students' social competence, daily well-being, and daily mediated communication with a parent when transitioning to college. First-semester college students (N = 155) completed a measure of social competence and 3–10 daily surveys (M = 6.94; SD = 4.24) regarding communication with a parent, loneliness, and stress. Consistent with social compensation, for participa…
Interpersonal effects of health-related social control: Positive and negative influence, partner health transformations, and relationship quality
It is common for romantic partners to influence one another's health maintenance behaviors. Previous research has examined positively and negatively framed social control messages to understand health behavior outcomes and relational affect; however, this study confirms and extends previous research by studying the associations between health transformations (from interdependence theory, health behaviors enacted for the partner) and relationship …
Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions: A support marshaling analysis
The current study sought to investigate how individuals optimize their partner's support during a weight transition to accomplish their weight loss goals. A theoretical model was tested to determine the role of support marshaling in managing the relational turbulence associated with weight transitions. Path modeling broadly identified that support marshaling is a useful framework from which to consider how relational turbulence associated with we…
The role of close others in promoting weight management and body image outcomes: An application of confirmation, self-determination, social control, and social support
Four theoretical perspectives grounded this examination of mothers', romantic partners', and friends' interpersonal communication behaviors related to young women's weight management behaviors and body image outcomes. Specifically, behaviors identified by confirmation (i.e., acceptance and challenge), self-determination (i.e., autonomous and controlled motivation), social control (i.e., positive and negative social control), and social support (i…
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…
Recognizing the blurred boundary between health‐related support and control in close relationships
In this review, we analyze the blurred boundary – or conceptual convergence – between health‐related social support and social control in close relationships. We begin with a brief overview of research on social support, defined as the provision of assistance or influence to help a close other achieve a health‐related goal or cope with illness related stressors, and social control, refers to communication intended to evoke health behavior change …
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…
‘It's a roller coaster of emotions!’: Investigating the paradoxes of childcare app use and work engagement
This study extends literature on work-life negotiations by exploring how parents navigate ideal worker and motherhood norms through personal technologies at work. We focused on childcare apps as a context to develop scholarship in this area, as these technologies uniquely facilitate parental connection with children during the workday, adding new complexities to the growing entanglement of personal and professional life. Open-ended responses from…
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 (19 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Interpersonal communication (4 works) · Loneliness (4 works)