The influence of family cohesion and relational maintenance strategies on stress in first semester college students
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DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2020.1821735
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of family cohesion and relational maintenance strategies on students’ experiences of stress in their first semesters of college. One hundred and ninety-eight first-year college students completed measures assessing family… read more here.
Keywords: family cohesion; relational maintenance; cohesion relational;
Explaining doctoral students’ relational maintenance with their advisor: a psychosocial development perspective
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DOI: 10.1080/03634523.2016.1202996
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study explored how psychosocial development affects doctoral students’ relationship and communication with their advisor. Chickering and Reisser’s vectors of psychosocial development were examined in the doctoral context to understand how students preserve communicatively… read more here.
Keywords: relational maintenance; psychosocial development; doctoral students; development ... See more keywords
Love Locked Up: An Exploration of Relationship Maintenance and Perceived Barriers for Women Who Have Incarcerated Partners
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DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2019.1674853
Abstract: ABSTRACT Familial separation due to incarceration present numerous challenges to the enactment of relational maintenance behaviors. This study explored self-reported maintenance behaviors and perceptions of barriers that hinder feelings of connectedness for non-incarcerated women who… read more here.
Keywords: partner; women incarcerated; maintenance; relational maintenance ... See more keywords
Communicatively Constructing Godparenthood: Relational Maintenance and Relational Closeness
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DOI: 10.1080/15267431.2021.1903901
Abstract: ABSTRACT Although the godparent-godchild relationship is a centuries-old practice that creates a meaningful intergenerational bond, research on godparenthood is in its infancy. The current study examined godparent relational maintenance behaviors to provide an introductory glimpse… read more here.
Keywords: relational maintenance; maintenance; godparenthood; maintenance behaviors ... See more keywords
Relational maintenance, collectivism, and coping strategies among Black populations during COVID-19
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DOI: 10.1177/02654075211025093
Abstract: The current study, adopting community resilience and social creativity, explores Black individuals’ relational maintenance and collectivist strategies employed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A sample of 410 Black adults across the United States answered open-ended web-based… read more here.
Keywords: relational maintenance; maintenance collectivism; black populations; community resilience ... See more keywords