Pub Date : 2023-10-01DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2264264
Kellie St.Cyr Brisini, Samuel Hardman Taylor
ABSTRACTThis study engages relational turbulence theory to examine relationship functioning and communication among parents of teenagers. The hypotheses assessed associations between relational uncertainty and disrupted interdependence, and communication during conflict episodes related to childrearing, and considered parenting stress and coparenting alliance as antecedents of relationship parameters. Married, parents of teen children (n = 349) reported their relationship experiences, parenting stress, and coparenting alliance. Then, parents recalled a recent disagreement with their spouse related to their teen and reported their communication tactics during the conversation. The results suggested that parenting stress was positively associated with relational uncertainty and interference from a partner, which in turn, predicted more negative conflict communication. Coparenting alliance was negatively associated with relational uncertainty and partner interference, and positively associated with facilitation from a partner. Parenting stress attenuated the relationship between coparenting alliance and relationship parameters. Implications for relational turbulence theory, family scholars, and parents of teens are discussed. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Supplemental dataSupplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2023.2264264Notes1. RTT indicates that biased cognitive appraisals mediate the association between relational uncertainty and communication in specific episodes, and heightened emotions serve as the link between characteristics of interdependence and communication. The association between relationship parameters, cognitions, and emotions is well–established in RTT research (e.g., Goodboy et al., Citation2022, Citation2023; Tian & Solomon, Citation2023). Thus, following previous research (e.g., Worley & Shelton, Citation2020), we reduced the size of our model by including the communicative outcomes (with an understood mediator) of uncertainty and interdependence because they (a) represent the part of the theory focused on communication (rather than cognitive variables) and (b) have greater potential for practical application and guidance for parents.2. Values add up to greater than 100% because participants were allowed to “check all that apply”3. These data were gathered as part of a larger project. A second study was conducted using the same survey. No variables overlapped between the two studies.4. RTT suggests that relationship uncertainty is informed by both self and partner uncertainty but captures experiences of relational uncertainty at a higher level of abstraction (Brisini et al., Citation2023; Solomon et al., Citation2016). In addition, following RTT, empirical research suggests that self and partner uncertainty influence cognitions and communication through their association with relationship uncertainty (Goodboy et al., Cita
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Pub Date : 2023-08-20DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2248104
DeAnne Priddis, Emily M. Cramer
ABSTRACTThis study investigates the communicative tensions inherent to the experience of disenfranchised grief among family members of individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). In the context of a family member with SUD, 98 adult-affected family members (AFMs) described their struggles with disenfranchised grief, a form of grief characterized by deprivation of support or recognition from others. The results of a deductive, qualitative analysis guided by relational dialectics theory (RDT; Baxter & Montgomery, 1996) indicated that AFMs traverse the dialectical poles of integration-separation, stability-change, and expression-non-expression both within the relationship (internally) and with those “on the outside” (externally). Additionally, AFMs grappled with a tension cited in previous work examining contradictions among spouses managing adult dementia: presence-absence (Baxter etal., 2002). The findings (a) illuminate the disenfranchised grief experienced by AFMs, (b) unpack the interactional implications of this unique form of suffering by situating disenfranchised grief as a communicative phenomenon, and (c) call for increased social and clinical support for AFMs experiencing disenfranchised grief. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingFunding received from Middle Tennessee State University Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award 17-17-1007
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Pub Date : 2023-08-16DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2240781
Goyland Williams, Tianna L. Cobb, Tomeka Robinson
ABSTRACT This essay is a triple autoethnographic text written by three Black scholars with similar but uniquely positioned backgrounds with the purpose of exploring the ways that Black families negotiate and communicate about death (and in one instance) incarceration (social death), loss, and the existential cognates of grief and mourning that naturally arise in their wake. Singularly and collectively, each author reflects on painful experiences of losing brothers (both blood and bond) to build a case for how autoethnography provides a pathway to critically explore the communication that Black families have or do not have about the mental and emotional impacts that siblings may endure during these moments.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-07DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2243911
Darvelle Hutchins, L. Nelson
ABSTRACT This special issue is comprised of six peer-reviewed, empirical articles focused on communication and socialization in Black families. These articles collectively explore how Black families: (a) navigate experiences of police brutality, (b) manage grief after loss, (c) engage in racial, gender, and sexual socialization of children, and (d) make sense of Black motherhood. Each article is theoretically driven and methodologically robust, offering important advancements in research on communication in Black families. In this introduction, we preview and elucidate each article’s theoretical underpinnings, main findings, and overall richness as it pertains to this special issue. We then discuss collective implications stemming from this body of work. Next, we offer positionality statements that trace the genesis of this special issue on Black families. Last, we share concluding thoughts on why representation matters and reiterate our shared responsibility as scholars to include diverse others.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2239206
Mackensie J. Minniear, Timothy M. Pierce, Jadah Morrison
ABSTRACT Black women face differences in treatment based on their gender and racial identity. Therefore, scholarship has increased in understanding gendered racial socialization. This paper explains how parents negotiate their memorable messages about Black womanhood with the messages they want their Black daughters to receive. We used the subreddit/r/Blackparents to answer our research questions. Our findings showed the prevalence of memorable messages regarding hair and representational intersectionality. Additionally, we found how parents use their memorable messages to provide advice for anticipatory socialization. We explore how these results allow us to extend theorizing on memorable messages, and supplement work on gendered racial socialization. Results demonstrate the political power of Black parenthood, as well as showcase the dynamic nature of memorable messages.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2239230
A. Holman, Madeline Holloway, Katie Meinecke, Sofia Deatherage, Reghan Kort, Ellen Erie, Nicole Rizk, Sarah Gilstrap, Sophia Piskel
ABSTRACT Parents are often the first-line resource for their children regarding relationships and sex-related topics. Although there has been increasing research on difficulties parents perceive surrounding these conversations, less research has been done to assess the complex personal experiences and perceptions parents navigate surrounding open, honest, and comprehensive sex-related talks with their children. The qualitative study included 78 U.S. parents/guardians across 12 focus groups discussing their experiences and communication surrounding sex-related topics with their children. Using the constructivist grounded theory approach we found that parents are trying to navigate a balance between four competing struggles in conversations about sex-related topics with their children, including: (a) sexual education and overexposure, (b) family values and breaking the cycle, (c) accurate information and influencing sources, and (d) parent control and child autonomy. Our findings offer insights into parents’ common struggles, inform future research, and promote more meaningful parent-child communication about sex.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2240763
C. T. Adebayo
ABSTRACT Research on motherhood in family communication scholarship has traditionally focused on White women’s experiences in the U.S. Few communication studies have reported the experiences of Black mothers in their findings. However, there is still a dearth of scholarship in studies that centralize the voices of Black mothers. While the paths to becoming a mother might be fairly similar, the experiences of mothers differ based on many factors. African American women exist on the margins of race, gender, and the legitimacy of “how they became mothers.” Centralizing the voices of Black mothers in communication scholarship, this study analyzed the stories of 31 African American mothers. Using Relational Dialectics Theory as a theoretical framework, the discourse of intensive mothering (DIM) and the discourse of motherhood as distressing (DMD) emerged from the data. The DIM and DMD interplayed through diachronic separation, synchronic interplay, and dialogic transformation (discursive hybridity).
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Pub Date : 2023-07-24DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2240801
D. Hawkins
ABSTRACT Even with heightened scrutiny and augmented visibility of cases, the Black community continues to experience police brutality more than their racial counterparts. Previous research has highlighted the prominence of the Black family in the process of racial socialization and identity construction, and other research has reinforced the family as an influential factor in one’s perception of police. However, still, there is a significant absence of communication-centered research that analyzes the issue of police brutality, especially within the Black family. This is true even though police brutality has a well-documented and long-lasting impact on the Black family. Therefore, guided by core tenets of Critical Race Theory, this qualitative study utilized interviews to analyze how interviewees from Black families communicate about police brutality. The following themes emerged from the analysis: (1) Critical Cases: family members remember Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland, (2) Critical Incidents: communication about first-hand accounts and familial stories, and (3) Critical Conversations: stages of “the Talk.” Findings from this study can be used to understand better how Black families navigate police brutality, an issue known to increase stress, trauma, and rates of race-based mortality. This study’s findings can be applied to social work, family therapy, and mental health fields.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-16DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2236086
Lashaunda J. Lucas, J. Wade
ABSTRACT Research shows that families engage in gender and race specific parenting, guided by societal expectations around gender roles and the persistent racialized hierarchy. What is missing is an analysis of how racialized gender socialization impacts the preparation of Black girls for womanhood. Here we utilized in depth interviewing to uncover messages Black millennial women (N = 9) received about Black womanhood. Our results showed three key themes, Black parents ignored topics of race when sharing messages of socialization and preparation for adulthood for Black girls; Black parents focused largely on educational and vocational achievement to invalidate racist stereotypes placed on Black girls; and Black parents focused on providing guidance to protect Black girls from potential harmful relationships. These findings highlight key ascribed attributes to womanhood for Black women, which can guide mental health practice and illuminates the need for future research on racialized gender socialization that accounts for generation, race, and gender.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2023.2231910
Merin Oleschuk, Christopher R. Maniotes
ABSTRACT Routines and rituals are ubiquitous across scholarship in family communication yet are overlapping and idiosyncratic concepts, making a clear distinction between them difficult. This paper builds clarification around the concepts by arguing for attending to what we call the routinized and ritualized aspects of family activities. We demonstrate this approach’s utility through a qualitative thematic discourse analysis of 697 Twitter posts discussing the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on family food practices in the United States. We identify three themes that convey the broad impacts of lockdown conditions on family food practices: bolstering, disruption, and reimagining. We then analyze each theme’s salience within daily meals and holiday meals – two food provisioning sites frequently considered routines and rituals, respectively. Theoretically, this paper forwards a conceptualization of routines and rituals that delineates the symbolic and instrumental elements embedded within each; empirically, it demonstrates the multifaced effects of the pandemic on family food life.
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