Browsing by Author "Gardner, Brandt C."
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Adolescent perceptions of fathers' authority and adolescent behavioral autonomy
Fronheiser, Joey (2007-07)Scope and Method of Study: -
Associations of global stress, negative affect, psychological aggression, and relationship quality with relationship partner attitudes toward relationship education: An exploratory actor-partner investigation by gender, income, education, and relationship status
Burr, Brandon Kevin (2010-07)Scope and Method of Study: Quantitative -
Attachment and Relationship Satisfaction as Moderators of the Relationship Between Female Repair Attempt Behavior and Couple Emotional Flexibility During Marital Conflict
Smith, Jennifer Reigh (2015-12-01)The purpose of this study was to examine husbands� and wives� reports of attachment-related anxiety, attachment-related avoidance, and relationship satisfaction as moderators of the relationship between wives� self-reported ... -
Attachment Styles and Negative Affect: Identifying Underlying Processes
Rolling, Emily S. (Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)The aim of the present study was to examine the potential mediating role of alpha amylase on attachment style and affect. The results did not support the proposed hypotheses. Therefore, exploratory analyses were conducted. ... -
Client preferences and the specific versus common factors debate
Swift, Joshua Keith (2010-12)Scope and Method of Study: Client preferences for psychological treatments have been found to play an important role in therapy outcomes. The present study was designed to examine client preferences for treatment using a ... -
Connected or disconnected? Romantic couples' adrenocortical attunement in a "connected" world
Swearingen-Stanbrough, Casandra Lynn (2015-07)The purpose of this research is to investigate how media usage impacts adrenocortical attunement in romantic couples. Prior research has shown that adrenocortical attunement within the stress response system provides ... -
Dynamic affective synchrony in marital dyads: Associations with satisfaction and attachment
Bradley, McKenna (2018-05-10)Affective synchrony is how much partners respond with similar emotions. It is hypothesized that affective synchrony is related to higher relationship satisfaction and attachment security. Twenty-three couples engaged in ... -
Exploring Finances, Emotions, and Couple Relations Using the Family Stress Model and Stress Spillover Model
Hubler, Daniel (Oklahoma State University, 2009-05-01)This study was to identify if an association exists between couple SES and affective experience while communicating, and it also was to identify evidence supporting partner global stress as a partial mediator of this ... -
Financial planning for retirement: Spousal communication and collaboration
Gutierrez, Helen Carabez (2015-05)Numerous investigations can be found in the retirement planning literature. However, no studies have appeared that have examined how married individuals communicate and collaborate with one another when making decisions ... -
Multi-systemic constraints to help seeking prior to the finalization of a divorce
Roberts, Kelly M. (2013-12)Recent data from Minnesota family courts revealed that approximately ten percent of couples filing for divorce might still be open to reconciliation. This data, coupled with a burgeoning body of literature concluding that ... -
Predictors of Resilience in Families of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Following Deinstitutionalization
Caldwell, Jillian (2017-05-01)The current study utilized the family resilience model (Henry, Morris, & Harrist, 2015) to examine the relationship between empowerment, family member age, family relative number of years institutionalized, and resilience ... -
Testing nested associations between microdimensional and global indicators of relationship outcomes
Hubler, Daniel Spencer (2012-05)Scope and Method of Study: There is limited information on how emotions and heart rate are associated on microdimensional levels both within and between romantic partners over time. We used multilevel modeling to assess ... -
Work Conditions, Work-family Conflict, and Marital Quality among Male Firefighters
Meadows, Meagan Parrish (Oklahoma State University, 2014-05-01)Firefighters routinely deal with multiple stressors that can place considerable strain on their family lives, particularly their marriages (Regehr, Dimitropoulos, Bright, George, & Henderson, 2005). Yet firefighters also ...