Sexual Minorities’ Uncertainty About Their Romantic Partner’s Communication With Their Family: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management

IF 4.9 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Communication Research Pub Date : 2023-10-03 DOI:10.1177/00936502231203159

Paul Schrodt, Andrew M. Ledbetter, Austyn Markham

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Abstract

Using the theory of motivated information management (TMIM), this study tested the degree to which sexual minorities’ uncertainty discrepancy about their partner’s communication about their relationship to their family of origin predicted their information management strategies and relational quality (i.e., closeness and satisfaction). Participants included 111 sexual minorities involved in a monogamous romantic relationship. Results supported the theoretic logic of the TMIM, as uncertainty discrepancy positively predicted negative emotions, which in turn negatively predicted SMs’ outcome expectancies and efficacy assessments but positively predicted direct and indirect information seeking. Indirect effects emerged for uncertainty discrepancy on direct information seeking and information avoidance, as well as for relational closeness and satisfaction, via the mechanisms specified by the TMIM. Importantly, this study reveals relational ambivalence that sexual minorities may experience as a result of managing their uncertainty about their partner’s relationship disclosures to their partner’s family-of-origin.

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性少数群体对伴侣与家庭沟通的不确定性:应用动机信息管理理论

本研究运用动机性信息管理理论(TMIM)，测试性少数群体对其伴侣与原生家庭关系沟通的不确定性差异对其信息管理策略和关系质量(即亲密度和满意度)的预测程度。参与者包括111名在一夫一妻制浪漫关系中的性少数群体。不确定性差异正向预测消极情绪，消极情绪反过来负向预测SMs的结果期望和疗效评估，正向预测直接和间接信息寻求。不确定性差异对直接信息寻求和信息回避的间接影响，以及对关系亲密度和满意度的间接影响，通过TMIM指定的机制出现。重要的是，这项研究揭示了性少数群体可能会经历的关系矛盾心理，这是他们对伴侣向其原生家庭披露关系的不确定性进行管理的结果。

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