TY - JOUR
T1 - Depressive symptoms and relational uncertainty as predictors of reassurance-seeking and negative feedback-seeking in conversation
AU - Knobloch, Leanne K.
AU - Knobloch-Fedders, Lynne M.
AU - Durbin, C. Emily
N1 - Funding Information:
Leanne K. Knobloch (PhD, University of Wisconsin·Madison) is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders (PhD, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio) is Director of Research and Kovler Scholar at The Family Institute at Northwestern University. C. Emily Durbin (PhD, Stony Brook University) is an associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Michigan State University. The project was funded in part by the Randy Gerson Memorial Research Award granted to the second author by the American Psychological Foundation. The authors are grateful to Emmelyn Joy, Christine Kim, Lindsay Kessler, Amy Lindgren, Morgan Pick, Amber Rudolphi, Jessica Victor, and Sarah Viktora for rating the conversations. Correspondence to: Leanne K. Knobloch, Department of Communication, University of Illinois, 1207 W. Oregon Street, Room 225, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Tel: 217-333-8913; Fax: 217-244-1598; E-mail: [email protected]
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Integrative interpersonal theory implies that relational uncertainty may play a role in the reassurance-seeking and negative feedback-seeking behavior of people with depressive symptoms. We sought to extend the theory by (a) documenting how individuals with depressive symptoms communicate under conditions of relational uncertainty, (b) evaluating actor and partner effects, and (c) utilizing observational measures of reassurance-seeking and negative feedback-seeking. Sixty-nine romantic couples engaged in 50 minutes of conversation rated by independent judges. Multilevel modeling results indicated that the depressive symptoms of actors and partners were the primary predictor of an actor's reassurance-seeking, but an actor's relational uncertainty was the primary predictor of an actor's negative feedback-seeking. The findings illuminate the interplay among depressive symptoms, relational uncertainty, and communication.
AB - Integrative interpersonal theory implies that relational uncertainty may play a role in the reassurance-seeking and negative feedback-seeking behavior of people with depressive symptoms. We sought to extend the theory by (a) documenting how individuals with depressive symptoms communicate under conditions of relational uncertainty, (b) evaluating actor and partner effects, and (c) utilizing observational measures of reassurance-seeking and negative feedback-seeking. Sixty-nine romantic couples engaged in 50 minutes of conversation rated by independent judges. Multilevel modeling results indicated that the depressive symptoms of actors and partners were the primary predictor of an actor's reassurance-seeking, but an actor's relational uncertainty was the primary predictor of an actor's negative feedback-seeking. The findings illuminate the interplay among depressive symptoms, relational uncertainty, and communication.
KW - Depressive symptoms
KW - Negative feedback-seeking
KW - Reassurance-seeking
KW - Relational uncertainty
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U2 - 10.1080/03637751.2011.618137
DO - 10.1080/03637751.2011.618137
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84855767138
SN - 0363-7751
VL - 78
SP - 437
EP - 462
JO - Communication Monographs
JF - Communication Monographs
IS - 4
ER -