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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"relational dialectics theory"”.
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Utilizing Relational Dialectics Theory to Identify Dominant and Marginalized Discourses in Women's Miscarriage Podcast Stories
… who have experienced miscarriage by utilizing Relational Dialectic Theory (RDT). The process of contrapuntal analysis identified the discourse of silence as the dominant miscarriage discourse in which the marginalized miscarriage discourse of silence as the dominant miscarriage discourse in …
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Engaging the Brave and the Bold: Exploring the Discourses of Disability Through Life Stories
… (1993) Life Story Interview Protocol. Utilizing Relational Dialectics Theory and a thematic discourse analysis, two primary discourses emerged from participant talk. (1) the biomedical discourse of disability and (2) the disability discourse of normalcy. The latter discourse can be broken down …
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Apparatgeist and Mobile Communication: Considering Interpersonal Communication Practices
… The project discusses concepts from relational dialectics theory, ideas from Hannah Arendt concerning technology relating to the human condition and private, public, and social realm, and dialogic ethics approach to using mobile communication. James E. Katz and Mark A. Aakhus’ theory …
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Mentoring Dialogues: An Investigation of the Dialectical Tensions and Management Strategies in Mentoring Relationships
… Mentoring has also not been studied through a relational dialectics perspective. This study explored the communication dynamics within mentoring relationships through a relational dialectics theoretical lens. The study utilized multiple methods including prompted joint conversations as well as …
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“She Can Be a Superhero, but She Needs Her Day Off”: Exploring Discursive Constructions of Motherhood and Depression in Emerging Adult Talk Surrounding Maternal Depression
… talk surrounding maternal depression. Using relational dialectics theory as the theoretical lens, the study examined talk collected in 36 one-on-one interviews with emerging adults asked to describe their experiences of having a mother with depression. Participant talk surrounding motherhood …
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Account Service and Creative Personnel: Interpersonal Conflict and Dialectical Tensions in Advertising Agencies
… in advertising agencies. The researcher used relational dialectics theory as a lens for analyzing the dialectical (i.e., oppositional) tensions experienced by account service and creative personnel as well as the praxis patterns (i.e., techniques) used to manage those tensions. After …
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WE'RE FRIENDS, LET'S TALK: RELIGION, SELF-DISCLOSURE AND MANAGING THE OPENNESS AND CLOSEDNESS DIALECTIC IN FRIENDSHIPS
… person's self-disclosure strategy. Based on Relational Dialectics theory, an original instrument, the Self-Disclosure Strategies Questionnaire (SDSQ) was used to measure participant's endorsement of five self-disclosure strategies. The five self-disclosure dimensions evaluated in the SDSQ …
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Family Communication About End-of-Life Decisions
… in-depth family interviews (n = 22). I applied Relational Dialectics Theory 2.0, a framework used for understanding relational communication within a particular context. To examine text derived from interviews, I used contrapuntal analysis, a type of discourse analysis that facilitates …
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Family Relational Dialectics: A Systemic Model for Explaining Relational Factors Contributing to Adolescents' Faith Maturity, Life Values, and Commitment to Christ
… on the direct correlations between family relational encounters and adolescents’ development of faith and life values. The effects of dialectical interplay within family systems are often missed, misinterpreted, or minimized. This study presumed that because familial relationships have …