This Is Not the Hill to Die on. Even if We Literally Could Die on This Hill”
Examining Communication Ecologies of Uncertainty and Family Communication About Covid-19
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8220880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Aída Hernández (0000-0003-4919-5753, University of Missouri, corresponding author), Colleen Colaner (0000-0002-3742-4646, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 956-975 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764221992840 |
| PMID | 38603016 |
| OpenAlex | W3132479393 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 27 |
As information about the public health risks surrounding COVID-19 continues to shift over time, families communicate to navigate this ongoing uncertainty. For example, families must interpret inconsistent media and public health messages about COVID-19, which may in turn have implications for health risk behavior. Adding to this complexity, household structures and routines are adapting in response to COVID-19. Adult family members in some families may suddenly experience extreme physical proximity, while others must coordinate to make decisions about their health and prevention behaviors while maintaining physical distance. Furthermore, members of these families must balance relational maintenance while communicating to assess and avoid health risks. The ongoing ambiguity of information about COVID-19 means that these relational processes must be managed in the midst of chronic uncertainty. The current study uses semistructured interviews and interpretive analysis to understand how adult children (aged 23-51 years) manage chronic uncertainty about COVID-19 in communication with their parents. Findings explore themes of navigating information about COVID-19 risks and protections, managing uncertainty management about media and political messages, and accepting time-related uncertainties
Ambiguity · Balance (ability) · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Health communication · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Risk analysis (engineering) · Risk communication · Sociology · Computer Science · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Media Influence and Health · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology
Household Conflict in the Time of Covid-19
From Trust to Skepticism
A cross-sectional study
“I Don’t Know Who Everyone’s Been Around”…“and if You Ask, it’s Like Stepping on Glass”
Difficult Health Conversations
Clarifying the Relationship Between Information Seeking and Avoidance
Changes in family communication during the Covid-19 pandemic
The labor of talking to stay healthy and socially connected
Emotion Work on Social Media
Introduction to the Special Issue on Family Communication in the Covid-19 Pandemic
Exploring Appropriateness as a Topic Avoidance Motivation
Transferable Resilience Practices
Families Playing Animal Crossing Together
A descriptive literature review of early research on Covid-19 and close relationships
What Happens When Family is Forced Together
Beyond puzzlement
Arguing about social distancing and family relationships
The stakes are so high and it's happening so fast
Shared family identity and communicatively managing the adaptation of family gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic
Uncertainty and Information Management in Interpersonal Contexts
The Cognitive Mediation Model
First Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the United States
The impact of uncertainty and communal coping on mental health following natural disasters
Communication and Health Beliefs
Theory Comparison
Communication and Uncertainty Management
Media Time = Family Time”
The Centrality of Communication and Media in Fostering Community Resilience
Political difference and polarization in the family
How Many Interviews Are Enough
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3.8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |