Her fifth full - length book is a guide to flourishing
in a
long -
distance relationship, which is a topic she knows plenty about; her husband is active duty military and is
frequently deployed.
As the exchange of social information is pivotal
in increasing positive relational outcomes (i.e., social information processing theory, Walther, 1995), we predict that the more
frequently individuals communicate with their
long -
distance partners, the more satisfied they are with their communication and also with their entire
relationship (Hypothesis 1).