@article{romo_earl_mueller_obiol_2024, title={A Qualitative Model of Weight Cycling}, volume={1}, ISSN={["1552-7557"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323231221666}, DOI={10.1177/10497323231221666}, abstractNote={ Weight cycling is a likely consequence of striving to lose weight after internalizing body image ideals, making upward social comparisons, and experiencing weight stigma. Despite weight cycling’s potential physical and psychological consequences, the interplay of weight cycling, social pressures, and experienced and internalized stigma have not been qualitatively explored. Thus, through in-depth interviews of 36 weight-cycling adults, this study sought to understand how people negotiate weight cycling. Interviews informed the development of a qualitative model of weight cycling, which was derived from a theory-neutral inductive analysis. The model’s stages included entering the cycle, undergoing the cycle, and challenging the cycle. Participants were triggered to enter the cycle due to weight stigma caused by social pressures. Within the cycle, interviewees internalized weight stigma and engaged in disordered weight management behaviors. Some participants challenged the cycle by becoming more self-aware and mitigating their toxic dieting behaviors. However, it was very difficult, if not impossible, for many to fully exit weight cycling and the restraints of previous weight management thinking and patterns. Our investigation underscores the seriousness of weight cycling and suggests ways to combat weight cycling on both macro and individual levels. It may also be useful to consider weight cycling as disordered eating in hopes of shifting society’s dangerous focus on rapid weight loss. }, journal={QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH}, author={Romo, Lynsey and Earl, Sydney and Mueller, Katelin A. and Obiol, Mary}, year={2024}, month={Jan} }
 @article{romo_makos_hooper_taussig_hamlet_2024, title={An Examination of Visually Impaired Individuals' Uncertainty Management}, volume={2}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2024.2312622}, abstractNote={Being visually impaired or legally blind (having vision that is uncorrectable or cannot be corrected to a legally acceptable level) is inherently uncertain. Although uncertainty can result in positive, negative, or neutral consequences, little is known about how uncertainty is experienced and negotiated in this understudied population. Thus, through in-depth, semi-structured interviews of 24 individuals with a visual impairment, we apply uncertainty management theory (UMT) to examine the communication strategies visually impaired individuals used to manage the personal, vision-related, and social uncertainty they experienced. Many participants appraised the uncertainty negatively and consequently aimed to reduce it by seeking social support and information, using instrumental strategies, and proactively disclosing their visual impairment. Interviewees who preferred to remain uncertain maintained it by avoiding thinking about their visual impairment or worsening vision and/or by concealing their low vision and passing as sighted. Last, some participants, particularly those who were born with low vision or had been visually impaired longer, learned to adapt to the uncertainty through reframing and accepting, self-care, and by turning to God. The study also uncovered that some participants' uncertainty management was limited by ableist constraints, such as inadequate support systems, systemic barriers, and stigma. The study also underscores the universal and fluid nature of uncertainty and uncovers tangible ways individuals with visual impairment can navigate uncertainty within a pervasive cultural biomedical model of disability.}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Romo, Lynsey and Makos, Shana and Hooper, Marisa and Taussig, Melissa and Hamlet, Montana}, year={2024}, month={Feb} }
 @article{romo_abetz_thompson_2024, title={An examination of mothers' sensemaking of 'mommy drinking culture'}, volume={4}, ISSN={["1839-3543"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2024.2344492}, DOI={10.1080/13229400.2024.2344492}, journal={JOURNAL OF FAMILY STUDIES}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Abetz, Jenna S. and Thompson, Charee M.}, year={2024}, month={Apr} }
 @article{romo_abetz_2023, title={How US college athletes manage COVID-19 related uncertainty}, volume={1}, ISSN={["2159-6778"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2022.2161607}, DOI={10.1080/2159676X.2022.2161607}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Emerging adulthood is a period rife with uncertainty, even prior to COVID-19. Research suggests college athletes may be better adept at managing COVID-related challenges. Thus, we interviewed 16 U.S. college athletes to better understand their experiences related to uncertainty and uncertainty management. We found college athletes, who had to balance both academics and sports, experienced uncertainty related to health, academics, interpersonal relationships, and careers. Using the lens of uncertainty management theory (UMT), we found most college athletes viewed uncertainty negatively, attempting to reduce it via seeking social support and information, establishing schedules, and protecting against COVID. However, others learned to adapt to ambiguity by controlling what they could control and focusing on COVID’s positives. By adapting, college athletes were able to build resilience, informing strategies other emerging adults can use not only to navigate a global pandemic, but the unexpected challenges and adversity inherent in emerging adulthood.}, journal={QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN SPORT EXERCISE AND HEALTH}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Abetz, Jenna}, year={2023}, month={Jan} }
 @article{romo_obiol_taussig_2023, title={Visually Impaired Individuals' Impression Management}, volume={12}, ISSN={["1745-1027"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2023.2294717}, DOI={10.1080/10570314.2023.2294717}, abstractNote={We examined visually impaired individuals’ impression management strategies through Goffman’s dramaturgical perspective. Consistent with the biomedical model of disability and ableism, participants managed appearance, suppressed emotions, and strategically asked for help in the frontstage to combat stereotypes, present as less of a burden, and serve as low-vision ambassadors. Backstage, participants expressed emotion privately, engaged in solitary pursuits, and coped through support groups and therapy. While therapy helped some resist ableist ideology, even backstage many participants struggled to decompress and find peace. Thus, a true backstage does not apply to people who are oppressed, as frontstage challenges constrained participants’ backstage coping.}, journal={WESTERN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Obiol, Mary E. and Taussig, Melissa J.}, year={2023}, month={Dec} }
 @article{romo_alvarez_taussig_2022, title={An examination of visually impaired individuals' communicative negotiation of face threats}, volume={7}, ISSN={["1460-3608"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02654075221114048}, DOI={10.1177/02654075221114048}, abstractNote={ Being visually impaired is an inherently face threatening and potentially stigmatizing experience that can greatly affect personal relationships. Those with a visual impairment frequently miss nonverbal cues, must rely on others for transportation and other assistance, and can be overtly marked as different through their use of a cane or a guide dog. Framed by the theoretical lens of facework and using in-depth interviews of 24 visually impaired individuals, this study uncovered how people with a visual impairment engaged in facework to mitigate and remediate the low-vision-related face threats they and others experienced. Participants reported using preventive facework, including politeness and humor, as well as corrective facework (avoidance, apologies, accounts, and humor) to manage face threats. Interviewees also engaged in a new type of facework that was simultaneously corrective and preventive: future facework (education and advocacy). Findings offer practical strategies visually impaired individuals can use to ward off or repair face threatening acts, contesting stigma and potentially improving relationships and fostering allyship among sighted individuals. The study also suggests that facework be incorporated into a biopsychosocial model of disability to help combat disabling social barriers. }, journal={JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Alvarez, Cimmiaron and Taussig, Melissa R.}, year={2022}, month={Jul} }
 @article{abetz_romo_marr_2022, title={Defining and Exploring Frenemy Relationships}, volume={10}, ISSN={["1930-3203"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2022.2131897}, DOI={10.1080/1041794X.2022.2131897}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Despite the prevalence of frenemy references in popular culture and the significant impacts these relationships invariably can have on our lives, frenemy scholarship is limited, contradictory, and often used synonymously with ambivalent relationships. This study draws from 29 interviews to develop an empirical definition of the term frenemy. Results illustrate that study participants conceptualize the term as a relationship, often negative, steeped in situational ties and shared social connections that outwardly appears friendly, but is fraught with underlying competition, jealousy, or distrust. This study offers a more nuanced and refined definition of the term and suggests that frenemy is distinct from and should not be conflated with ambivalent relationships. Articulating and exploring frenemy dynamics provides insight into the development and enactment of these relationships.}, journal={SOUTHERN COMMUNICATION JOURNAL}, author={Abetz, Jenna S. and Romo, Lynsey K. and Marr, Chandler}, year={2022}, month={Oct} }
 @article{thompson_babu_romo_pulido_liao_kriss_2021, title={"I changed, I had to realize that I was wrong": Identity gap management amidst evolving illness uncertainty}, volume={10}, ISSN={["1460-3608"]}, DOI={10.1177/02654075211048253}, abstractNote={ Doubt that a family member’s health issues are real, severe, or even possible entwines some of the most challenging aspects of medical, personal, and social uncertainty. Although several studies have examined doubt, this investigation focuses on how doubt evolves and foregrounds the identity implications of uncertainty. Guided by Communication Theory of Identity (CTI), the purpose of this study was to explore the identity gaps people experience as they navigate evolving doubt about a family member’s health and how they manage those identity gaps. We interviewed 33 individuals in the U.S. about a family member’s health issues that they doubted but began to believe. Our analysis uncovered three identity gaps among personal, relational, and enacted layers of identity: personal-enacted, relational-enacted, and personal-relational-enacted identity gaps. Participants managed identity gaps in two primary ways: (a) closing gaps by altering personal, relational, or enacted layers of their own identity; and (b) maintaining identity gaps by putting the locus of responsibility for identity change within their family member’s relational identities. This study offers theoretical implications for CTI as well as practical implications for individuals navigating doubt and evolving illness uncertainty in their family relationships. }, journal={JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS}, author={Thompson, Charee M. and Babu, Sara and Romo, Lynsey K. and Pulido, Manuel D. and Liao, Danni and Kriss, Lauren A.}, year={2021}, month={Oct} }
 @article{abetz_romo_2021, title={A Normative Approach to Understanding How "Boomerang Kids" Communicatively Negotiate Moving Back Home}, volume={5}, ISSN={["2167-6984"]}, DOI={10.1177/21676968211012584}, abstractNote={ The present study adopts a normative approach to examine the context-specific dilemmas and strategies experienced by individuals returning to their parental home after living independently. Through 31 in-depth interviews with individuals ranging in age from 22 to 31, we identified that the central communicative dilemma participants experienced was articulating the decision to move back home as an investment in the future rather than a source of stigma. Participants indicated various strategies to destigmatize the decision to move home and make the experience a positive step toward their futures and in their relationships with their families: communicate clear expectations, contribute to the household, embody adult behavior, and articulate clear timelines. The findings shed light on the complexities of creating an adult identity at a transitional time and supplement understanding of the moving—back—home experience by illustrating how adulthood embodies specific meanings in this context. }, journal={EMERGING ADULTHOOD}, author={Abetz, Jenna S. and Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2021}, month={May} }
 @article{romo_thompson_ben-israel_2022, title={An Examination of How People Appraise and Manage Health-Related Financial Uncertainty}, volume={37}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1876813}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2021.1876813}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT While health care is one of the largest stressors across all incomes and political affiliations, it is unclear how people with health-related financial uncertainty appraise and manage this ambiguity. Using the lens of Uncertainty Management Theory (UMT) and a thematic analysis of semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 17 individuals facing financial and health struggles, we uncovered how intersecting financial and medical uncertainty exacerbated participants’ medical worries, worsening and compromising their mental and physical health. Additionally, we revealed how participants managed health-related financial uncertainty through seeking social support, seeking information to reduce financial burden, enacting financial concessions, making health sacrifices, avoiding information and thoughts about health costs, and adapting to chronic financial uncertainty. This study extends UMT by foregrounding the ways individuals’ environmental resources (i.e., limited financial means) can jeopardize tending to their health, illustrating how uncertainty management is connected not only to communication strategies but also to health behaviors, such as tapering or skipping medications or procedures.}, number={8}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Thompson, Charee Mooney and Ben-Israel, Patience}, year={2022}, month={Jul}, pages={935–943} }
 @article{romo_czajkowski_2021, title={An Examination of Redditors' Metaphorical Sensemaking of Prenuptial Agreements}, volume={5}, ISSN={["1573-3475"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09765-5}, DOI={10.1007/s10834-021-09765-5}, journal={JOURNAL OF FAMILY AND ECONOMIC ISSUES}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Czajkowski, Noah}, year={2021}, month={May} }
 @article{thompson_romo_pulido_liao_kriss_babu_2021, title={Denying and Accepting a Family Member's Illness: Uncertainty Management as a Process}, volume={8}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1964713}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2021.1964713}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Doubt is a common, yet challenging form of uncertainty to have about another’s illness. Although navigating illness uncertainty is a process of continual (re)appraisal and management, existing research narrowly examines windows of uncertainty experience. To illustrate how uncertainty management in the context of doubt is recursive, nonlinear, and ongoing, we apply a process approach to communication to uncertainty management theory. Drawing on interviews with 33 U.S. adults, our findings explicate a prominently teleological (i.e., goal-driven) process wherein participants’ uncertainty management served to accept or deny illness, depending on the extent individuals valued their own and the other’s identity and the relationship. Participants generally moved through this process along one of three trajectories: growth, stagnation, or resentment. We also observed dialectical, evolutionary, and life cycle processes in the data. Findings demonstrate the heuristic value of studying uncertainty management as a multiple motor process.}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Thompson, Charee M. and Romo, Lynsey K. and Pulido, Manuel D. and Liao, Danni and Kriss, Lauren A. and Babu, Sara}, year={2021}, month={Aug} }
 @article{romo_obiol_2021, title={How People in Recovery Manage the Stigma of Being an Alcoholic}, volume={9}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1983339}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2021.1983339}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Although stigma can jeopardize the recovery efforts of people who formerly misused substances, potentially leading to relapse, how people in recovery for alcoholism manage stigma has not been comprehensively or systematically examined. Using stigma management communication theory (SMC) and in-depth interviews of 22 adults in recovery, this investigation uncovered the six main strategies participants used to negotiate the stigma of being an alcoholic. Consistent with the tenets of SMC, interviewees accepted, evaded responsibility for, reduced offensiveness of, avoided, denied, and/or ignored/displayed the stigma, depending on whether they accepted or challenged that the stigma of being an alcoholic applied to themselves and/or the public’s perception. Findings inform practical strategies to help individuals in recovery effectively manage stigma while sustaining their sobriety. The study also suggests ways programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous and treatment centers can use communication to break down recovery barriers.}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Obiol, Mary E.}, year={2021}, month={Sep} }
 @article{romo_campau_2021, title={An Examination of How Students in Recovery for a Substance Use Disorder Manage Uncertainty}, volume={39}, ISSN={["1544-4538"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/07347324.2020.1840314}, DOI={10.1080/07347324.2020.1840314}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Interviews of college students in recovery framed by Uncertainty Management Theory uncovered that students experienced personal and social uncertainty when deciding whether to enter into and how to sustain their recovery. Most participants sought to reduce uncertainty by seeking social support and disclosing their recovery to stay accountable, help others, and combat stigma. Some increased uncertainty by seeking out reassurance or friends with more severe habits to become more uncertain about whether they needed recovery. Others maintained uncertainty by not disclosing their recovery status, fearing openness would result in stigma and negatively affect their future careers. Findings inform practical applications.}, number={4}, journal={ALCOHOLISM TREATMENT QUARTERLY}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Campau, Christopher}, year={2021}, month={Oct}, pages={471–488} }
 @article{foulke_romo_2021, title={An examination of how young adults manage verbal disclosure of their tattoo(s)}, volume={10}, url={https://doi.org/10.1080/17459435.2020.1817771}, DOI={10.1080/17459435.2020.1817771}, abstractNote={Using 25 interviews of young adults and Communication Privacy Management Theory (CPM) as a theoretical framework, this study examines what motivates young adults to verbally disclose or not disclose their tattoos to others. Findings suggest young adults were aware of the threat of tattoo stigma and carefully created and managed privacy rules by assessing whether disclosing their tattoos was risky or rewarding. Participants verbally revealed their tattoo(s) when they perceived disclosing helped them bond with others, establish their identities, and empower themselves. Conversely, participants concealed their tattoo(s) when they perceived disclosing as harmful for their professional identity or potentially resulting in judgment from family and friends. This study sheds light on young adults’ privacy management and underscores the value of tattoos and the need to destigmatize them.}, journal={Qualitative Research Reports in Communication}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Foulke, Meredith and Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2021}, month={Jan}, pages={1–8} }
 @article{romo_luurs_2021, title={How College Students Communicatively Manage Uncertainty about University Health Services}, volume={36}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2020.1731780}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Despite university health services’ critical role in addressing students’ health, students frequently underutilize on-campus healthcare, in part due to uncertainty. This study used Uncertainty Management Theory and 41 interviews with college students and health center staff and providers to uncover the types of health services uncertainty students experienced and how students used communication to manage uncertainty. Students experienced institutional uncertainty pertaining to services, logistics, and quality-of-care. Participants who viewed this uncertainty negatively sought to reduce it via passive- and experiential-information seeking. Students who appraised uncertainty neutrally or positively maintained it by ignoring or avoiding information. Other students increased uncertainty by seeking second opinions. Findings suggest that promoting health services year-round and incentivizing patient referrals may help students manage both uncertainty and their health.}, number={8}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Luurs, Geoffrey}, year={2021}, month={Jul}, pages={1009–1017} }
 @article{romo_lloyd_grimaila_2022, title={An Examination of Communicative Negotiation of Non-Rescue Dog Stigma}, volume={30}, ISSN={["1568-5306"]}, DOI={10.1163/15685306-12341710}, abstractNote={Abstract
Recently the pressure to rescue dogs has increased, alongside the number of people opting to adopt dogs from shelters. Yet, many canines acquired in the U.S. are purchased from breeders, potentially resulting in pushback or difficult interactions. Using Communication Privacy Management and facework lenses, this study examined how individuals who bought dogs from breeders or pet shops negotiate communication and interpersonal challenges surrounding their non-rescue dogs. Through interviews of 41 guardians, the investigation found people with dogs they did not rescue carefully managed disclosure and faced threats amidst “non-rescue stigma.” Specifically, non-rescue guardians weighed the risks and rewards when determining whether and how to reveal the source of their dog. By providing excuses and justifications, guardians were able to remediate face threats and present a more desirable identity, particularly among guardians of rescue dogs.}, number={1}, journal={SOCIETY & ANIMALS}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Lloyd, Rachel and Grimaila, Zoe}, year={2022}, month={Feb}, pages={88–107} }
 @article{hughes_romo_2019, title={An Exploration of How Individuals with an Ostomy Communicatively Manage Uncertainty}, volume={35}, ISSN={1041-0236 1532-7027}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1563850}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2018.1563850}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Individuals with an ostomy (a surgical diversion of part of the digestive tract through the abdomen) face a variety of uncertainties, due to the chronic and anatomy-altering nature of living with an ostomy, as well as the perceived stigma attached to having one. However, little is known about how these individuals negotiate uncertainty, and more specifically, how they manage the information they receive and disclose in the uncertainty management process. Thus, through 21 semi-structured interviews of individuals with an ostomy and the use of Uncertainty Management Theory as a theoretical framework, the current study found individuals with an ostomy attempted to negotiate uncertainty by managing information received and disclosed and by adapting to chronic uncertainty. This investigation recommends practical applications for medical professionals, supportive others, patients with an ostomy, as well as future surgical candidates to help manage uncertainty.}, number={3}, journal={Health Communication}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Hughes, Stephanie L. and Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2019}, month={Jan}, pages={1–9} }
 @article{thompson_romo_ben-israel_owens_keita_2019, title={Social network members' responses to friends' breakup false alarms}, volume={26}, ISSN={["1475-6811"]}, DOI={10.1111/pere.12291}, abstractNote={AbstractSocial networks influence romantic relationships through friends' support or lack of support of the union. However, the consequences of friends repeatedly telling other friends their relationship was going to end but failing to actually terminate the relationship are unclear. Guided by the false alarm effect (FAE), and data from both student (N = 273) and noncollege (N = 226) samples, it was found that breakup false alarms were associated with increases in both positive and negative responses. In addition, when participants were friends with both partners, breakup false alarms were associated with “feeling caught” between the friends. Findings generally support the FAE and paint a complex picture of how social network members react to their close friends' tumultuous relationships.}, number={3}, journal={PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS}, author={Thompson, Charee M. and Romo, Lynsey K. and Ben-Israel, Patience and Owens, Marissa and Keita, Senoumou}, year={2019}, month={Sep}, pages={406–428} }
 @article{perez_romo_bell_2019, title={Communicatively Exploring Uncertainty Management of Parents of Children with Type 1 Diabetes}, volume={34}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2018.1446249}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT Parents of children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) face uncertainty about the illness. This uncertainty can have negative health consequences for parents and their children. However, little is known about the types of uncertainty associated with T1D diagnosis and subsequent treatment and how this uncertainty is managed. Using uncertainty management theory (UMT) as a framework and 29 in-depth interviews with parents of children with T1D, this study found that parents experienced medical, social, and financial forms of uncertainty. Most parents viewed uncertainty negatively and sought to reduce it by seeking information, joining support groups, and turning to technology. However, some parents preferred uncertainty to the certainty of knowing their child had T1D and, at least initially, chose to maintain uncertainty about the disease by avoiding information. This study also provides practical outcomes that health-care providers can use to help parents of children with T1D reduce and manage uncertainty.}, number={9}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Perez, Lauren and Romo, Lynsey K. and Bell, Trevor}, year={2019}, month={Jul}, pages={949–957} }
 @article{dailey_romo_myer_thomas_aggarwal_nordby_johnson_dunn_2018, title={The Buddy Benefit: Increasing the Effectiveness of an Employee-Targeted Weight-Loss Program}, volume={23}, ISSN={1081-0730 1087-0415}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2018.1436622}, DOI={10.1080/10810730.2018.1436622}, abstractNote={It is well known that significant others (particularly romantic partners) can influence people’s weight management efforts. However, what constitutes effective support—and from which type of individual (e.g., romantic partner, family member, friend)—is unclear. Thus, framed by confirmation theory, we assessed the effectiveness and types of communication of a weight-loss “buddy” through reports of 704 individuals enrolled in a 15-week synchronous online weight-loss program. Roughly 54% of participants chose buddies; and those who did lost more weight and waist inches than those who were involved in the program without buddy support. We also found that a combination of high accepting and high challenging messages from buddies was associated with the greatest decrease in body mass index (BMI) as well as the greatest reduction in waist size. Furthermore, the support by romantic partners paralleled support by other types of buddies. Having a supportive buddy who was not a romantic partner was just as effective as turning to a romantic partner for assistance. This study underscores the important role of a buddy in supporting weight-loss program involvement and encourages individuals to consider enlisting the help of a buddy, as opposed to losing weight alone, in order to maximize weight management effectiveness.}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Health Communication}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Dailey, Rene and Romo, Lynsey and Myer, Sarah and Thomas, Cathy and Aggarwal, Surabhi and Nordby, Kelly and Johnson, Madison and Dunn, Carolyn}, year={2018}, month={Feb}, pages={272–280} }
 @article{romo_2018, title={An Examination of How People Who Have Lost Weight Communicatively Negotiate Interpersonal Challenges to Weight Management}, volume={33}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2016.1278497}, abstractNote={ABSTRACT The vast majority of Americans are overweight, and those who are able to lose weight typically regain at least the amount they lost. Some people are confronted with sabotage, criticism, and declines in social support during and following weight loss. However, how individuals negotiate these interpersonal barriers is not very well understood. Such an understanding could help individuals maintain their weight loss while minimizing the risk of adverse health or relational consequences. Thus, through a thematic analysis of 40 interviews of people who were identified as previously overweight or obese and a facework lens (Cupach & Metts, 1994; Goffman, 1967), this study examined how people were communicatively able to sustain their weight loss in the face of challenges from friends, family, and colleagues. The investigation found that altered weight management behaviors (particularly healthy eating) can threaten others’ face and uncovered several communication strategies people used to prevent and mitigate face threat. To avoid face threat, participants proactively issued cognitive disclaimers about weight management or designated cheat days, accepted but did not consume food, avoided social situations involving food, or ate unhealthy food in smaller portions to assimilate with the in-group. To remediate face threat, participants provided personal choice and health excuses to save face and accomplish their dual goals of maintaining their weight management practices without compromising their relationships.}, number={4}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2018}, pages={469–477} }
 @article{romo_thompson_donovan_2017, title={College Drinkers' Privacy Management of Alcohol Content on Social-Networking Sites}, volume={68}, ISSN={["1745-1035"]}, DOI={10.1080/10510974.2017.1280067}, abstractNote={Alcohol-related posts on social-networking sites (SNS) can damage college students’ reputations and relationships and contribute to risky behavior. However, little is known about how college drinkers engage in privacy management involving alcohol content. Through 48 interviews and a Communication Privacy Management lens, this study uncovered criteria on which students relied to develop relatively impermeable boundaries around alcohol posts, the ways they collectively negotiated privacy with peers, and how participants implicitly and explicitly communicatively negotiated privacy turbulence. Findings suggest important connections between the co-occurrence of online privacy management and identity management, including how facework is involved in remediating privacy breaches and the co-opting of privacy. Findings also inform efforts to educate college drinkers about on-and-offline strategies to manage alcohol-related SNS content.}, number={2}, journal={COMMUNICATION STUDIES}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Thompson, Charee M. and Donovan, Erin E.}, year={2017}, pages={173–189} }
 @article{romo_2018, title={Coming Out as a Nondrinker at Work}, volume={32}, ISSN={["1552-6798"]}, DOI={10.1177/0893318917740227}, abstractNote={The vast majority of U.S. adults at least occasionally consume alcohol (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2011). In many professions, drinking occurs after work, at special events (Payne, Jones, & Harris, 2013; Trice & Sonnenstuhl, 1990), and increasingly on the job to encourage creative thinking and comraderie (e.g., Farnham, 2012). Drinking is associated with higher pay and career success (Peters & Stringham, 2006). Because abstaining from alcohol is considered a deviant behavior that can be stigmatized (e.g., Herman-Kinney & Kinney, 2013; Romo, 2012), nondrinkers face a dilemma in managing this taboo trait. Being a nondrinker can be considered an invisible stigmatized identity (Ragins, 2008) or invisible social identity (Clair, Beatty, & MacLean, 2005). A stigmatized trait is not obvious, but can result in stigma when uncovered or revealed (Ragins, 2008; Romo & Donovan-Kicken, 2012). As concealing versus revealing an invisible stigmatized identity to colleagues can have positive or negative consequences (e.g., Clair et al., 2005; Ragins, Singh, & Cornwell, 2007), strategic disclosure management is required (e.g., Meisenbach, 2010). While the term “coming out” has historically referred to disclosing one’s sexual orientation, it can also describe the process of revealing other invisible stigmatized identities (Clair et al., 2005). Indeed, disclosing one’s nondrinking status is particularly worthy of study because abstaining in a professional culture in which drinking is lauded could violate an organization’s membership ties, collective identity, and shared norms (Hardy, Lawrence, & Grant,}, number={2}, journal={MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY}, author={Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2018}, month={May}, pages={292–296} }
 @article{romo_2017, title={College StudentAthletes' Communicative Negotiation of Emotion Labor}, volume={5}, ISSN={["2167-4809"]}, DOI={10.1177/2167479516650591}, abstractNote={ Not only are college student-athletes expected to excel on the field and in the classroom, but, as reflections of their university, they must abide by codes of conduct that govern their emotions and communicative behaviors. Interviews of Division I athletes at an academically and athletically elite U.S. university uncovered that similar to employees in the retail and hospitality industries, who are paid to express particular emotions, student-athletes also had to perform emotional labor in order to meet institutional demands. Unlike paid workers, however, student-athletes are considered amateurs and do not receive a salary, and their behaviors are scrutinized most of the day, particularly if they are high-profile players. Despite the powerlessness, frustration, and nervousness student-athletes felt, they were expected to express mental toughness and gratitude. Participants coped with emotional labor demands by turning backstage and relying on teammates for social support. In addition to extending emotional labor research to a new context, this study offers several practical applications, underscoring the need for university athletics departments to prepare and assist student-athletes with the performance and negotiation of emotional labor. }, number={4}, journal={COMMUNICATION & SPORT}, author={Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2017}, month={Aug}, pages={492–509} }
 @article{thompson_romo_2016, title={College Students' Drinking and Posting About Alcohol: Forwarding a Model of Motivations, Behaviors, and Consequences}, volume={21}, ISSN={["1087-0415"]}, DOI={10.1080/10810730.2016.1153763}, abstractNote={College drinking continues to remain a public health problem that has been exacerbated by alcohol-related posts on social networking sites (SNSs). Although existing research has linked alcohol consumption, alcohol posts, and adverse consequences to one another, comprehensive explanations for these associations have been largely unexplored. Thus, we reasoned that students’ personal motivations (i.e., espousing an alcohol identity, needing entertainment, and adhering to social norms) influence their behaviors (i.e., alcohol consumption and alcohol-related posting on SNSs), which can lead to alcohol problems. Using structural equation modeling, we analyzed data from 364 undergraduate students and found general support for our model. In particular, espousing an alcohol identity predicted alcohol consumption and alcohol-related SNS posting, needing entertainment predicted alcohol consumption but not alcohol-related SNS posting, and adhering to social norms predicted alcohol-related SNS posting but not alcohol consumption. In turn, alcohol consumption and alcohol-related SNS posting predicted alcohol problems. It is surprising that alcohol-related SNS posting was a stronger predictor of alcohol problems than alcohol consumption. We discuss the findings within their applied applications for college student health.}, number={6}, journal={JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Thompson, Charee M. and Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2016}, pages={688–695} }
 @article{romo_2016, title={How Formerly Overweight and Obese Individuals Negotiate Disclosure of Their Weight Loss}, volume={31}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2015.1045790}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2015.1045790}, abstractNote={Overweight and obese individuals frequently experience weight-based stigma, and reducing stigma is one reason people want to lose weight. However, research suggests even after individuals become a normal weight, knowledge of their old body size can result in stigma. Through interviews of 30 formerly overweight or obese individuals and the framework of Communication Privacy Management theory, this study found the vast majority of participants perceived more benefits from disclosing their larger identity than risks, regardless of weight-loss method. Participants revealed their weight loss in order to inspire others, build relationships, or hold themselves accountable. Conversely, a few participants concealed to protect their thinner identity (i.e., they feared stigma) or to avoid coming across as boastful. In contrast to previous studies, this investigation suggests most participants were not dissuaded from revealing their former body size due to a threat of residual stigma. Participants' disclosure was overwhelmingly met with encouraging and supportive responses.}, number={9}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2016}, month={Sep}, pages={1145–1154} }
 @article{thompson_romo_2016, title={The Role of Communication Competence in Buffering Against the Negative Effects of Alcohol-Related Social Networking Site Usage}, volume={29}, ISSN={["1745-1043"]}, DOI={10.1080/08934215.2016.1141970}, abstractNote={College students’ alcohol-related social networking site (SNS) usage is associated with alcohol problems; however, individual factors that increase this risk are less understood. We posit the degree to which students experience alcohol problems related to their SNS usage hinges upon how skillfully they manage their communication on SNS. As such, we focus on how SNS competence predicts students’ SNS usage and subsequent alcohol problems. We analyzed data collected from 364 undergraduate students and found support for SNS competence serving a moderating role between alcohol-related SNS behavior and alcohol problems. SNS competence—appropriateness in particular—buffers against the negative effects of alcohol-related SNS use. Our research offers several theoretical implications and practical applications for social media literacy-based drinking interventions.}, number={3}, journal={COMMUNICATION REPORTS}, author={Thompson, Charee M. and Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2016}, pages={139–151} }
 @article{romo_dinsmore_watterson_2016, title={"Coming out" as an alcoholic: how former problem drinkers negotiate disclosure of their nondrinking identity}, volume={31}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2014.954090}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2014.954090}, abstractNote={Abstract Although communication is critical for former problem drinkers to reject drinks, socialize with others, minimize stigma, and maintain their health and sobriety, recovering alcoholics’ communication has not been examined beyond alcohol self-help groups. Using a Communication Privacy Management framework and in-depth, semistructured interviews, this study examined how former problem drinkers negotiate the disclosure of their nondrinking status. As participants perceived not drinking in the United States as deviant and socially risky, the investigation found participants primarily concealed their nondrinking status in order to fit in. Participants enacted specific communicative behaviors to regulate their privacy boundaries, only disclosing their struggles with alcohol when benefits outweighed costs (e.g., inspiring others, maintaining sobriety, or building relationships). This study offers practical disclosure strategies for former problem drinkers to protect their private information, manage social interactions, and stay sober.}, number={3}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Dinsmore, Dana R. and Watterson, Tara C.}, year={2016}, month={Mar}, pages={336–345} }
 @article{romo_2015, title={An Examination of How People in Romantic Relationships Use Communication to Manage Financial Uncertainty}, volume={43}, ISSN={["1479-5752"]}, DOI={10.1080/00909882.2015.1052831}, abstractNote={Money is critical for financial and relational well-being, yet financial communication is often considered taboo, and most Americans receive little financial guidance. Not surprisingly, romantic couples experience financial uncertainty, which has been negatively correlated with satisfaction and trust. Through in-depth, semi-structured interviews of 40 individuals in married or cohabitating relationships and the lens of Uncertainty Management Theory (UMT), this investigation examines how people are (un)able to manage financial uncertainty. The study uncovers tangible ways individuals can negotiate financial uncertainty via uncertainty reduction, maintenance, and adaption, as well as information, communication, time-management, and/or sociocultural barriers that can impede uncertainty management. The investigation suggests the extension of UMT to consider the role of the dyad and offers practical implications for financial literacy and communication efforts.}, number={3}, journal={JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH}, author={Romo, Lynsey K.}, year={2015}, month={Jul}, pages={315–335} }
 @article{romo_abetz_2016, title={Money as Relational Struggle: Communicatively Negotiating Cultural Discourses in Romantic Relationships}, volume={67}, ISSN={["1745-1035"]}, DOI={10.1080/10510974.2015.1121158}, abstractNote={Using the lens of Relational Dialectics Theory, this study sought to uncover how competing U.S. cultural financial discourses are negotiated in people’s everyday conversations with their romantic partner. The investigation uncovered that in multiple and varied ways, participants understood money to be a major source of tension in their romantic relationships. One overarching discursive struggle animated participants’ financial talk with their partners: “money is everything” versus “money isn’t everything.” Within this struggle, participants communicatively negotiated the cultural value of money in an attempt to marginalize its power and potential negative influences on relational and economic well-being. Although money is critical in helping people meet their basic needs, this study suggests that deemphasizing the importance of money as all-consuming and omnipotent has the potential to alter couples’ financial and relational well-being.}, number={1}, journal={COMMUNICATION STUDIES}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Abetz, Jenna S.}, year={2016}, pages={94–110} }
 @article{romo_dinsmore_connolly_davis_2015, title={An Examination of How Professionals Who Abstain from Alcohol Communicatively Negotiate Their Non-drinking Identity}, volume={43}, ISSN={["1479-5752"]}, DOI={10.1080/00909882.2014.982683}, abstractNote={As the majority of full-time employees drink alcohol, and alcohol can play an important role in professional interactions and career success, the current study examined the ways in which working professionals who abstain from alcohol manage communication about their non-drinking status. Framed by the theoretical lens of facework, semi-structured, in-depth interviews of 29 non-drinking professionals revealed that non-drinking in the real world is a deviant act that can be face threatening for non-drinkers and drinkers alike. Consequently, non-drinkers deployed a variety of preventive and corrective facework strategies (including passing and humor) to mitigate and remediate positive and negative face threat. This investigation uncovered practical communication tools individuals can use to abstain from alcohol without compromising their careers.}, number={1}, journal={JOURNAL OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION RESEARCH}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Dinsmore, Dana R. and Connolly, Tara L. and Davis, Christine N.}, year={2015}, month={Jan}, pages={91–111} }
 @article{romo_vangelisti_2014, title={Money Matters: Children's Perceptions of Parent-Child Financial Disclosure}, volume={31}, ISSN={0882-4096 1746-4099}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2014.907147}, DOI={10.1080/08824096.2014.907147}, abstractNote={Children need financial acumen for their future well-being. Parents play a critical role in teaching young children about money. However, much of the research on parent–child communication has focused on parents or older children. Through interviews of 136 young children and a Communication Privacy Management (CPM) theory frame, this study uncovers the financial information children report their parents reveal and conceal (which can vary based on child sex) and children's perceptions of the reasons behind parents’ (non)disclosure. The investigation paints a richer picture of financial disclosure, suggesting child confidants are aware of concealed and revealed information and potential privacy rules governing (non)disclosure, a possible extension of CPM.}, number={2}, journal={Communication Research Reports}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey K. and Vangelisti, Anita L.}, year={2014}, month={Apr}, pages={197–209} }
 @article{romo_2014, title={Much Ado about Money: Parent–Child Perceptions of Financial Disclosure}, volume={27}, ISSN={0893-4215 1745-1043}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2013.859283}, DOI={10.1080/08934215.2013.859283}, abstractNote={As parent–child financial communication influences children's well-being, it is important to learn what financial information children receive. Framed by Communication Privacy Management theory, this study explored 27 parent–child dyads' perceptions of financial disclosure, finding parents and children predominately reported similar financial information and disclosure rules. Dyads generally perceived parents were open about consumer and financial socialization topics and less likely to disclose personal matters. Dyads reported parents disclosed when benefits outweighed risks and concealed when information was costly. This study suggests confidants do not only co-own information, but also have an awareness of privacy rules that shape disclosure, a possible CPM extension.}, number={2}, journal={Communication Reports}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2014}, month={Jul}, pages={91–101} }
 @article{romo_2014, title={“These Aren’t Very Good Times”: Financial Uncertainty Experienced by Romantic Partners in the Wake of an Economic Downturn}, volume={35}, ISSN={1058-0476 1573-3475}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/S10834-014-9389-0}, DOI={10.1007/S10834-014-9389-0}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Family and Economic Issues}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2014}, month={Feb}, pages={477–488} }
 @article{romo_davis_fea_2015, title={“You Never Know What’s Gonna Happen”}, volume={3}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167479514549371}, DOI={10.1177/2167479514549371}, abstractNote={Student-athletes are regularly faced with uncertainty, particularly at the highest levels of collegiate sports. Although it can result in both adverse and beneficial outcomes, little is known about the nature of this uncertainty. Thus, framed by Uncertainty Management Theory (UMT), this study relied on in-depth interviews of 17 student-athletes at an athletically-and-academically elite U.S. university to uncover what uncertainty scholar-athletes encountered and how they managed this ambiguity communicatively. The investigation found student-athletes experienced personal (e.g., injury), social (e.g., friends), and future (e.g., career) uncertainty. Participants managed this uncertainty through the use of communication strategies such as seeking social support, not disclosing their athlete status, or relying on prayer. While most participants perceived uncertainty as negative and sought to reduce it, some embraced it and learned to adapt. In addition to uncovering tangible uncertainty management strategies, the study recommends that college athletics departments implement several measures to address uncertainty.}, number={4}, journal={Communication & Sport}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever and Davis, Christine and Fea, Alyssa}, year={2015}, month={Dec}, pages={458–480} }
 @article{dailey_thompson_romo_2014, title={Mother-Teen Communication About Weight Management}, volume={29}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2012.759052}, abstractNote={Although research shows family members can influence each other's diet and exercise behaviors, the specific strategies that most effectively motivate individuals to enact healthy behaviors have not been revealed. Toward this goal, this study employed confirmation theory to assess how the quality of weight management (WM) communication between 107 mother–teen dyads was related to their diet and exercise behaviors as well as their subjective perceptions of the productivity of WM conversations. Confirmation theory proposes two components of confirmation: acceptance and challenge. Analyses revealed that accepting and challenging communication were both positively related to the perceived productivity of WM conversations. However, more complex associations emerged for diet and exercise. Acceptance was more helpful in motivating better eating habits for mothers with low health motivation and teens with high health motivation. For exercise, challenge was helpful in motivating teens with higher sensitivity about communicating about weight issues; however, counter to predictions, challenge was negatively related to exercise for teens with low health motivation and low sensitivity. These interactions, however, explained less variance than analyses for perceived effectiveness and satisfaction.}, number={4}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, author={Dailey, Rene M. and Thompson, Charee M. and Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2014}, month={Apr}, pages={384–397} }
 @article{thompson_romo_dailey_2013, title={The Effectiveness of Weight Management Influence Messages in Romantic Relationships}, volume={30}, ISSN={0882-4096 1746-4099}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2012.746222}, DOI={10.1080/08824096.2012.746222}, abstractNote={This study assessed the effectiveness of weight management conversations reported by participants (n = 158) using Dillard, Wilson, Tusing, and Kinney's (1997) three influence dimensions: explicitness, dominance, and reasoning. In addition, the study assessed the potential mediating roles of politeness and resistance. Results showed that dominance was related to effectiveness, and that both politeness and resistance mediated this relationship. Reasoning was indirectly related to effectiveness through politeness. Overall, findings suggest that if romantic partners want to influence one another to enact healthy behaviors, they should address face needs, give reasons for their requests, and refrain from being dominating or too forceful.}, number={1}, journal={Communication Research Reports}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Thompson, Charee Mooney and Romo, Lynsey Kluever and Dailey, René M.}, year={2013}, month={Jan}, pages={34–45} }
 @article{romo_dailey_2014, title={Weighty Dynamics: Exploring Couples' Perceptions of Post-Weight-Loss Interaction}, volume={29}, ISSN={["1532-7027"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2012.736467}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2012.736467}, abstractNote={Although romantic couples can use communication to help one another lose weight and maintain weight loss, the effect of weight loss on partner interaction is less understood. However, an examination of the interpersonal context in which partners manage their weight is important to help partners negotiate their weight, their relationship, and the U.S. obesity epidemic. Guided by systems theory, this study explored partners’ perceptions of post-weight-loss interaction in relationships in which one partner lost weight and the other did not. Through qualitative questionnaires of 42 adults (21 romantic couples), the dyadic investigation revealed that while losing weight resulted in positive interaction for many partners (e.g., engaging in a shared healthy lifestyle), shedding weight also yielded some negative consequences (e.g., non-weight-loss partner criticism). The extent to which partners embraced new weight management rules and patterns largely influenced post-weight-loss communication and behavior.}, number={2}, journal={HEALTH COMMUNICATION}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever and Dailey, Rene M.}, year={2014}, month={Feb}, pages={193–204} }
 @article{romo_2012, title={“Above the Influence”: How College Students Communicate About the Healthy Deviance of Alcohol Abstinence}, volume={27}, ISSN={1041-0236 1532-7027}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2011.629409}, DOI={10.1080/10410236.2011.629409}, abstractNote={Consumption of alcohol is widespread in U.S. culture, particularly among college students. Using a communication privacy management framework (Petronio, 2002), this study examined how college students who abstain from alcohol negotiate communication of their nondrinking status and establish meaning in a culture in which drinking is the norm. Through 25 face-to-face interviews, this article explores the experiences of “healthy deviants”—individuals who engage in healthy behavior that violates traditional norms. Interviews identified that participants relied on privacy rules when determining whether and how to disclose their nondrinking status. If participants perceived more costs from the disclosure than rewards, they did not disclose. Participants enacted specific strategies to manage (non)disclosure of their abstinence from alcohol, providing practical ways for people who engage in healthy deviance to avoid or manage stigma.}, number={7}, journal={Health Communication}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2012}, month={Oct}, pages={672–681} }
 @article{romo_donovan-kicken_2012, title={“Actually, I Don't Eat Meat”: A Multiple-Goals Perspective of Communication About Vegetarianism}, volume={63}, ISSN={1051-0974 1745-1035}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2011.623752}, DOI={10.1080/10510974.2011.623752}, abstractNote={Engaging in non-mainstream behavior can be challenging to negotiate communicatively, especially when it involves the simple but necessary task of eating, a lifelong activity that is often done in others’ company. Through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews of 20 vegetarians, this study used a multiple-goals perspective (Goldsmith, 2004; Goldsmith, Gumminger, & Bute, 2006) to examine the communicative dilemmas faced by vegetarians. This investigation suggests unique self-presentational challenges for vegetarians (e.g., being true to oneself yet fitting in; talking about vegetarianism without judging others) and identifies strategies that “healthy deviants”—people who violate society's norms in relatively healthy ways—can use to discuss their lifestyle choices. Findings offer practical implications for how communication can help people enact or sustain potentially stigmatized healthy lifestyles while maintaining their relationships.}, number={4}, journal={Communication Studies}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever and Donovan-Kicken, Erin}, year={2012}, month={Sep}, pages={405–420} }
 @article{dailey_mccracken_romo_2011, title={Confirmation and Weight Management: Predicting Effective Levels of Acceptance and Challenge in Weight Management Messages}, volume={78}, ISSN={0363-7751 1479-5787}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2011.564638}, DOI={10.1080/03637751.2011.564638}, abstractNote={The current study employed a confirmation perspective to assess individuals’ perceptions of weight management messages. Confirmation was conceptualized as being comprised of two components: acceptance and challenge. Building on the main theoretical premise that messages higher in acceptance and challenge would be perceived as more effective in promoting healthy behaviors than messages lower in these components, we assessed how the relationships between the two components and message effectiveness varied by individuals’ characteristics. Specifically, we examined body self-esteem, readiness to change, weight locus of control, motivations for weight management, and communication satisfaction with weight management conversations as potential moderators. Results indicated that, as hypothesized, messages higher in acceptance and messages higher in challenge were perceived as more effective. In addition, body self-esteem, certain stages of readiness to change, and communication satisfaction interacted with acceptance to predict effectiveness, and internal locus of control and appearance and strength motives interacted with challenge to predict effectiveness. These results, in combination, suggest that although messages high in either component of confirmation were perceived as generally effective in motivating healthy behaviors, optimal levels of acceptance and challenge may vary by certain individual and relational characteristics. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed.}, number={2}, journal={Communication Monographs}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Dailey, René M. and McCracken, Andrea A. and Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2011}, month={Jun}, pages={185–211} }
 @article{dailey_romo_thompson_2011, title={Confirmation in Couples' Communication About Weight Management: An Analysis of How Both Partners Contribute to Individuals' Health Behaviors and Conversational Outcomes}, volume={37}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2011.01414.x}, DOI={10.1111/j.1468-2958.2011.01414.x}, abstractNote={Using confirmation theory, this study investigated how romantic couples' (N = 100) accepting and challenging communication was associated with several weight management (WM) outcomes (i.e., partners' general effectiveness in motivating each other to enact healthy behaviors, productivity of WM conversations, and diet and exercise behaviors). Actor–partner interdependence model analyses showed that acceptance and challenge from partners simultaneously predicted how effective partners were in motivating healthy behaviors, but these components of confirmation predicted the other outcomes in different ways. Analyses across the outcomes also revealed that similar partner communication styles predicted general effectiveness, more productive WM conversations, and healthier eating habits. The findings of this study highlight the importance of assessing the interdependence of partners' WM efforts. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
La Confirmacion en la Comunicacion entre la Pareja sobre el Control de Peso: Un Analisis de Como Ambas Partes Contribuyen a los Comportamientos Saludables y los Resultados de la Conversacion 
 
 
 
Usando la teoria de la confirmacion, este estudio investigo como la comunicacion de aceptacion y desafio entre las parejas romanticas (N = 100) fue asociada con varios resultados del manejo de peso: la efectividad general de la pareja en motivar a cada uno para desarrollar comportamientos saludables, la productividad de las conversaciones sobre el manejo de peso, y los comportamientos de dieta y ejercicio. Los analisis del modelo de interdependencia entre el actor-companero (APIM) muestran que la aceptacion y el desafio de la pareja predicen simultaneamente cuan efectivos fueron los companeros en motivar los comportamientos saludables, pero estos componentes de confirmacion vaticinaron los otros resultados en formas diferentes. Los analisis de los resultados revelaron tambien que los estilos de comunicacion similares entre las partes predijo la efectividad general, la mayor productividad en las conversaciones sobre el manejo de peso, y los habitos alimenticios mas saludables. Estos hallazgos de este estudio subrayan la importancia de evaluar la interdependencia de los esfuerzos en el control de peso de las parejas. 
 
 
 
Palabras claves: control de peso, confirmacion, aceptacion, desafio, relaciones romanticas 
 
 
 
La confirmation dans la communication des couples a propos de la gestion du poids : une analyse des manieres par lesquelles les deux partenaires contribuent aux comportements individuels et a l’issue des conversations 
 
 
 
S’appuyant sur la theorie de la confirmation, cette etude a examine comment la communication d’acceptation et de mise au defi des couples dans une relation romantique (N = 100) etait liee a plusieurs resultats dans la gestion du poids : l’efficacite generale des partenaires a se motiver mutuellement a adopter des comportements sains, la productivite des conversations sur la gestion du poids, ainsi que les comportements alimentaires et les comportements lies a l’exercice. Des analyses basees sur le modele d’interdependance acteur–partenaire ont montre que l’acceptation et la mise au defi des partenaires permettaient simultanement de prevoir a quel point les partenaires etaient efficaces dans la motivation de comportements sains, mais ces elements de confirmation ont predit les autres resultats de manieres differentes. Des analyses des resultats ont aussi revele que des styles de communication similaires entre les partenaires permettaient de prevoir une efficacite generale, des conversation sur la gestion du poids plus productives et des habitudes alimentaires plus saines. Les resultats de cette etude soulignent l’importance d’evaluer l’interdependance des efforts de gestion du poids des partenaires. 
 
 
 
Mots cles : gestion du poids, confirmation, acceptation, mise au defi, relations romantiques 
 
 
 
Zuspruch in der Paarkommunikation zum Thema Gewichtsmanagement: Wie beide Partner zum individuellen Gesundheitsverhalten und den Gesprachserfolgen beitragen 
 
 
 
Mit Bezug auf die Konfirmationstheorie untersuchten wir in dieser Studie, wie eine eher akzeptierende oder herausfordernde Paarkommunikation (N=100) mit unterschiedlichen Erfolgen beim Management des Korpergewichts zusammenhing: dabei ging es erstens um eine generelle Effektivitat des Partners bei der gegenseitigen Motivation zum Ausfuhren von gesundheitsforderlichen Verhaltensweisen, zum zweiten um die Produktivitat von Gesprachen zum Thema Gewichtsmanagement sowie drittens, um das Ernahrungs- und Bewegungsverhalten. Eine Akteur-Partner-Interdependenzmodellanalyse verdeutlichte, dass sowohl die Akzeptanz als auch die Herausforderung des Partners gleichzeitig prognostizierten, wie effektiv die Partner dabei waren, sich zu einem gesundheitsforderlichen Verhalten zu motivieren. Allerdings prognostizierten diese Komponenten der Bestatigung die anderen Erfolge auf verschiedene Weisen. Die Analysen zu den Erfolgen lassen auch den Schluss zu, dass ahnliche Partnerkommunikationsstile eine allgemeine Effektivitat, produktivere Gewichtsmanagementgesprache und gesunderes Ernahrungsverhalten vorhersagten. Die Ergebnisse dieser Studie unterstreichen, wie wichtig es ist, Interdependenzen in Beziehungen zu erfassen, wenn es um die Kontrolle des Korpergewichts der Partner geht. 
 
 
 
Schlusselbegriffe: Gewichtsmanagement, Bestatigung, Akzeptanz, Herausforderung, Beziehung}, number={4}, journal={Human Communication Research}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Dailey, René M. and Romo, Lynsey Kluever and Thompson, Charee Mooney}, year={2011}, month={Oct}, pages={553–582} }
 @article{romo_2011, title={Money Talks: Revealing and Concealing Financial Information in Families}, volume={11}, ISSN={1526-7431 1532-7698}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2010.544634}, DOI={10.1080/15267431.2010.544634}, abstractNote={Financial knowledge is essential for becoming a productive member of society, yet little is known about how parents communicate with their children about finances. Using a communication privacy management framework (Petronio, 2002), this study examined, through face-to-face, semi-structured interviews of 23 parents, what financial issues parents shared with their children and why parents chose to reveal or conceal this information. Interviews identified that parents relied on privacy boundaries and rules when determining whether to disclose private information to their children. If parents perceived more risks from the disclosure than rewards, or that talking about money was culturally unacceptable, they did not disclose. This study extends research on parent-child communication about money and offers practical implications for discussing a taboo topic.}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Family Communication}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2011}, month={Oct}, pages={264–281} }
 @article{donovan-kicken_guinn_romo_ciceraro_2013, title={Thanks for Asking, but Let’s Talk About Something Else}, volume={40}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093650211422537}, DOI={10.1177/0093650211422537}, abstractNote={When people engage in explicit topic avoidance, they risk offending or hurting others. Using a goals theoretical framework, we examined how goal-relevant message features influenced participants’ reactions to hypothetical topic-avoidance messages. Participants in this experiment ( N = 536) responded to messages that friends might use to deflect a question about a stressful situation. Five types of messages reflected conventionally relevant interaction goals. Results indicated that message features influenced reactions (e.g., judgments of competence, and emotional and verbal responses) and that messages were generally perceived as more competent if they featured secondary relational and identity goals while simultaneously expressing the desire to avoid the subject. Certain secondary goals (e.g., expressing appreciation for the friend’s concern) were especially well received compared with others.}, number={3}, journal={Communication Research}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Donovan-Kicken, Erin and Guinn, Trey D. and Romo, Lynsey Kluever and Ciceraro, Lea D. L.}, year={2013}, month={Jun}, pages={308–336} }
 @article{dailey_richards_romo_2010, title={Communication With Significant Others About Weight Management: The Role of Confirmation in Weight Management Attitudes and Behaviors}, volume={37}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093650210362688}, DOI={10.1177/0093650210362688}, abstractNote={ The current study employed a confirmation perspective to examine the relationship between communication with significant others and individuals’ weight management. Confirmation was conceptualized as consisting of two components—acceptance and challenge. In Study 1, 413 participants (aged 18-66) completed a survey assessing their diet and exercise behaviors as well as interactions with a significant other about weight management. As predicted, the combination of acceptance and challenge from significant others was related to the highest levels of body self-esteem, eating and exercise self-efficacy, and healthy eating behaviors beyond the individual effects of acceptance and challenge. In Study 2, 161 participants (aged 18-62) rated the effectiveness of messages varying in acceptance and challenge. Messages higher in both acceptance and challenge were rated as more effective in motivating healthy behaviors than messages primarily higher in either acceptance or challenge or lower in both. Overall, both studies suggest the contribution of one component of confirmation was enhanced by the presence of the other component in predicting weight management attitudes and behaviors. }, number={5}, journal={Communication Research}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Dailey, René M. and Richards, Andrea A. and Romo, Lynsey Kluever}, year={2010}, month={Oct}, pages={644–673} }
 @article{dailey_romo_mccracken_2010, title={Messages About Weight Management: An Examination of How Acceptance and Challenge Are Related to Message Effectiveness}, volume={74}, ISSN={1057-0314 1745-1027}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2010.512279}, DOI={10.1080/10570314.2010.512279}, abstractNote={A confirmation perspective was employed to assess weight management messages individuals receive from significant others. Confirmation was conceptualized as having two components: acceptance and challenge. Both were hypothesized to predict message effectiveness. Study 1 explored types of weight management messages and how they varied in acceptance and challenge. Study 2 showed effective messages had higher acceptance and challenge than ineffective messages. Further, acceptance and challenge in hypothetical messages predicted perceived message effectiveness. Analyses also suggested adapting messages based on individual differences (e.g., preferences regarding communication) may be more efficacious in promoting healthy behaviors than adapting messages based on demographic characteristics.}, number={5}, journal={Western Journal of Communication}, publisher={Informa UK Limited}, author={Dailey, René M. and Romo, Lynsey Kluever and McCracken, Andrea A.}, year={2010}, month={Oct}, pages={457–483} }