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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Relational Maintenance"”.
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Relational maintenance: An examination of how gender, relational maintenance strategies, and commitment affect the use of text messages in romantic relationships
… study explores the relation between commitment, relational maintenance strategies, and text message use in romantic partners. This study examines how these three factors are connected through the use of surveys. It was hypothesized that romantic partners who were more committed to one another …
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Relational Maintenance in Long-Distance Dating Relationships: Staying Close
This study addressed the relational maintenance strategies and the meaning 23 to 35 year old students attributed to their long-distance dating relationships. Ten participants completed in depth interviews exploring the thoughts and feelings individuals held about their current long-distance partner …
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The effects of introversion/extraversion and relational maintenance strategy preference on marital satisfaction
… investigated the effects of extraversion and maintenance strategy choice on perceived relational satisfaction in marital dyads. Three research questions were addressed in this study. RQ #1 examined the relationship between extraversion and maintenance strategy preference. RQ #2 examined the …
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Relational Uncertainty in Romantic Relationships: The Influence of Attachment and Relational Maintenance Behaviors
… study examined the influence of attachment and relational maintenance behaviors on relational uncertainty. Ninety individuals currently involved in romantic relationships completed measures assessing their attachment (i.e., secure, preoccupied, dismissive, fearful), relational uncertainties …
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The Effect of Religious Similarity on the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriages
… link between religious similarity and the use of maintenance strategies in marriage relationships through the lens of the investment model. Data from 109 heterosexual married individuals was collected. Through a series of multiple linear regression analyses, results revealed that religious …
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The Effect of Religious Similarity on the Use of Relational Maintenance Strategies in Marriages
… link between religious similarity and the use of maintenance strategies in marriage relationships through the lens of the investment model. Data from 109 heterosexual married individuals was collected. Through a series of multiple linear regression analyses, results revealed that religious …
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The Engagement and Impact of Relational Maintenance Behaviors in African-American Dual-Career Couples
… interviews, this qualitative work examined relational maintenance behaviors of 13 African-American dual-career couples. Findings reveal that study participants employed a variety of routine and strategic behaviors which they identified as relevant to maintaining marital satisfaction and …
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A study of cultural variability and relational maintenance behaviors for international and domestic proximal and long distance interpersonal relationships.
… examined 228 college students' reported use of relational maintenance behaviors and strategies and their reported perception of the degree of relational satisfaction and solidarity with the relational partners they chose to identify. The study gathered extensive data with the intention of …
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Why is MySpace the place for friends? : An ethnographic study on the effects of social-networking site use on socialization
… helps reveal various patterns associated with relational and self motivations using MySpace.</p> <p>Following transcription analysis and multi-tiered triangulation among interview, participant-observation and lurking data, the information was compiled in a matrix to help break down and to …
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Maintaining Adult Student-Parent Distal Relationships: An Explorartion of Mediated Communication Among Thai Students in the U.S.
<p>Although a growing amount of research in relational maintenance has began to focus intensively on long-distance relationships (LDRs), especially marital, dating, and friendship relationships, little attention has focus on the process of maintaining LDRs in non-Western families. The objective of …
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The relationship between forgiveness, imagined interactions, empathy and relational satisfaction among long-distance romantic couples
… constructs and intrapersonal communication and relational satisfaction has not been explored. The overarching goal of this study is to bridge the theoretical and conceptual gaps between forgiveness theory, empathy, imagined interactions (Symbolic Interactionism/schema, script or cognitive …
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Examining Romantic Relationship Maintenance Behaviors: A Prime Time Television Content Analysis and Audience Perceptions of Mediated Portrayals
Maintenance behaviors play an important role in sustaining relational states, especially within committed romantic relationships. Limited research, however, has considered media portrayals and audience interpretation of these behaviors. From the framework of social cognitive theory, the content …
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Mentoring Experiences in Medical Education: A Phenomenographic Study Among American Indian Medical Students And Those In Residency
… similar interests/experiences, and commits to relational maintenance through communication over time.</p> <p>The study’s three themes established the following assertion:</p> <p>1. Related to the significant challenges and unique support needs of American Indian medical school students, their …
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Leadership and Social Support on the Internet: A Longitudinal Analysis of Mental and Physical Illness Groups
… esteem, and emotional support as well as task maintenance messages and relational maintenance messages. In addition to examining leadership messages, this study also examined the role of leadership and its influence on group message production over time. The role of leadership is examined by …