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Communication Theories: Relational Dialectics Theory

Resources for Communication Theories projects.

Relational Dialectics Theory

“It's me. I'm it.”: Defining Adolescent Sexual Identity through Relational Dialectics in “Dawson's Creek”
From Strangers To Spouses: Early Relational Dialectics in Arranged Marriages Among Muslim Families in Lebanon
Cying for Me, Cying for Us: Relational Dialectics in a Korean Social Network Site
Feminist Identity in Romantic Relationships: A Relational Dialectics Analysis of E-Mail Discourse as Collaborative Found Poetry
How Older Adults and Their Families Perceive Family Talk about Aging-Related EOL Issues: A Dialectical Analysis
When Black and White Medicine Turns Gray: Exploring the Interplay and Meaning of Discoursing about Parenting a Child with a Complex Chronic Condition.
Discourses of Diabetes Management in Patient-Physician Interactions
Competing Discourses Surrounding Primary Caregivers of Hospice Patients
Weekend warriors: autonomy-connection, openness-closedness, and coping strategies of marital partners in nonresidential stepfamilies
Relational Dialectics Theory: Multivocal Dialogues of Family Communication in Dawn O. Braithwaite, and Leslie A. Baxter. Engaging Theories in Family Communication : Multiple Perspectives.
Ethics and Relational Dialectics in Mentoring Relationships