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Jones, H. E., Theiss, J. A., Austin, J. T., & Yoon, D. B. (in press). Examining actor-partner effects in the associations between dyadic resilience and conditions of relational turbulence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-023-00107-y
Theiss, J. A., Haverfield, M. C., Jones, H. E., & Austin, J. T. (2023). An analysis of conversational motifs in parent-adolescent emotion coaching interactions. Communication Methods and Measures, 17(4), 347-367. https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2023.2219889
Jones, H. E., Theiss, J. A., & Yoon, D. B. (2023). Stress, relational turbulence, and communal coping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Human Communication Research, 49(3), 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac033
Haverfield, M. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2023). Comparing enacted and perceived parental communication as predictors of adolescents’ emotion regulation in families with harmful vs. non-harmful parental alcohol use. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly.
Carpenter, A. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2023). Modeling the factors associated with topic avoidance about mental health: Depressive symptoms, information and relationship assessments, and efficacy. Southern Journal of Communication.
Estlein, R., & Theiss, J. A. (2022). Responsiveness and control in marital and parental communication: Exploring interdependent relationships across family subsystems. Journal of Family Studies.
Yoon, D. B., & Theiss, J. A. (2022a). Adopted individuals’ information management strategies for managing uncertainty about genetic family health history. Journal of Family Communication, 22(3), 230-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2022.2093356 [Special Issue on Communication and Adoption]
Yoon, D. B., & Theiss, J. A. (2022b). The role of identity uncertainty in predicting perceived support quality and relational turbulence for women coping with infertility. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(3), 670-691. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211044493
Jones, H. E., & Theiss, J. A. (2021). Relational turbulence during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal analysis of the reciprocal effects between relationship characteristics and outcomes of relational turbulence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 3033-3058. [Special Issue on Relationships in the Time of COVID-19]
Jones, H. E., Yoon, D. B., Theiss, J. A., Austin, J., & Lee, L. (2021). Assessing the effects of COVID-19 on romantic relationships and the communal coping strategies partners use to manage the stress of a pandemic. Journal of Family Communication, 21, 152-166. [Special Issue on Family Communication in the COVID-19 Pandemic]
Leustek, J., & Theiss, J. A. (2020). Family communication patterns that predict perceptions of upheaval and psychological well-being for adult children following their parents’ late-life divorce. Journal of Family Studies, 26, 169-187.
Haverfield, M. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2020). Emotion regulation and resilience in parent-adolescent interactions with alcoholic versus non-alcoholic parents. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 48, 26-48. [Special Issue on Communication and Resilience]
Leustek, J., & Theiss, J. A. (2018). Features of illness versus features of romantic relationships as predictors of cognitive and behavioral coping among individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. Health Communication, 33, 1549-1559.
Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2018). Relational turbulence theory applied to the transition from deployment to reintegration. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 10, 539-549.
Theiss, J. A. (2018). Family communication and resilience. In P.M. Buzzanell & J. B. Houston, Communication and resilience: Multi-level applications and insights – A Journal of Applied Communication Research forum. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 46, 10-13.
Knobloch, L. K., Basinger, E. D., & Theiss, J. A. (2018). Relational turbulence and perceptions of partner support during reintegration after military deployment. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 46, 52-73.
Haverfield, M. C.,
& Theiss, J. A. (2017). Parental
communication of responsiveness and control as predictors of adolescents’
emotional and behavioral resilience in families with alcoholic versus
non-alcoholic parents. Human
Communication Research, 43, 214-236.
Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2017). Topic avoidance about deployment upon
reunion: Applying the relational turbulence model. Military Behavioral Health, 5, 117-128.
King, M. E., & Theiss, J. A. (2016). Applying the relational turbulence model to predict conflict behavior and cortisol reactivity among empty-nest couples. Communication Quarterly, 64, 495-517.
Theiss, J. A., Carpenter, A. M., & Leustek, J. (2016). Partner facilitation and partner interference in individuals’ weight loss goals. Qualitative Health Research, 26, 1318-1330.
Haverfield, M. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2016). Parent’s alcoholism severity and family topic avoidance about alcohol as predictors of perceived stigma among adult children of alcoholics: Implications for emotional and psychological resilience. Health Communication, 31, 606-616.
Estlein, R., & Theiss, J. A. (2014). Inter-parental similarity in responsiveness and control and its association with perceptions of the marital relationship. Journal of Family Studies, 20, 239-256.
Haverfield, M. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2014). A theme analysis of issues reported by adult children of alcoholics in online support forums. Journal of Family Studies, 20, 166-184.
Theiss, J. A., & Estlein, R. (2014). Antecedents and consequences of the perceived threat of sexual communication: A test of the relational turbulence model. Western Journal of Communication, 78, 404-425.
Theiss, J. A., & Knobloch, L. K. (2014). Relational turbulence during the post-deployment transition: Self, partner, and relationship focused turbulence. Communication Research, 41, 27-51.
Theiss, J. A., & Knobloch, L. K. (2013). A relational turbulence model of military service members' relational communication during reintegration. Journal of Communication, 63, 1109-1129.
Nagy, M. E., & Theiss, J. A. (2013). Applying the relational turbulence model to the empty-nest transition: Sources of relationship change, relational uncertainty, and interference from partners. Journal of Family Communication, 13, 280-300.
Knobloch, L. K., Ebata, A. T., McGlaughlin, P. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2013). Generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty as predictors of topic avoidance during reintegration following deployment. Communication Monographs, 80, 452-477.
Theiss, J. A., Estlein, R., & Weber, K. M. (2013). A longitudinal assessment of relationship characteristics that predict new parents' relationship satisfaction. Personal Relationships, 20, 216-235.
Theiss, J. A., & Nagy, M. E. (2013). A relational turbulence model of partner responsiveness and relationship talk across cultures. Western Journal of Communication, 77, 186-209.
Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2012). Experiences of U.S. military couples during the postdeployment transition: Applying the relational turbulence model. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 423-450.
Theiss, J. A., & Nagy, M. E. (2012). A cross-cultural test of the relational turbulence model: Relationship characteristics that predict turmoil and topic avoidance for Koreans and Americans. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 545-565.
Theiss, J. A. (2011). Modeling dyadic effects in the associations between relational uncertainty, sexual communication, and sexual satisfaction for husbands and wives. Communication Research, 38, 565-584.
Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2011). Depressive symptoms and mechanisms of relational turbulence as predictors of relationship satisfaction among returning service members. Journal of Family Psychology, 25,470-478.
Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2011). Relational uncertainty and relationship talk within courtship: A longitudinal actor-partner interdependence model. Communication Monographs, 78, 3-26.
Theiss, J. A., & Nagy, M. E. (2010). Actor-partner effects in the associations between relationship characteristics and reactions to marital sexual intimacy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 1089-1109.
Solomon, D. H., & Theiss, J. A. (2011). Relational turbulence: What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. In W. Cupach & B. Spitzberg (Eds.), The dark side of close relationships (pp.197-216). New York: Routledge.
Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2010). An actor-partner interdependence model of relational turbulence: Cognitions and emotions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27, 597-619.
Theiss, J. A. (2009). Relational uncertainty. In S. Littlejohn & K. Foss (Eds.), Encyclopedia of communication (pp. 844-847). New York: Sage.
Theiss, J. A., Knobloch, L. K., Magsamen-Conrad, K., & Checton, M. (2009). Relationship characteristics associated with the experience of hurt in romantic relationships: A test of the relational turbulence model. Human Communication Research, 35, 588-615.
Theiss, J. A., & Knobloch, L. K. (2009). An actor-partner interdependence model of the experience and expression of irritations in romantic relationships. Communication Research, 36, 510-536.
Theiss, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (2008). Parsing the mechanisms that increase relational intimacy: The effects of uncertainty amount, open communication about uncertainty, and the reduction of uncertainty. Human Communication Research, 34, 625-654.
Solomon, D. H., & Theiss, J. A. (2008). A longitudinal test of the relational turbulence model of romantic relationship development. Personal Relationships, 15, 339-357.
Theiss, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (2007). Communication and the emotional, cognitive, and relational consequences of first sexual encounters in heterosexual dyads. Communication Quarterly, 55, 179-206.
Solomon, D. H., & Theiss, J. A. (2007). Cognitive foundations of communication in close relationships. In D. Roskos-Ewoldsen & J. Monahan (Eds.), Communication and social cognition (pp. 117-140). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Theiss, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (2006a). Coupling longitudinal data and hierarchical linear modeling to examine the antecedents and consequences of jealousy experiences in romantic relationships: A test of the relational turbulence model. Human Communication Research, 32, 469-503.
Theiss, J. A., & Solomon, D. H. (2006b). A relational turbulence model of communication about irritations in romantic relationships. Communication Research 33, 391-418.
Knobloch, L. K., Solomon, D. H., & Theiss, J. A. (2006). The role of intimacy in the production and perception of relationship talk within courtship. Communication Research 33, 211-244.