Staying Connected on the Home Front: Communication and Well-Being of Civilian Spouses During Deployment
| dc.contributor.advisor | Borden, Lynne | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tolhurst, Nicole Alexis | |
| dc.creator | Tolhurst, Nicole Alexis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-09T19:32:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-09T19:32:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Tolhurst, Nicole Alexis. (2013). Staying Connected on the Home Front: Communication and Well-Being of Civilian Spouses During Deployment (Bachelor's thesis, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA). | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/297772 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this study, I examined the associations of communication frequency via asynchronous (i.e., email/internet, postal mail) and synchronous communication methods (i.e., commercial telephone, DSN telephone, military exchange provided phone, military video phone, and video teleconference) as associated with marital quality and psychological well-being in civilian wives during their service member husbands’ deployment (N = 2,230). I used a relational dialectics perspective to suggest that the relationship between communication frequency and well-being would be curvilinear such that increased communication frequency is beneficial up to a point where it then becomes detrimental for well-being. I found this curvilinear relationship for synchronous communication methods and marital quality, but synchronous communication was not significantly associated with psychological well-being. For asynchronous communication, although I expected curvilinear effects I found a positive linear relationship for both marital quality and psychological well-being. Overall, this study suggests that increased communication is not always better for well-being of civilian spouses during deployment periods. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | The University of Arizona. | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. | en_US |
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| dc.title | Staying Connected on the Home Front: Communication and Well-Being of Civilian Spouses During Deployment | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en_US |
| dc.type | Electronic Thesis | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Arizona | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | bachelors | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Honors College | en_US |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Psychology | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | B.A. | en_US |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-30T09:59:15Z | |
| html.description.abstract | In this study, I examined the associations of communication frequency via asynchronous (i.e., email/internet, postal mail) and synchronous communication methods (i.e., commercial telephone, DSN telephone, military exchange provided phone, military video phone, and video teleconference) as associated with marital quality and psychological well-being in civilian wives during their service member husbands’ deployment (N = 2,230). I used a relational dialectics perspective to suggest that the relationship between communication frequency and well-being would be curvilinear such that increased communication frequency is beneficial up to a point where it then becomes detrimental for well-being. I found this curvilinear relationship for synchronous communication methods and marital quality, but synchronous communication was not significantly associated with psychological well-being. For asynchronous communication, although I expected curvilinear effects I found a positive linear relationship for both marital quality and psychological well-being. Overall, this study suggests that increased communication is not always better for well-being of civilian spouses during deployment periods. |
