Scholarly Publications

Journal Articles

Basinger, E. D., & Knobloch, L. K. (in press). A grounded theory of online coping by parents of military service members. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Knobloch, L. K., Knobloch-Fedders, L. M., Yorgason, J. B., Ebata, A. T., & McGlaughlin, P. C. (in press). Military children’s difficulty with reintegration after deployment: A relational turbulence model perspective. Journal of Family Psychology.

Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2017). Topic avoidance about deployment upon reunion: Applying the relational turbulence model. Military Behavioral Health, 5, 117-128.

Knobloch, L. K., Basinger, E. D., Wehrman, E. C., Ebata, A. T., & McGlaughlin, P. C. (2016). Communication of military couples during deployment and reunion: Changes, challenges, benefits, and advice. Journal of Family Communication, 16, 160-179.

Knobloch, L. K., McAninch, K. G., Abendschein, B., Ebata, A. T., & McGlaughlin, P. C. (2016). Relational turbulence among military couples after reunion following deployment. Personal Relationships, 23, 742-758.

Knobloch, L. K., Pusateri, K. B., Ebata, A. T., & McGlaughlin, P. C. (2015). Experiences of military youth during a family member’s deployment: Changes, challenges, and opportunities. Youth & Society, 47, 319-342.

Knobloch, L. K., Pusateri, K. B., Ebata, A. T., & McGlaughlin, P. C. (2014). Communicative experiences of military youth during a parent’s return home from deployment. Journal of Family Communication, 14, 291-309.

Theiss, J. A., & Knobloch, L. K. (2014). Relational turbulence and the post-deployment transition: Self, partner, and relationship focused turbulence. Communication Research, 41, 27-51.

Knobloch, L. K., Ebata, A. T., McGlaughlin, P. C., & Ogolsky, B. (2013). Depressive symptoms, relational turbulence, and the reintegration difficulty of military couples following wartime deployment. Health Communication, 28, 754-766.

Knobloch, L. K., Ebata, A. T., McGlaughlin, P. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2013). Generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty as predictors of topic avoidance during reintegration following military deployment. Communication Monographs, 80, 452-477.

Knobloch-Fedders, L. M., Knobloch, L. K., Durbin, C. E., Rosen, A., & Critchfield, K. L. (2013). Comparing the interpersonal behavior of distressed couples with and without depression. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69, 1250-1268.

Theiss, J. A., & Knobloch, L. K. (2013). A relational turbulence model of military service members’ relational communication during reintegration. Journal of Communication, 63, 1109-1129.

Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2012). Experiences of U.S. military couples during the post-deployment transition: Applying the relational turbulence model. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 423-450.

Knobloch, L. K., Knobloch-Fedders, L. M., & Durbin, C. E. (2011). Depressive symptoms and relational uncertainty as predictors of reassurance-seeking and negative feedback-seeking in conversation. Communication Monographs, 78, 437-462. [Golden Anniversary Monograph Award, National Communication Association, 2012]

Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2011a). Depressive symptoms and mechanisms of relational turbulence as predictors of relationship satisfaction among returning service members. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 470-478.

Book Chapters

Knobloch, L. K., Theiss, J. A., & Wehrman, E. C. (2015). Communication of military couples during deployment: Topic avoidance and relational uncertainty. In E. Sahlstein Parcell & L. M. Webb (Eds.), A communication perspective on the military: Interactions, messages, and discourses (pp. 39-58). New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Knobloch, L. K., & Wilson, S. R. (2015). Communication in military families across the deployment cycle. In L. H. Turner & R. West (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of family communication (pp. 370-385). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Knobloch, L. K., & Theiss, J. A. (2014). Relational turbulence within military couples during reintegration following deployment. In S. MacDermid Wadsworth & D. S. Riggs (Eds.), Military deployment and its consequences for families (pp. 37-59). New York, NY: Springer.

Knobloch, L. K., & Wehrman, E. C. (2014). Family relationships embedded in United States military culture. In C. R. Agnew (Ed.), Social influences on close relationships: Beyond the dyad (pp. 58-82). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.