Guided by communicated narrative sense-making (CNSM) theory, we surveyed parents (n=
133) to elicit retrospective stories of their child's coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or …

Fertility problems, often called infertility, have been defined as the inability to conceive or
maintain pregnancy throughout one year of trying (World Health Organization, 2020) …

Metaphors provide the opportunity to make sense of our experiences and share them with
others. The current research qualitatively examined interviews with adoptive parents who …

Using Communication Complex as our theoretical framework, we explored socially
constructed notions about mental health from a complexity informed perspective. Through …

This chapter examines how mental illness is portrayed in the NBC series This is Us.
Throughout its run, the show has developed a memorable and captivating storyline for the …

In this dissertation, I explore the experiences of members of the Newtown/Sandy Hook
community and their experiences with grief in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting 11 …

This study uses the lens of Communication Privacy Management theory to analyze the
impact an instructor's depth of disclosure of their mental illness can have on mental illness …

University of NebrasGa, 2020 Advisor: Jody Koenig Kellas Significant religious difference in
the family has become increasingly prevalent in recent years (Pew Forum on Religion & …