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Laura Stafford

29 works· latest 2020· 3 institutionscluster: provisionalORCID 0000-0002-1485-4803

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Maintenance Strategies and Romantic Relationship Type, Gender and Relational Characteristics1991 · 849 citations
Relational maintenance strategies and equity in marriage1992 · 556 citations
Parenting: An Ecological Perspective1994 · 524 citations
Measuring routine and strategic relational maintenance: Scale revision, sex versus gender roles, and the prediction of relational characteristics2000 · 330 citations
Routine Maintenance Behaviors: A Comparison of Relationship Type, Partner Similarity and Sex Differences1993 · 277 citations

Works

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It’s the Best Day of Your Life: Dominant Discourses in Brides’ Wedding Planning

Communication Studies·2020·3 authors

20citations

Sanctity of marriage and marital quality

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2013·3 authors

56citations

A Relational Approach to Religion and Spirituality in Marriage

Journal of Family Issues·2013·2 authors

69citations

Information and Communication Technologies in Personal Relationships

Review of Communication·2012·2 authors

58citations

Measuring relationship maintenance behaviors: Critique and development of the revised relationship maintenance behavior scale

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2010·1 author

171citations

Geographic Distance and Communication During Courtship

Communication Research·2010·1 author

73citations

Idealization, reunions, and stability in long-distance dating relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2007·2 authors

When long-distance dating partners become geographically close

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·2006·3 authors

65citations

Equity and Interdependence as Predictors of Relational Maintenance Strategies

Journal of Family Communication·2006·2 authors

135citations

Maintaining Long-Distance and Cross-Residential Relationships

Routledge eBooks·2004·1 author·book

222citations

Maintaining Romantic Relationships: A Summary and Analysis of One Research Program

Routledge eBooks·2003·1 author·chapter

119citations

A Panel Study of the Associations Between Maintenance Strategies and Relational Characteristics

Journal of Marriage and the Family·2002·3 authors

163citations

An Initial Examination of Maintenance Behaviors in Gay and Lesbian Relationships

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·1998·2 authors

74citations

Women's Surnames: Decisions, Interpretations and Associations with Relational Qualities

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·1996·3 authors

36citations

Interaction between Parents and Children

Journal of Marriage and the Family·1994·3 authors

87citations

THE DARK SIDE OF "NORMAL" FAMILY INTERACTION

Routledge eBooks·1994·2 authors·chapter

11citations

Parenting: An Ecological Perspective

Journal of Marriage and the Family·1994·3 authors

524citations

Routine Maintenance Behaviors: A Comparison of Relationship Type, Partner Similarity and Sex Differences

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·1993·2 authors

277citations

Relational maintenance strategies and equity in marriage

Communication Monographs·1992·2 authors

556citations

Couples' argument sequences and their associations with relational characteristics

Western Journal of Speech Communication·1991·3 authors

52citations

Maintenance Strategies and Romantic Relationship Type, Gender and Relational Characteristics

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships·1991·2 authors

849citations

Regrettable Messages: Things People Wish They Hadn't Said

Journal of Communication·1986·3 authors

36citations