Knobloch, L. K., Ebata, A. T., McGlaughlin, P. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2013, November). Generalized anxiety and relational uncertainty as predictors of topic avoidance during reintegration following deployment. A paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, D. C.

Theiss, J. A., & Haverfield, M. C. (2013, November). Alcoholic and non-alcoholic parents’ orientations toward conformity and conversation as predictors of attachment and psychological well-being for adult children of alcoholics. A paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Washington, D. C.
 *Top Four Paper for the NCA Family Communication Division

Haverfield, M. C., & Theiss, J. A. (2014, May). The effect of family communication on adult children of alcoholics’ perceptions of stigma and their associations with emotional and psychological resilience. A paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Seattle, WA.

Theiss, J. A., Nogueira, K., Stein, J., & Weber, K. M. (2014, November). A relational turbulence model of irritating partner behavior during the transition to parenthood: Sources of irritations, severity of irritations, and perceptions of turmoil. A paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Haverfield, M. C., Theiss, J. A., & Leustek, J. (2014, November). Characteristics of communication in families of alcoholics. A paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Leustek, J., Theiss, J. A., & Stein, J. (2014, November). Adult children’s experiences of their parents’ late-life divorce: Perceptions of family changes and family uncertainty. A paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Carpenter, A. M., Theiss, J. A., & Leustek, J. (2014, November). Partner facilitation and partner interference in individuals’ weight loss goals: A qualitative analysis of longitudinal data. A paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.

Knobloch, L. K., Theiss, J. A., & Wehrman, E. C. (2014, April). Communication of military couples during deployment: Topic avoidance and relational uncertainty. A paper presented at the meeting of the Central States Communication Association, Madison, WI.

*Top Paper for the CSCA Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Division

Leustek, J., & Theiss, J. A. (2015, May). Family communication patterns that predict perceptions of upheaval and psychological well-being for adult children of late life divorce. A paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Theiss, J. A., Carpenter, A. M., Cox, J. (2015, May). Relationship characteristics that predict communication about weight loss and efficacy to achieve weight loss goals. A paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

*Top Four Paper for the ICA Interpersonal Communication Division