Kellie S Brisini
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 766724 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kellie S Brisini |
| PRENOMES | Kellie S |
| SOBRENOME | Brisini |
| ASSINATURA | BRISINI K S |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Louisiana State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9682-2820 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 53 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Exploring the relational landscape of married partners caring for aging family members
While several studies point to decreased relationship quality among caregiving couples, few studies have examined the mechanisms through which providing care can shape or reshape the characteristics of romantic relationships. To shed light on this issue, we engage the frameworks of relational turbulence theory (RTT) and transition processing communication (TPC) to identify both (1) the ways caregiving for an aging adult influences marital relatio…
The Role of Relationship Parameters in Emotion Experiences During Interactions Between Romantic Partners
Relational turbulence theory explains the mechanisms whereby relationship parameters influence partners’ emotion, cognition, and communication during specific episodes. Using dyadic, collaborative interactions, this study tested three understudied claims proposed by the theory to shed light on the antecedents and consequences of emotion during everyday conversations between romantic partners. Seventy-one couples completed a pre-test survey that i…
Conflict tactics in serial arguments
Ultimatums are a consequential yet underexamined conflict strategy. While often perceived as a distributive tactic, they can also function as pivotal moments of boundary-setting and relational transformation. Despite their presence in compliance-gaining, negotiation, and reconciliation literature, little is known about how ultimatums operate in serial arguments within close relationships. Thus, we engaged the serial argument process model to (1) …
Examining the role of stress and transition processing communication in the relationship experiences of married caregivers
Caring for an aging adult can harm an individual’s mental, physical, and relational well-being. Couples providing eldercare often report increased tension and conflict, decreased time for intimacy, and lowered marital adjustment. Nonetheless, few studies have attempted to explain the mechanisms through which caregiving experiences impact relationship evaluations. This study engages the frameworks of relational turbulence theory and transition pro…
Preferences for social support and perceived support gaps among attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults
This study explores the social support desires and potential support gaps experienced by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults. ADHD adults who were in a romantic relationship ( N = 286) reported the amount of support they desire and experience from their romantic partner, as well as the intensity of three ADHD symptoms: emotional dysregulation, hyperactivity, and inattention. This study suggests that for ADHD adults the experien…
A longitudinal test of relational turbulence theory and serial arguments in romantic relationships
Relational turbulence theory (RTT) suggests that people perceive their romantic relationships as turbulent when they experience interactions that manifest the deleterious effects of relational uncertainty and altered patterns of interdependence. RTT also positions communication in these episodes as associated with subsequent relational uncertainty and qualities of interdependence. Using three-wave panel data collected at three-week intervals, thi…
Parenting the TikTok algorithm
Support features, psychological reactance, and support outcomes
This study examined the ways in which characteristics of support interactions associate with psychological reactance and, in turn, affect support outcomes. Recent studies have linked the content/quality of support messages to psychological reactance. We build on those findings by exploring associations between reactance and features of the support provider, recipient, and problem-context. We gathered data from 615 college students who described a…
Relational turbulence and couples' convergence and divergence in weekly highs and lows during three months of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown
Previous research has found relational benefits of interpersonal emotional convergence. Drawing on relational turbulence theory, we expected that partners' convergence in emotional high and low points is associated with relational uncertainty, qualities of interdependence, and relational turbulence. These hypotheses were tested using data retrieved from a longitudinal project in which spouses in 64 American married couples independently reported …
Turbulence, framing, and planning among college daters
Engaging relational turbulence theory (RTT), this study examined how dating partners' relationship quality predicted cognitions and communication during planning conversations. In a lab-based study, college dating partners (n = 71 different gender couples) assessed their relational turbulence, participated in two planning activities, and then reported their perceptions of collaborative planning and relational framing for each activity. Outside ob…
A Repeated-Measures Study of Relational Turbulence and Transition Processing Communication During the Summer of Covid-19 (Summer 2020)
Drawing upon relational turbulence theory and the experiencing life transitions model, this study examined communication and relationship qualities as married couples experienced work-family changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixty-four American married, different-sex partners affected by job-related changes due to COVID-19 reported their relationship qualities and their own and their spouse’s engagement in transition processing communication …
Linking stress to the emergence of relational turbulence in marriage
The assumption that stress negatively impacts marital relationships is widely accepted; however, the majority of research has focused on marital satisfaction as the outcome of interest. Relational turbulence is a quality of romantic associations on par with—but distinct from—satisfaction, in which partners conceptualize their relationship as chaotic or tumultuous. This paper draws on relational turbulence theory (RTT) and stress spillover researc…
The Spillover of Parenting Stress Onto Marital Qualities and Communication During Parenting Disagreements
This study engages relational turbulence theory to examine relationship functioning and communication among parents of teenagers. The hypotheses assessed associations between relational uncertainty and disrupted interdependence, and communication during conflict episodes related to childrearing, and considered parenting stress and coparenting alliance as antecedents of relationship parameters. Married, parents of teen children (n = 349) reported …
Relational turbulence and social network engagement during the summer of Covid-19
Background/Purpose: Relational turbulence theory suggests that changes in and around relationships create the potential for relational turbulence when everyday routines and scripts are upended and communication becomes polarized. In turn, perceptions of a romantic relationship as chaotic or tumultuous can influence a person's engagement with their social network. Alternately, previous research also suggests that engagement with friends and family…
Relational Uncertainty Within Relational Turbulence Theory
Relational uncertainty consists of self, partner, and relationship uncertainty, which are core parameters in relational turbulence theory (RTT). Advances in latent variable modeling allow researchers to examine the multidimensional construct as a bifactor model, including a general factor of relational uncertainty and residualized factors of self, partner, and relationship uncertainty. This advance is theoretically consequential because RTT maint…
Distinguishing relational turbulence, marital satisfaction, and parenting stress as predictors of ineffective Arguing among parents of children with autism
Relational turbulence theory suggests that relational turbulence causes pervasive patterns of dysfunctional communication in romantic relationships, such as an inability to resolve conflicts. Other research traditions link marital conflict to marital satisfaction and also exposure to stress. This study assesses the discriminant validity of relational turbulence by examining its association with reports of ineffective arguing, above and beyond the…
How the Comforting Process Fails
This study extends the theory of psychological reactance to the context of social support by examining how supportive communication is associated with psychological reactance and subsequent support outcomes. The final sample included 325 married adults who had experienced a marital disagreement, and were asked to evaluate a hypothetical support message that varied in the level of person-centeredness provided by a social network member. The result…
Building Expertise
People place more value on advice from others whom they view as expert; however, the ways in which advisors might increase perceptions of their expertise through language choice remains unclear. This article examines a married partner’s ability to influence perceptions of their expertise, and consequent advice outcomes, by making explicit claims about past experience with a problem. Two experimental studies tested the effects of experience claims…
Children’s Transitions and Relational Turbulence in Marriage
This study engages the frameworks of relational turbulence theory and the experiencing life transitions model to shed light on the associations between parents’ relationship-focused communication and marital qualities during major transitions for their child. An online survey asked parents (N = 311) to evaluate their marital relationship experiences surrounding a period of change during their child’s life. Analyses, which focused on participants …
Relational uncertainty and interdependence processes in marriage
This study examined how relational uncertainty and qualities of interdependence within marriages correspond with eight measures of cognitive, emotional, and communicative phenomena. Structural equation modeling evaluated predictions deduced from relational turbulence theory (RTT), which links relational uncertainty to biased cognitions and interference and facilitation from a partner to emotional intensity. A research question focused on associat…
Transitions in marriage
This study examines transitions in marriage by merging the frameworks of the relational turbulence model and the experiencing life transitions model. An online survey presented 208 married individuals with open-ended questions and closed-ended scales that gathered information about a particularly important transition in the respondent's marriage, the quality of their relationship during the transition, and the strategies used to navigate the tran…
Operationalizing relational turbulence theory
This study assessed measures operationalizing concepts in relational turbulence theory (Solomon, Knobloch, Theiss, & McLaren, 2016). Studies of relational turbulence in marriage have used measures developed in research on dating couples; therefore, one goal was evaluating these variables in a general population sample of married individuals ( N = 1,469). A second goal addressed problems in measures of relational uncertainty by assessing alternati…
Relational uncertainty and interdependence processes in marriage
This study examined how relational uncertainty and qualities of interdependence within marriages correspond with eight measures of cognitive, emotional, and communicative phenomena. Structural equation modeling evaluated predictions deduced from relational turbulence theory (RTT), which links relational uncertainty to biased cognitions and interference and facilitation from a partner to emotional intensity. A research question focused on associat…
Transitions in marriage
This study examines transitions in marriage by merging the frameworks of the relational turbulence model and the experiencing life transitions model. An online survey presented 208 married individuals with open-ended questions and closed-ended scales that gathered information about a particularly important transition in the respondent's marriage, the quality of their relationship during the transition, and the strategies used to navigate the tran…
Distinguishing relational turbulence, marital satisfaction, and parenting stress as predictors of ineffective Arguing among parents of children with autism
Relational turbulence theory suggests that relational turbulence causes pervasive patterns of dysfunctional communication in romantic relationships, such as an inability to resolve conflicts. Other research traditions link marital conflict to marital satisfaction and also exposure to stress. This study assesses the discriminant validity of relational turbulence by examining its association with reports of ineffective arguing, above and beyond the…
Children’s Transitions and Relational Turbulence in Marriage
This study engages the frameworks of relational turbulence theory and the experiencing life transitions model to shed light on the associations between parents’ relationship-focused communication and marital qualities during major transitions for their child. An online survey asked parents (N = 311) to evaluate their marital relationship experiences surrounding a period of change during their child’s life. Analyses, which focused on participants …
Relational turbulence and social network engagement during the summer of Covid-19
Background/Purpose: Relational turbulence theory suggests that changes in and around relationships create the potential for relational turbulence when everyday routines and scripts are upended and communication becomes polarized. In turn, perceptions of a romantic relationship as chaotic or tumultuous can influence a person's engagement with their social network. Alternately, previous research also suggests that engagement with friends and family…
Relational turbulence and couples' convergence and divergence in weekly highs and lows during three months of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown
Previous research has found relational benefits of interpersonal emotional convergence. Drawing on relational turbulence theory, we expected that partners' convergence in emotional high and low points is associated with relational uncertainty, qualities of interdependence, and relational turbulence. These hypotheses were tested using data retrieved from a longitudinal project in which spouses in 64 American married couples independently reported …
Preferences for social support and perceived support gaps among attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults
This study explores the social support desires and potential support gaps experienced by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults. ADHD adults who were in a romantic relationship ( N = 286) reported the amount of support they desire and experience from their romantic partner, as well as the intensity of three ADHD symptoms: emotional dysregulation, hyperactivity, and inattention. This study suggests that for ADHD adults the experien…
Turbulence, framing, and planning among college daters
Engaging relational turbulence theory (RTT), this study examined how dating partners' relationship quality predicted cognitions and communication during planning conversations. In a lab-based study, college dating partners (n = 71 different gender couples) assessed their relational turbulence, participated in two planning activities, and then reported their perceptions of collaborative planning and relational framing for each activity. Outside ob…
The Spillover of Parenting Stress Onto Marital Qualities and Communication During Parenting Disagreements
This study engages relational turbulence theory to examine relationship functioning and communication among parents of teenagers. The hypotheses assessed associations between relational uncertainty and disrupted interdependence, and communication during conflict episodes related to childrearing, and considered parenting stress and coparenting alliance as antecedents of relationship parameters. Married, parents of teen children (n = 349) reported …
Operationalizing relational turbulence theory
This study assessed measures operationalizing concepts in relational turbulence theory (Solomon, Knobloch, Theiss, & McLaren, 2016). Studies of relational turbulence in marriage have used measures developed in research on dating couples; therefore, one goal was evaluating these variables in a general population sample of married individuals ( N = 1,469). A second goal addressed problems in measures of relational uncertainty by assessing alternati…
Transitions in marriage
This study examines transitions in marriage by merging the frameworks of the relational turbulence model and the experiencing life transitions model. An online survey presented 208 married individuals with open-ended questions and closed-ended scales that gathered information about a particularly important transition in the respondent's marriage, the quality of their relationship during the transition, and the strategies used to navigate the tran…
Children’s Transitions and Relational Turbulence in Marriage
This study engages the frameworks of relational turbulence theory and the experiencing life transitions model to shed light on the associations between parents’ relationship-focused communication and marital qualities during major transitions for their child. An online survey asked parents (N = 311) to evaluate their marital relationship experiences surrounding a period of change during their child’s life. Analyses, which focused on participants …
Relational uncertainty and interdependence processes in marriage
This study examined how relational uncertainty and qualities of interdependence within marriages correspond with eight measures of cognitive, emotional, and communicative phenomena. Structural equation modeling evaluated predictions deduced from relational turbulence theory (RTT), which links relational uncertainty to biased cognitions and interference and facilitation from a partner to emotional intensity. A research question focused on associat…
How the Comforting Process Fails
This study extends the theory of psychological reactance to the context of social support by examining how supportive communication is associated with psychological reactance and subsequent support outcomes. The final sample included 325 married adults who had experienced a marital disagreement, and were asked to evaluate a hypothetical support message that varied in the level of person-centeredness provided by a social network member. The result…
Building Expertise
People place more value on advice from others whom they view as expert; however, the ways in which advisors might increase perceptions of their expertise through language choice remains unclear. This article examines a married partner’s ability to influence perceptions of their expertise, and consequent advice outcomes, by making explicit claims about past experience with a problem. Two experimental studies tested the effects of experience claims…
Relational Uncertainty Within Relational Turbulence Theory
Relational uncertainty consists of self, partner, and relationship uncertainty, which are core parameters in relational turbulence theory (RTT). Advances in latent variable modeling allow researchers to examine the multidimensional construct as a bifactor model, including a general factor of relational uncertainty and residualized factors of self, partner, and relationship uncertainty. This advance is theoretically consequential because RTT maint…
Distinguishing relational turbulence, marital satisfaction, and parenting stress as predictors of ineffective Arguing among parents of children with autism
Relational turbulence theory suggests that relational turbulence causes pervasive patterns of dysfunctional communication in romantic relationships, such as an inability to resolve conflicts. Other research traditions link marital conflict to marital satisfaction and also exposure to stress. This study assesses the discriminant validity of relational turbulence by examining its association with reports of ineffective arguing, above and beyond the…
Relational turbulence and social network engagement during the summer of Covid-19
Background/Purpose: Relational turbulence theory suggests that changes in and around relationships create the potential for relational turbulence when everyday routines and scripts are upended and communication becomes polarized. In turn, perceptions of a romantic relationship as chaotic or tumultuous can influence a person's engagement with their social network. Alternately, previous research also suggests that engagement with friends and family…
A Repeated-Measures Study of Relational Turbulence and Transition Processing Communication During the Summer of Covid-19 (Summer 2020)
Drawing upon relational turbulence theory and the experiencing life transitions model, this study examined communication and relationship qualities as married couples experienced work-family changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sixty-four American married, different-sex partners affected by job-related changes due to COVID-19 reported their relationship qualities and their own and their spouse’s engagement in transition processing communication …
Linking stress to the emergence of relational turbulence in marriage
The assumption that stress negatively impacts marital relationships is widely accepted; however, the majority of research has focused on marital satisfaction as the outcome of interest. Relational turbulence is a quality of romantic associations on par with—but distinct from—satisfaction, in which partners conceptualize their relationship as chaotic or tumultuous. This paper draws on relational turbulence theory (RTT) and stress spillover researc…
The Spillover of Parenting Stress Onto Marital Qualities and Communication During Parenting Disagreements
This study engages relational turbulence theory to examine relationship functioning and communication among parents of teenagers. The hypotheses assessed associations between relational uncertainty and disrupted interdependence, and communication during conflict episodes related to childrearing, and considered parenting stress and coparenting alliance as antecedents of relationship parameters. Married, parents of teen children (n = 349) reported …
A longitudinal test of relational turbulence theory and serial arguments in romantic relationships
Relational turbulence theory (RTT) suggests that people perceive their romantic relationships as turbulent when they experience interactions that manifest the deleterious effects of relational uncertainty and altered patterns of interdependence. RTT also positions communication in these episodes as associated with subsequent relational uncertainty and qualities of interdependence. Using three-wave panel data collected at three-week intervals, thi…
Parenting the TikTok algorithm
Support features, psychological reactance, and support outcomes
This study examined the ways in which characteristics of support interactions associate with psychological reactance and, in turn, affect support outcomes. Recent studies have linked the content/quality of support messages to psychological reactance. We build on those findings by exploring associations between reactance and features of the support provider, recipient, and problem-context. We gathered data from 615 college students who described a…
Relational turbulence and couples' convergence and divergence in weekly highs and lows during three months of the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown
Previous research has found relational benefits of interpersonal emotional convergence. Drawing on relational turbulence theory, we expected that partners' convergence in emotional high and low points is associated with relational uncertainty, qualities of interdependence, and relational turbulence. These hypotheses were tested using data retrieved from a longitudinal project in which spouses in 64 American married couples independently reported …
Turbulence, framing, and planning among college daters
Engaging relational turbulence theory (RTT), this study examined how dating partners' relationship quality predicted cognitions and communication during planning conversations. In a lab-based study, college dating partners (n = 71 different gender couples) assessed their relational turbulence, participated in two planning activities, and then reported their perceptions of collaborative planning and relational framing for each activity. Outside ob…
Examining the role of stress and transition processing communication in the relationship experiences of married caregivers
Caring for an aging adult can harm an individual’s mental, physical, and relational well-being. Couples providing eldercare often report increased tension and conflict, decreased time for intimacy, and lowered marital adjustment. Nonetheless, few studies have attempted to explain the mechanisms through which caregiving experiences impact relationship evaluations. This study engages the frameworks of relational turbulence theory and transition pro…
Preferences for social support and perceived support gaps among attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults
This study explores the social support desires and potential support gaps experienced by attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) adults. ADHD adults who were in a romantic relationship ( N = 286) reported the amount of support they desire and experience from their romantic partner, as well as the intensity of three ADHD symptoms: emotional dysregulation, hyperactivity, and inattention. This study suggests that for ADHD adults the experien…
Exploring the relational landscape of married partners caring for aging family members
While several studies point to decreased relationship quality among caregiving couples, few studies have examined the mechanisms through which providing care can shape or reshape the characteristics of romantic relationships. To shed light on this issue, we engage the frameworks of relational turbulence theory (RTT) and transition processing communication (TPC) to identify both (1) the ways caregiving for an aging adult influences marital relatio…
The Role of Relationship Parameters in Emotion Experiences During Interactions Between Romantic Partners
Relational turbulence theory explains the mechanisms whereby relationship parameters influence partners’ emotion, cognition, and communication during specific episodes. Using dyadic, collaborative interactions, this study tested three understudied claims proposed by the theory to shed light on the antecedents and consequences of emotion during everyday conversations between romantic partners. Seventy-one couples completed a pre-test survey that i…
Conflict tactics in serial arguments
Ultimatums are a consequential yet underexamined conflict strategy. While often perceived as a distributive tactic, they can also function as pivotal moments of boundary-setting and relational transformation. Despite their presence in compliance-gaining, negotiation, and reconciliation literature, little is known about how ultimatums operate in serial arguments within close relationships. Thus, we engaged the serial argument process model to (1) …
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