Uncertainty and the Avoidance of the State of One's Family in Stepfamilies, Postdivorce Single‐Parent Families, and First‐Marriage Families

By Tamara D. Afifi, Paul Schrodt. 2003

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Subfields: Demography, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Revelation Risk Model (RRM): Factors that Predict the Revelation of Secrets and the Strategies Used to Reveal Them (2009, background): “…protection focuses on individuals restricting their privacy boundaries in an effort to preserve their relationship or prevent it from harm, to protect a cohesive bond that already exists, or protect other relationships (Afifi & Schrodt, 2003; Afifi & Burgoon, 1998; Baxter & Wilmot, 1985).”
Inappropriate Parental Divorce Disclosures, the Factors that Prompt them, and their Impact on Parents’ and Adolescents’ Well-Being (2007, background): “…uncertainty reduction theory (Berger & Calabrese, 1975) standpoint, children need some information about the divorce in order to reduce their uncertainty about the state of their family (Afifi & Schrodt, 2003b; Thomas, Booth-Butterfield, & BoothButterfield, 1995; Westberg, Nelson, & Piercy, 2002).”
Avoidance among adolescents in conversations about their parents’ relationship: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management (2009, background): “Consistent with past literature (e.g., T.Afifi & Schrodt, 2003a), the data from this investigation show that adolescents in divorced families shy away from discussing their parents’ relationship with one of those parents more than do those from intact families.”
Relational Uncertainty and Relationship Talk within Courtship: A Longitudinal Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (2011, background): “Dating partners (Knobloch & Carpenter-Theune, 2004), cross-sex friends (Afifi & Burgoon, 1998), stepchildren (Afifi & Schrodt, 2003), and siblings (Bevan et al., 2006) report engaging in more topic avoidance under conditions of relational uncertainty.”
Communication Processes that Predict Young Adults’ Feelings of Being Caught and their Associations with Mental Health and Family Satisfaction (2007, methodology): “In one of the few studies that has examined interparental communication patterns and children’s feelings of being caught, Afifi and Schrodt (2003a) found that parental demand/withdraw patterns predicted adolescents’ and Feeling Caught, Mental Health, and Family Satisfaction 201 young adults’…”
The Chilling Effect in Families and the Pressure to Conceal Secrets (2005, background): “The information might also be regulated closely in order to prevent conflict (Golish & Caughlin, 2002), protect others (W. Afifi & Guerrero, 2000), or maintain the current state of one’s relationship (T. Afifi & Schrodt, 2003; W. Afifi & Burgoon, 1998; Baxter & Wilmot, 1985).”
Relational Uncertainty and Message Processing in Marriage (2007, background): “Although doubts about involvement may raise concerns about dyadic well-being in families, friendships, and courtships (Afifi & Schrodt, 2003; Knobloch & Solomon, 2002b; Planalp et al., 1988), spouses may find relational uncertainty especially problematic because it may signal that their marriage is…”