Applying the Relational Turbulence Model to the Empty-Nest Transition: Sources of Relationship Change, Relational Uncertainty, and Interference from Partners

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Nagy ◽  
Jennifer A. Theiss
Keyword(s):  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Empty Nest ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model ◽  
Empty Nest Transition ◽  
Relationship Change

A Relational Turbulence Model of Sexual Communication in Couples With Depression

2020 ◽  
pp. 009365022095822
Author(s):  
Amy L. Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Communication About Sex ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model

Couples coping with depression are prone to unique and pervasive sexual intimacy challenges and experience troubles communicating effectively. Successful sexual communication improves sexual and relationship satisfaction, making communication particularly important for couples facing sexual difficulties. In this study, the relational turbulence model serves as a framework to examine associations between sexual communication and both sexual and relationship satisfaction in couples ( N = 106) in which one or both partners live with depression. Results of a cross-sectional survey suggest sexual communication mediates relationships between both relational uncertainty and interference from a partner with sexual/relationship satisfaction. Results illuminate functions of communication about sex as couples navigate sexual and relational effects of depression.

Integrating the Relational Turbulence Model and a Multiple Goals Approach to Understand Topic Avoidance During the Transition to Extended Family

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart ◽  
John P. Caughlin
Keyword(s):  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Multiple Goals ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Topic Avoidance ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model ◽  
Sectional Analysis

This study focuses on the transition to extended family that occurs as marriage creates in-law relationships along with the spousal unit. Specifically, it utilizes both the relational turbulence model and the multiple goals perspective to examine variations in communication avoidance and satisfaction with one’s in-law relationship. Our model proposes that key mechanisms of relational turbulence (i.e., relational uncertainty and interference from partners) are associated with in-law’s communicative goals (such as managing uncertainty, fostering a positive in-law identity, and maintaining family relationships), which in turn are associated with topic avoidance. In addition, we hypothesized that relational uncertainty, interference from partners, and the use of topic avoidance would be associated with dissatisfaction in nascent in-law bonds. A cross-sectional analysis of data from 203 children-in-law revealed that in addition to direct associations among relational uncertainty, interference from partners, topic avoidance, and satisfaction, children-in-law’s uncertainty management goals mediated a portion of the association between the mechanisms of turbulence and topic avoidance. These findings are consistent with our proposed model, suggesting important implications for our understanding of the transition to extended family, as well as our understanding of relational turbulence and multiple goals in in-law relationships.

Sexual intimacy challenges as markers of relational turbulence in couples with depression

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 3075-3097
Author(s):  
Amy L. Delaney
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Sexual Intimacy ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model ◽  
The Relationship

Using the relational turbulence model, I test a model in which relational uncertainty and interference from a partner mediate the relationship between depressive symptoms and sexual intimacy challenges for couples with depression. Couples in whom one or both partners were clinically diagnosed with depression completed an online survey of closed-ended items. Results suggest depressive symptoms associate with relational uncertainty, and men’s depressive symptoms predict both their own and their partner’s interference from a partner. Interference from a partner emerged as a mediator for sexual intimacy challenges. The findings highlight partner interference as a mechanism of upheaval for couples with depression, and the results stand to help practitioners identify and mitigate sexual intimacy challenges.

The Relational Turbulence Model: A Meta-Analytic Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 222-249
Author(s):  
Alan K Goodboy ◽  
San Bolkan ◽  
Liesel L Sharabi ◽  
Scott A Myers ◽  
James P Baker
Keyword(s):  
Random Effects ◽  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Correlation Matrix ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Turbulence Theory ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Analytic Review ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Uncertainty Relationship

Abstract A series of 27 meta-analyses was conducted to synthesize theoretical predictions, to date, of the relational turbulence model (RTM), which has informed relational turbulence theory (RTT). In line with theorized predictions, 12 random-effects meta-analyses (k = 9–15; n = 1,395–5,493) confirmed that RTM variables (i.e., self uncertainty, partner uncertainty, relationship uncertainty, and partner interference), on average, correlated with topic avoidance, depressive symptoms, and relationship satisfaction. An additional 15 random-effects meta-analyses (k = 4–41; n = 930–8,975) were conducted to pool an average correlation matrix among self uncertainty, partner uncertainty, relationship uncertainty, partner interference, partner facilitation, and relational turbulence. This pooled correlation matrix was used to test a meta-analytic structural equation model of the RTM commonly specified in the literature. Global and local fit statistics indicated the meta-analytic data fit the RTM well. Collectively, these results offer empirical and theoretical evidence for the RTM across nearly 2 decades of research and provide insights for future scholarship guided by the axioms and propositions of RTT.

scholarly journals Military children’s difficulty with reintegration after deployment: A relational turbulence model perspective.

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 542-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leanne K. Knobloch ◽  
Lynne M. Knobloch-Fedders ◽  
Jeremy B. Yorgason ◽  
Aaron T. Ebata ◽  
Patricia C. McGlaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Turbulence Model ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model

“Was it all smoke and mirrors?”

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvia L. Mikucki-Enyart ◽  
Sarah E. Wilder ◽  
Hayden Barber
Keyword(s):  
Adult Children ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Relational Uncertainty ◽  
Family Ties ◽  
Relational Turbulence ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Relational Turbulence Model ◽  
Practical Recommendations

The present study utilizes the relational turbulence model (RTM) to illuminate adult children’s experiences of relational uncertainty and interference from partners following late-life parental divorce (LLPD). In-depth, semi-structured interviews with 25 adult children who had experienced parental divorce later in life revealed that adult children grappled with four broad themes of relational uncertainty: (a) parent–adult child relationship uncertainty, (b) parent as individual uncertainty, (c) divorce-related uncertainty, and (d) being a family uncertainty. Interference from partners was couched within adult children’s experiences of feeling caught and manifested as (a) disruptions to normative developmental stressors and (b) disruptions to maintaining family ties. The discussion highlights the theoretical implications of our results for the RTM and the larger divorce literature, along with practical recommendations to assist those grappling with LLPD.

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