Faculty Profiles

Farris, K. N. L., Burke, T. J., DeGroot, J. M., & Mellow, A. J. (n.d.). “It’s going to take hard work”: An exploratory analysis of parent-caregivers’ labor across their child’s illness trajectory. Western Journal of Communication.

Burke, T. J., DeGroot, J. M., Farris, K. L., & Mellow, A. J. (2024). The rare life: Examining parents’ grief associated with caring for their medically complex children. Health Communication. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2024.2330130

Farris, K. N. L., Singh, S. M., Burke, T., & Warber, K. (2023). Communicative Resilience in Parent-Caregivers of Children with Medically Complex Conditions (MCCs). Texas Speech Communications Journal, 47, 17–31.

Farris, K. N. L., Burns, M. E., Burke, T. J., & Bezner, J. R. (2023). Employee culture of health perceptions and the development of a training intervention. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 16(2/3), 205–221. Retrieved from https://www.emerald.com/insight/1753-8351.htm

Burke, T. J., Arroyo, A., & Young, V. J. (2023). Weight-related communication: Helpful, hurtful, and unavoidable. In In A. K. Goodboy & K. Shultz (Eds.), Introduction to Communication Studies: Translating Communication Scholarship into Meaningful Practice (pp. 109–116). Kendall Hunt.

Ruppel, E. K., Burke, T. J., Moon, M., & Corder, M. D. (n.d.). Maintaining friendships on social media. In In K. Rosetto & J. Owlett (Eds.), Social media & close relationships. Cognella.

Burke, T. J., Young, V. J., & Duggan, A. (2022). Recognizing the blurred boundary between health-related support and control in close relationships. Personal Relationships, 29(4), 644–673. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10/1111/pere.12445

Kauer, T., & Burke, T. J. (2022). The mediating role of social control in the relationship between family communication patterns and emerging adults’ weight-related outcomes. Southern Communication Journal, 88(2), 103–116. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2022.2130966

Arroyo, A., Young, V. J., & Burke, T. J. (2022). Idealized body wishes for the soon-to-be Mrs.: Communicating resistance and acceptance of everyday body talk. In In D. O. Braithwaite et al. (Eds.), Casing Interpersonal Communication: Case studies in personal and social relationships. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt.

van Raalte, L., Burke, T. J., DeGroot, J., & Mellow, A. (2022). Examining changes in affection and “feeling touched out” after the birth of a child. Journal of Family Communication, 23(1), 52–62. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2022.2142229

Burke, T. J., van Raalte, L., & DeGroot, J. (2022). Supportive coparenting, affection, and mental health after the birth of a child. Communication Reports, 36(1), 30–40. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2022.2102199

Crowley, J. P., Burke, T. J., Allred, R., E. G., & Denes, A. (2020). Navigating relational turbulence in the wake of weight loss transitions: A support marshaling analysis. Personal Relationships, 27(3), 630–651. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12335

Segrin, C., Burke, T. J., & Kauer, T. (2020). Overparenting is associated with perfectionism in parents of young adults. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 9(3), 181–190. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000143

Burke, T. J., & Rains, S. A. (2019). The paradoxical outcomes of observing others’ exercise behavior on social network sites: Friends’ exercise posts, exercise attitudes, and weight concern. Health Communication, 34(4), 475–483. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1428404

Arroyo, A., Burke, T. J., & Young, V. J. (2019). The role of close others in promoting weight management and body image outcomes: An application of confirmation, self-determination, social control, and social support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(3), 1030–1050. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519886066

Burke, T. J. (2019). “Let’s take a walk”: Relationship maintenance and health communication in romantic relationships. In In J. Theiss & K. Greene (Eds.), Contemporary Studies of Relationships, Health, and Wellness. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Ray, C. D., Burke, T. J., Young, V. J., & Curran, M. A. (2019). Enacting social control to encourage healthier partner diet and exercise behavior: Considering the roles of constraints and topic avoidance. Southern Journal of Communication, 84(5), 301–313. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1041794X.2019.1644665

Segrin, C., Burke, T. J., & Kauer, T. (2019). Indirect effects of family cohesion on emerging adult perfectionism through anxious rearing and social expectations. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(8), 2280–2285. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01444-2

Young, V. J., Burke, T. J., & Curran, M. A. (2019). Interpersonal effects of health-related social control: Positive and negative influence, partner health transformations, and relationship quality. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(11–12), 3986–4004. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519846565

Menge, L. D., Hu, Y., Crixell, S. L., Bezner, J. R., & Burke, T. J. (2019). Influences on catered event ordering in a university workplace: Development and validation of the understanding food ordering survey. American Journal of Health Promotion, 33(4), 616–619. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0890117118807217

Burke, T. J., Segrin, C., & Farris, K. N. L. (2018). Young adult and parent perceptions of facilitation: Associations with overparenting, family functioning, and student adjustment. Journal of Family Communication, 18, 233–247. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2018.1467913

Ruppel, E. K., Burke, T. J., & Cherney, M. (2018). Social compensation and enhancement via mediated communication in the transition to college. Human Communication Research, 44, 58–79. https://doi.org/doi:10.1093/hcf/hqx003

Burke, T. J. (2018). Supervisor support for wellness. WellCats Newsletter.

Burke, T. J. (2018). Enhancing your communication environment. WellCats Newsletter.

Burke, T. J. (2018). Meaningful communciation nourishes relationships and promotes health. WellCats Newsletter.

Dailey, S. L., Burke, T. J., & Carberry, E. G. (2018). For better or work: Dual discourses in a workplace wellness program. Management Communication Quarterly, 32(4), 612–626. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0893318917746018

Horan, S. M., Morgan, T., & Burke, T. J. (2018). Sex and risk: Parental messages and associated safety/risk behavior of adult children. Communication Quarterly, 66(4), 403–422. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2017.1418404

Burke, T. J., & Segrin, C. (2017). Weight-related social control in couples: Associations with motives, constraints, and health behaviors. Communication Research, 44, 348–366. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650215590606

Ruppel, E. K., Burke, T. J., & Cherney, M. (2017). Channel complementarity and multiplexity in long distance friends’ patterns of communication technology use. New Media & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444817699995

Young, V. J., & Burke, T. J. (2017). Self, partner, and relationship motivations for healthy and unhealthy behaviors. Health Psychology Report, 5, 219–226. https://doi.org/10.5114/hpr.2017.65221

Burke, T. J., Dailey, S. L., & Zhu, Y. (2017). Let’s work out: Communication in workplace wellness programs. International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 10(2), 101–115. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-07-2016-0055

Bezner, J. R., Lloyd, L. K., Crixell, S. L., & Burke, T. J. (2017). The health care provider’s role in supporting positive health behavior change: Developing an effective and supportive communication approach. Medical Research Archives, 5(9). https://doi.org/https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/1523

Burke, T. J. (2016). Anxiousness. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer Meteor Publishing. https://doi.org/doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1043-1

Segrin, C., Burke, T. J., & Badger, T. (2016). Loneliness, relationships, and health. In A. Rokach (Ed.), Loneliness and its correlates. Sharjah, UAE: Bentham Science Publishers.

Burke, T. J., Ruppel, E., & Dinsmore, D. R. (2016). Moving away and reaching out: Young adults’ relational maintenance and psychosocial well-?being during the transition to college. Journal of Family Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2016.1146724

Givertz, M., Burke, T. J., Segrin, C., & Woszidlo, A. (2016). Attachment orientation moderates the relationship between commitment types and felt constraint in married couples. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000052

Burke, T. J., & Segrin, C. (2016). Weight-related social control and relationship quality: Accuracy and Bias Effects. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407515615692

Curran, M. A., Burke, T. J., Young, V. J., & Totenhagen, C. (2016). Relational sacrifices about intimate behavior and relationship quality for expectant cohabitors. Marriage and Family Review, 52, 442–460. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2015.1113225

Burke, T. J., & Ruppel, E. K. (2015). Facebook self-presentational motives: Daily effects on social anxiety and interaction success. Communication Studies, 66, 204–207. https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2014.884014

Ruppel, E. K., & Burke, T. J. (2015). Complementary channel use and the role of social competence. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 20, 37–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcc4.12091

Segrin, C., & Burke, T. J. (2015). Loneliness and sleep quality: Dyadic effects and stress effects. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 13, 241–254. https://doi.org/10.1080/15402002.2013.860897

Burke, T. J., & Segrin, C. (2014). Bonded or stuck? Effects of personal and constraint commitment on loneliness and stress. Personality and Individual Differences, 64, 101–106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.02.27

Burke, T. J., & Segrin, C. (2014). Examining diet- and exercise-related communication in romantic relationships: Associations with health and relationship quality. Health Communication, 29, 877–887. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2013.811625

Burke, T. J., Woszidlo, A., & Segrin, C. (2013). The intergenerational transmission of social skills and psychosocial problems among parents and their young adult children. Journal of Family Communication, 13, 77–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/15267431.2013.768247

Burke, T. J., Randall, A. K., Corkery, S. A., Young, V. J., & Butler, E. A. (2012). “You’re going to eat that?” Relationship processes and conflict among mixed weight couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 1109–1130. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407512451199

Burke, T. J., Woszidlo, A., & Segrin, C. (2012). Social skills, family conflict, and loneliness in families. Communication Reports, 25, 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2012.719461

Burke, T. J., & Young, V. J. (2012). Sexual transformations and intimate behaviors in romantic relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 49, 454–463. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2011.569977

Segrin, C., Burke, T. J., & Dunivan, M. (2012). Loneliness and poor health within families. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29, 597–611. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407512443434

Segrin, C., & Domschke, T. J. (2011). Social support, loneliness, recuperative processes and their direct and indirect effects on health. Health Communication, 26, 221–232. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2010.546771

Segrin, C., Hanzal, A. D., & Domschke, T. J. (2009). Accuracy and bias in newlywed couples’ perceptions of conflict styles and their associations with marital satisfaction. Communication Monographs, 76, 207–233. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637750902828404

Segrin, C., Hanzal, A., Taylor, M., & Domschke, T. J. (2007). Social skills, psychological well-being, and the mediating role of perceived stress. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 20, 321–329. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615800701282252

Nabi, R., Finnerty, K., Domschke, T. J., & Hull, S. (2006). Does misery love company? Exploring the therapeutic effects of TV viewing on regretted experiences. Journal of Communication, 56(4), 689–706. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-­‐2466.2006.00315.x