| This research reveals how families have been affected by and coped with a member's devotion to and internalization of QAnon's conspiratorial ideologies. I have employed a netnographic-inspired research study primarily focused on the subreddit r/QAnonCasualties, where the family members of QAnon affiliates post about their experiences. A pilot content analysis of the posts in r/QAnonCasualties and 23 interviews with the family members of QAnon affiliates revealed a "manage, adapt, abandonment" process in which family members abandon their relationships with their QAnon-infected family members. I have examined the family unit from a family systems framework perspective, which suggests that the members of a family system must conversationally work to preserve their capacity and ability to trust each other. Likewise, I have interpreted my results through contemporary social theorist Anthony Giddens, who emphasizes that successful interpersonal relationships rely on trust and can only be maintained when people have relatable realities. |