TY - JOUR
T1 - The relational turbulence model
T2 - A meta-analytic review
AU - Goodboy, Alan K.
AU - Bolkan, San
AU - Sharabi, Liesel L.
AU - Myers, Scott A.
AU - Baker, James P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of International Communication Association. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - A series of 27 meta-analyses was conducted to synthesize theoretical predictions, to date, of the relational turbulence model (RTM), which has informed relational turbulence theory (RTT). In line with theorized predictions, 12 random-effects meta-analyses (k = 9-15; n = 1,395-5,493) confirmed that RTM variables (i.e., self uncertainty, partner uncertainty, relationship uncertainty, and partner interference), on average, correlated with topic avoidance, depressive symptoms, and relationship satisfaction. An additional 15 random-effects meta-analyses (k = 4-41; n = 930-8,975) were conducted to pool an average correlation matrix among self uncertainty, partner uncertainty, relationship uncertainty, partner interference, partner facilitation, and relational turbulence. This pooled correlation matrix was used to test a meta-analytic structural equation model of the RTM commonly specified in the literature. Global and local fit statistics indicated the meta-analytic data fit the RTM well. Collectively, these results offer empirical and theoretical evidence for the RTM across nearly 2 decades of research and provide insights for future scholarship guided by the axioms and propositions of RTT.
AB - A series of 27 meta-analyses was conducted to synthesize theoretical predictions, to date, of the relational turbulence model (RTM), which has informed relational turbulence theory (RTT). In line with theorized predictions, 12 random-effects meta-analyses (k = 9-15; n = 1,395-5,493) confirmed that RTM variables (i.e., self uncertainty, partner uncertainty, relationship uncertainty, and partner interference), on average, correlated with topic avoidance, depressive symptoms, and relationship satisfaction. An additional 15 random-effects meta-analyses (k = 4-41; n = 930-8,975) were conducted to pool an average correlation matrix among self uncertainty, partner uncertainty, relationship uncertainty, partner interference, partner facilitation, and relational turbulence. This pooled correlation matrix was used to test a meta-analytic structural equation model of the RTM commonly specified in the literature. Global and local fit statistics indicated the meta-analytic data fit the RTM well. Collectively, these results offer empirical and theoretical evidence for the RTM across nearly 2 decades of research and provide insights for future scholarship guided by the axioms and propositions of RTT.
KW - Meta-Analysis
KW - Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Modeling
KW - Relational Turbulence Model
KW - Relational Turbulence Theory
KW - Uncertainty
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U2 - 10.1093/hcr/hqaa002
DO - 10.1093/hcr/hqaa002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096089233
SN - 0360-3989
VL - 46
SP - 222
EP - 249
JO - Human Communication Research
JF - Human Communication Research
IS - 2-3
ER -