PUBLICATIONS

Scharp, K. M., **Cooper, R., *Worwood, J., & Dorrance Hall, E. (in press). “There’s always going to be uncertainty.”: Exploring undergraduate student parents’ sources of uncertainty and related management practices. Communication Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650220903872

Scharp, K. M., **Kubler, K. F., & Wang, T. R. (2020). Individual and community practices for constructing communicative resilience: Exploring the communicative processes of coping with parental alienation. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 48(2), 207-226. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2020.1734225

Scharp, K. M., & Barker, B. A. (in press). “I have to social norm this”: Making meaning of hearing loss from the perspective of adults who use hearing aids. Health Communication. Advance online publication.https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1712523

Scharp, K. M. (2020). Taking sides and feeling caught: Communicative complications for immediate family members of estranged parent-child dyads. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(4), 1053–1072. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519886360

Scharp, K. M. (2019). “You’re not welcome here:” A grounded theory of family distancing. Communication Research,46(4), 427–455. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650217715542

Scharp, K. M., & Thomas, L. J. (in press). A child for every family?: Characterizations of “adoptable” foster children in online permanency advocacy publications. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520918668

Dorrance Hall, E. & Scharp, K. (2018). Testing a mediational model of the effect of family communication patterns on student perceptions of the impact of the college transition through social communication apprehension. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 46, 429-446. doi: 10.1080/00909882.2018.1502461

Scharp, K. M., & Dorrance Hall, E. (2019). Examining the relationship between undergraduate student parent social support-seeking factors, stress, and somatic symptoms: A two model comparison of direct and indirect effects. Health Communication, 34(1), 54–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2017.1384427

Dorrance Hall, E., Kenny Fiester, M., Tikkanen, S. (online first). A mixed-method analysis of the role of online communication attitudes in the relationship between self-monitoring and emerging adult text intensity. Computers in Human Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.002

Dorrance Hall, E. Greene, J. O., Anderson, L. B., Hingson, L., Gill, E., Berkelaar, B. L., Morgan, M. (online first). The family environment of “quick-witted” persons: Birth order, family communication patterns, and creative facility. Communication Studies. doi: 10.1080/10510974.2017.1362567

Dorrance Hall, E. (online first). The process of family member marginalization: Turning points experienced by “black sheep.” Personal Relationships. doi: 10.1111/pere.12196

Scharp, K. M. (2016). Parent–child estrangement: Conditions for disclosure and perceived social network member reactions. Family Relations, 65(5), 688–700. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12219

Scharp, K. M. & Dorrance Hall, E. (2017). Family marginalization, alienation, and estrangement: Questioning the nonvoluntary status of family relationships. Annals of the International Communication Association, 41, 28-45. doi: 10.1080/23808985.2017.1285680

Dorrance Hall, E. (online first). The communicative process of resilience for marginalized family members. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. doi: 10.1177/0265407516683838

Thomas, L. J., & Scharp, K. M. (2017). “A family for every child”: Discursive constructions of “ideal” adoptive families in online foster-adoption photolistings that promote adoption of children from foster care. Adoption Quarterly, doi:10.1080/10926755.2016.1263261 (Special Issue on Finding, Supporting, and Maintaining Adoptive Families for Children in Foster Care)

Scharp, K. M., & Thomas, L. J. (in press). Discourse analysis. In C. Davis (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Research Methods. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

Scharp, K. M., & Canfield, C. (in press). Irreplaceable: Exploring identity and relationships through the discussion of invaluable personal objects in relational communication courses. Communication Teacher

Beck, A. L. & Scharp, K. M. (in press). “Losing my religion”: Identity (re)constructions in Mormon exit narratives. Narrative Inquiry 

​Dorrance Hall, E., McNallie, J., Custers, K., Timmermans, E., Wilson, S., & Van den Bulck, J. (online first). A cross-cultural examination of the mediating role of family support and parental advice quality on the relationship between family communication patterns and first-year college student adjustment in the United States and Belgium. Communication Research. doi: 10.1177/0093650216657755

Dorrance Hall, E., & McNallie, J. (2016). The mediating role of sibling maintenance behavior expectations in the relationship between family communication patterns and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Family Communication, 16, 386-402. doi: 10.1080/15267431.2016.1215316

Dorrance Hall, E., Ruth-McSwain, A., & Ferrara, M.H. (online first). Models of health: Exploring memorable messages received from parents about diet and exercise. Journal of Communication in Healthcare. doi: 10.1080/17538068.2016.1187892

Wilson, S. R., Dorrance Hall, E., Gettings, P. E., & Pastor, R. G. (in press). The impact of deployment, relational, and personal factors on how families talk with U.S. service members about mental health concerns: A multiple goals mediational model. Communication Research. doi: 10.1177/0093650215617507

Scharp, K. M., Paxman, C. G., & Thomas, L. J. (2016). “I want to go home”: Homesickness

experiences and social support-seeking practices. Environment and Behavior, 48, 1175-

1197. doi:10.1177/0013916515590475 

Colaner, C. W., & Scharp, K. M. (2016). Maintaining open adoption relationships: Practitioner insights on adoptive parents’ regulation of adoption kinship networks. Communication Studies, 67, 359-378. doi:10.1080/10510974.2016.1164208

Scharp, K. M., & Thomas, L. J. (2016). Family “bonds”: Making meaning of parent-child

relationships in estrangement narratives. Journal of Family Communication, 16, doi: 10.1080/15267431.2015.1111215 (Special Issue on Critical Approaches to Family Communication Research: Representation, Critique, and Praxis)

Scharp, K. M. (2016). Family estrangement. In C. Shehan (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofFamily Studies.  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

Scharp, K. M. (2016). Parent-child alienation. In C. Shehan (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Family Studies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell.

Scharp, K. M., Thomas, L. J, & Paxman, C. G. (2015). “It was the straw that broke the camel’s back”: Exploring the distancing processes communicatively constructed in parent-child estrangement backstories. Journal of Family Communication, 15, 330-348. doi:10.1080/15267431.2015.1076422

Dorrance Hall, E. & Feister, M. K. (2015). Navigating emerging adulthood with communication technology. In C. Bruess (Ed.), Family communication in the age of digital and social media. New York, NY: Peter Lang International.

Baxter, L. A., & Scharp, K. M. (2015). Dialectical tensions in relationships. In C. Bergerand M. Roloff (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Communication. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118540190.wbeic017

High, A. C., & Scharp, K. M. (2015). Examining family communication patterns and seekingsocial support: Direct and indirect effects through ability and motivation. Human Communication Research, 41, 459-621. doi:10.1111/hcre.12061 (Lead Article)

McNallie, J. & Dorrance Hall, E. (2015). The role of perceptions of sibling maintenance behavior in ratings of relationship satisfaction. Communication Research Reports, 32, 149-158. doi: 10.1080/08824096.2015.1016147

Thomas, L. J., & Scharp, K. M. (2015). Exploring the meaning of cohabitation: A relational dialectics perspective. Iowa Journal of Communication, 47, 73-95 (Special Issue on Qualitative Research Methods)

Wilson, S. R., Gettings, P. E., Dorrance Hall, E. & Pastor, R. (2015). Dilemmas families face in talking with returning U.S. Military service members about seeking professional help for mental health issues. Health Communication, 30, 772-783. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2014.899659

Scharp, K. M., & Steuber, K. R. (2014). Perceived information ownership and control:Negotiating communication preferences in potential adoption reunions. Personal Relationships, 21, 515-529. doi:10.1111/pere.12046

Baxter, L. A., Norwood, K. M, Asbury, B., & Scharp, K. M. (2014). Narrating adoption:resisting adoption as “second best” in online stories of domestic adoption told by adoptive parents. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 253-269. doi:10.1080/15267431.2014.908199

Greene, J. O., Morgan, M., Anderson, L. B., Gill, E., Dorrance Hall, E., Berkelaar, B. L., Herbers, L. E., & Hingson, L. (2014). Formative communication experiences and message production ability in adulthood: Family communication patterns and creative facility. Communication Research Reports, 31, 41-52. doi: 10.1080/08824096.2013.843166

MacGeorge, E. L., & Dorrance Hall, E. (2014). Relationship advice. In C. R. Agnew (Ed.), Social influences on romantic relationships: Beyond the dyad (pp. 188-208). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Thomas, L., Scharp, K. M., & Paxman, C. G. (2014). Stories of postpartum depression: Exploring health constructs related to mothers’ help-seeking behaviors. Women & Health, 54, 373-387. doi:10.1080/03630242.2014.896442

Steuber, K. R., Priem, J., Scharp, K. M., & Thomas, L. (2014). The content of relational uncertainty in non-engaged cohabiting partnerships. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 42, 107-123. doi:10.1080/00909882.2013.874569

Scharp, K. M. (2013). Making meaning of domestic adoption reunion in online narratives: A dialogic perspective. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 2, 301-325. doi:101525/qcr.2013.2.3.301

Campo, S., Askelson, N. M., Spies, E., Boxer, C., Scharp, K. M., & Losch, M. (2013). “Wow, that was funny”: The value of exposure and humor in fostering *campaign message sharing. Social Marketing Quarterly, 19, 84-96. doi:10.1177/1524500413483456 (*Health campaign targeting unintended pregnancy in a college-aged population)

Baxter, L. A., Scharp, K. M., Asbury, B., Jannusch, A., & Norwood, K. M. (2012). “Birthmothers are not bad people”: A dialogic perspective of online birth mother narratives. Qualitative Communication Research, 1, 53-82. doi:101525/qcr.2012.1.1.53

Baxter, L. A., Norwood, K. M, Asbury, B., Jannusch, A., & Scharp, K. M. (2012). Narrative coherence in online stories told by members of the adoption triad. Journal of Family Communication, 12, 265-283. doi:10.1080/15267431.2012.686944

Ferrara, M.H., Kopfman, J., Dorrance Hall, E., Navon, E., Septor, K. (2011). Talk to take: Multivitamin usage in college-aged women. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 4, 271-280.