When is Topic Avoidance Unsatisfying?Examining Moderators of the Association Between Avoidance and Dissatisfaction

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Moderation in the actor-partner interdependence model (2015, background): “For example, Caughlin and Afifi (2004) examined whether for dating couples the negative effect of trying to avoid certain discussion topics—such as sex, relationship issues, and past negative events—on relationship satisfaction (actor effect) was reduced by the actor’s motivations to protect the rel”
A Communicative Interdependence Perspective of Close Relationships: The Connections Between Mediated and Unmediated Interactions Matter (2013, background): “The MOQ has previously been successfully modified to measure satisfaction in romantic but unmarried relationships (e.g., Caughlin & Afifi, 2004), and reliability in this study was excellent (M = 5.58, SD = 1.07, α = .90).”
‘‘They don’t know what it’s like to be in my shoes’’: Topic avoidance about race in transracially adoptive families (2011, background): “…to CPM theory’s tenet that individuals make decisions and develop rules about sharing their private information, research on topic avoidance suggests that avoidance of certain conversational topics may serve to preserve intimate relationships (Caughlin & Afifi, 2004; Guerrero & Afifi, 1995a).”