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Because communication may be a source, medium, and/or method for resolving problematic integration, it is possible for conflict to manifest as "extended chains" of problematic integration. Such extended chains occur through forms, foci, and layers of experience. <sup>'''(add citation to Bradac, Journal of Communication, Sept. 2001, p. 461-2)'''</sup> By extended chains, it is meant that experiences of problematic integration and efforts to resolve problematic integration may lead to development of a new form of PI. As conflict between probability and value develops around a focal point (or topic), it can lead to conflict regarding a new topic (e.g., stress and anxiety about earning an end-of-year bonus at work can lead to new worries about personal finances, sense of self worth, and/or one's status and career prospects at work). Problematic integration becomes shared (or chained) through layers of experience when people discuss and relate their struggles with others. In this process of communicating our conflicts, others may share in our problematic integration through empathy and sympathy. <sup>'''(add citation here for Babrow, Communication Monographs, Vol. 62 Dec. 1993, p. 287).'''</sup> Babrow proposed that communication becomes more important to resolve problematic integration as the conflict or integration becomes more difficult. <sup>'''(add citation to Bradac, Journal of Communication, Sept. 2001, p. 463)'''</sup>
====Critique and Analysis===
As mentioned above, Problematic Integration Theory is a type of communication theory that examines how we make meaning of information and experiences, and how we handle uncertainty. PI differs from [[Uncertainty Reduction Theory]] and other axiomatic and predictive communication theories in a number of ways. PI proposes that there are numerous and varied meanings of the term uncertainty. Unlike URT, PI predicts that experiencing uncertainty does not automatically lead to a desire to reduce the uncertainty. Further, PI proposes that: (1) uncertainty is not always "bad; (2) uncertainty has a single or narrow meaning; (3) reduction of uncertainty is not always possible; (4) any resolution of uncertainty is not necessarily final; and, (5) integrative dilemmas do not necessarily have an identifiable or singular cause. <sup>'''(add citation to Babrow, Journal of Communication, Sept. 2001, p. 562-4)'''</sup>
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