Predicting Relationship Stability among Midlife African American Couples

Autor/inn/en	Cutrona, Carolyn E.; Russell, Daniel W.; Burzette, Rebecca G.; Wesner, Kristin A.; Bryant, Chalandra M.
Titel	Predicting Relationship Stability among Midlife African American Couples
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 79 (2011) 6, S.814-825 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0025874
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Marital Status; Income; Family (Sociological Unit); Public Health; Marriage; Prediction; Religion; Family Characteristics; Educational Attainment; Correlation; Family Structure; Interpersonal Relationship; Educational Opportunities; Cultural Awareness; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Familienstand; Einkommen; Familie; Gesundheitswesen; Ehe; Vorhersage; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Korrelation; Familienkonstellation; Familiensystem; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität
Abstract	Objective: This study examined predictors of relationship stability over 5 years among heterosexual cohabiting and married African American couples raising an elementary-school-age child. The vulnerability-stress-adaptation model of relationships (Karney & Bradbury, 1995) guided the investigation. Contextual variables were conceptualized as important determinants of education and income, which in turn influence family structure, stress, and relationship quality and stability. Religiosity was tested as a resource variable that enhances relationship stability. Method: Couples (N = 207) were drawn from the Family and Community Health Study. Variables assessed at Wave 1 (education, income, religiosity, biological vs. stepfamily status, marital status, financial strain, and relationship quality) were used to predict relationship stability 5 years later. Results: Higher levels of education were associated with higher income, lower financial strain, and family structures that research has shown to be more stable (marriage rather than cohabitation and biological-family rather than stepfamily status; Bumpass & Lu, 2000). These variables, in turn, influenced relationship quality and stability. Religiosity, an important resource in the lives of African Americans, promoted relationship stability through its association with marriage, biological-family status, and women's relationship quality. Conclusions: Enhancing the stability of African American couples' relationships will require changes in societal conditions that limit opportunities for education and income and weaken relationship bonds. Programs to assist couples with blended families are needed, and incorporation of spirituality into culturally sensitive relationship interventions for African American couples may also prove beneficial. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10