Communicate Bond Belong Theory (CBB) - Research

Social bandwidth: When and why are social interactions energy intensive?  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 40(8), 2614-2636.

Thriving or struggling? Social energy expenditure and patterns of interaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Communication Studies, 72(2), 101-118.

Typicality and volition as fundamental features of everyday relational communication. Personal Relationships, 28(3), 607-626.

Working hard to make a good impression: The relational consequences of effortful self-presentation. Communication Research Reports, 37(5), 276-285.

Connecting everyday talk and time alone to global well-being. Human Communication Research, 46, 594-619. 10.1093/hcr/hqz014

How many hours does it take to make a friend? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(4), 1278-1296. doi:10.1177/0265407518761225

Energy, episode, and relationship: A test of the communicate bond belong theory. Communication Quarterly, 66(4), 380-402. doi:10.1080/01463373.2017.1411377

The regulation of social interaction in everyday life: A replication and extension of O’Connor and Rosenblood (1996). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34(5), 699-716. doi:10.1177/0265407516654580

Proposing the communicate bond belong theory: Evolutionary intersections with episodic interpersonal communication. Communication Theory, 27(1), 21-47. doi:10.111/comt/12106