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Book Synopsis A Qualitative Study of Marriage and Marital Satisfaction of African American Couples by : Deborah Ferguson-Cain
Download or read book A Qualitative Study of Marriage and Marital Satisfaction of African American Couples written by Deborah Ferguson-Cain and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Conflict Style and Marital Satisfaction in Black Intercultural Couples by : Tiffanie James Parker
Download or read book Conflict Style and Marital Satisfaction in Black Intercultural Couples written by Tiffanie James Parker and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current literature suggests that culture-specific relationships exist between conflict styles and marital satisfaction; however, researchers have only focused on marriages between non-Westerners and Westerners. Very little research exists on how these variables function uniquely in marriages involving African American and African Caribbean individuals. This quantitative study examined the relationship between conflict style and marital satisfaction with and between African Caribbean and African American couples living in the United States. The research focused on three questions: (1) Will cultural differences between spouses influence the relationship between conflict styles and marital satisfaction? (2) Will there be any observable differences in conflict styles between African American, African Caribbean, and culturally mixed couples? (3) Will rates of spousal conflict differ between African American couples, culturally mixed couples, and African Caribbean couples? It was hypothesized that (1) Cultural differences within the marriage will moderate the relationship between conflict style and marital satisfaction; (2) African Americans would use more assertive conflict styles and African Caribbeans would use more cooperative conflict styles and; (3) Given the differences in cultural and relationship expectations, rates of conflict will be lower among African Caribbean couples. Multiple regression analysis was used investigate the first research question and hypothesis. A one-way ANOVA was used to analyze the second research question and hypothesis, and an independent samples t-test analyzed the third research question and hypothesis. Findings from this study suggested that African Caribbean, African American, and culturally mixed couples share more similarities in terms of conflict style and marital satisfaction than differences.
Book Synopsis A Survey of the Marital Satisfaction of African American Couples at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship by : Leslie W. Smith
Download or read book A Survey of the Marital Satisfaction of African American Couples at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship written by Leslie W. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this applied research project was to assess the marital satisfaction of a volunteer group of mostly African American couples at North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship, compare the results of these assessments with results of a national phone survey and other empirical studies, and based upon the findings, determine the ministry implications for the church. This project began with and draws much of its foundation from a survey of biblical and professional literature related to marriage and divorce. The cornerstone of this research effort was a survey instrument designed by Scott M. Stanley and Howard Markman entitled Marriage in the 90s: A Nationwide Random Phone Survey. The survey was completed by over 100 African American marriage participants who are members of North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship. The results of the church survey were compared to the actual survey done by Stanley and Markman. The conclusion of this project underscores the fact that marriage was ordained by God and rests solidly upon a theological foundation. It also affirms that the conflict that is prevalent in marriage has its source in the spiritual realm, and consequently the solution must be found in the spiritual realm. This was found to be true for white couples and African American couples, even though African American famiies are best with a number of marital variable that are unique to the Africian American context.
Book Synopsis Exploring the Relationship Between Marital Expectations and Marital Satisfaction Between Married African Immigrant Couples and United States Born Married Couples by : Evadne E. Ngazimbi
Download or read book Exploring the Relationship Between Marital Expectations and Marital Satisfaction Between Married African Immigrant Couples and United States Born Married Couples written by Evadne E. Ngazimbi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage is still considered a universal institution in many countries worldwide. Marriage provides benefits for wives, husbands, children, families, and communities. Why Marriage Matters (Wilcox et al., 2005), outlined the benefits of marriage, including improved physical and mental health, biological and social benefits for husbands, wives, children and families in America. In sub-Saharan Africa benefits emanating from marriage included increased survival rates for young children (Omariba & Boyle, 2007); reduced maternal morbidity and mortality rates for women due to reduced risks from self-inflicted abortions (Garenne, Tollman, Kahn, Collins, & Ngwenya, 2001); and improved economic management in homes due to exchanging gender-specific tasks within households (Gezon, 2002). Despite these benefits, approximately half the marriages in the United States end in divorce (Raley & Bumpass, 2003; Smith, 2007). Reduced marital satisfaction leads to dissolution of marriages in the U.S. Marital expectations were associated with marital satisfaction (Juvva & Bhatti, 2006). The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between marital expectations and marital satisfaction between African immigrant and United States born married couples. The independent variable was marital expectations, measured with the Marital Expectations Questionnaire (MEQ, Ngazimbi & Daire, 2008). The dependent variables were marital satisfaction, measured by the Relationship Assessment Scale (RAS, Hendrick, 1988), and the Relationship Pleasure Scale (RPS, PAIRS Foundation, 1993). The participants were recruited from nine sites in six states located in three geographical regions. The regions were the Midwest, the West and the Pacific Northwest. They were recruited through faith-based leaders. Participants consisted of 87 couples and 35 individuals who participated without their spouses. This was a mixed methods design. In the quantitative section, three instruments were used to collect data: the MEQ, the RAS, and the RPS. The first section of the MEQ contained four open-ended questions which were used to collect qualitative data. Significant differences were found in the relationships between marital expectations and marital satisfaction between African immigrants and non-immigrants. Qualitative differences and similarities were found between African immigrant and U.S. born married couples. Implications of the findings are discussed for research, counselor education and clinical practice.
Book Synopsis The Relationship Between Age, Salary, Occupation, Length of Marriage, Education and Marital Satisfaction in Church Going African-American Married Couples by : Rosalyn Virginia Green
Download or read book The Relationship Between Age, Salary, Occupation, Length of Marriage, Education and Marital Satisfaction in Church Going African-American Married Couples written by Rosalyn Virginia Green and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there has been considerable research on marital satisfaction for the White population, less has been written about marital satisfaction for African-Americans. Specifically, research has not provided significant insights into issues impacting on marital satisfaction for African-American couples. Such issues include income, education, age, occupation, and length of marriage. Data on marital satisfaction were gathered using the Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI) from a sample of 50 African-American couples in Prince Georges County, Maryland. Information on age, education, salary, occupation, and length of marriage was also gathered. Analysis of data from the MSI and Biographical Profile at a level of significance of.05 revealed no significant linear correlation between degree of marital satisfaction identified by African-American married couples and the variables occupation and length of marriage. the findings of the study did indicate that there is significant correlation between the degree of satisfaction identified by African-American married couples and age, education, and salary.
Book Synopsis Marital Stability by : Christine Cameron Hamel
Download or read book Marital Stability written by Christine Cameron Hamel and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Celebrating African American Marriages by : Annie W. Rivers
Download or read book Celebrating African American Marriages written by Annie W. Rivers and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-30 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of the marital lifecycle experiences of African American couples. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with couples who have been married from 33 years to 50 years, and from diverse backgrounds. The couples were asked about their experience as a couple, parenting, launching children into young adulthood, life as a couple again, becoming grandparents, and retirement. Understanding; marital success as describe by the couples in times of strength and challenge provides important insight to loving, and healthy relationships. Their stories revealed several themes: intimacy, communication, commitment, spirituality, parental role models, and education as keys to marital success.
Book Synopsis African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families by : Patricia Dixon
Download or read book African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families written by Patricia Dixon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American Relationships, Marriages, and Families, Second Edition is a historically and culturally centered research-based text designed for use in undergraduate, graduate, and community-based courses on African American relationships, marriages, and families. Complete with numerous exercises, this volume can be used by current and future helping professionals to guide singles and couples by increasing single and partner-awareness, and respect and appreciation for difference. In addition, singles and couples learn skills for effective communication and conflict resolution and ultimately how to develop and maintain healthy relationships, marriages, and families. This second edition includes updates and revisions to current chapters and also features two new chapters: one on parenting and one on same-gender loving/LGBTQ.
Book Synopsis Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths by : David Olson
Download or read book Marriages and Families: Intimacy, Diversity, and Strengths written by David Olson and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages. This book was released on 2007-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory text, Marriages & Families accentuates the positive aspects of relationships and focuses on enriching students’ knowledge and experience in building strong, successful couple and family relationships. The authors, seasoned family scholars and therapists, integrate research, theory, and practical application with an interdisciplinary perspective on marriage and family. To enhance teaching and student learning, a new AWARE (Awareness of Attitudes and Relationships Expectations) Online (2008) computerized assessment has been designed specifically for the sixth edition and contains 15 categories that match the chapters of the book. Go to the student and instructor sides of this Web site for more information on AWARE.
Book Synopsis Maintaining Black Marriage by : Marianne Dainton
Download or read book Maintaining Black Marriage written by Marianne Dainton and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining Black Marriage: Individual, Interpersonal, and Contextual Dynamics moves beyond the usual demographics in the study of Black marriage to focus on the communication that sustains it. Using original data and secondary research, Marianne Dainton provides the story of Black marriage success and the contexts and communication that contribute to that success. A central feature of this book is the inclusion of Black voices; that is, in addition to original quantitative research on the topic, qualitative data draws on the experiences and opinions of a group of married Black women and married Black men in order to augment, explain, challenge, and reflect the scholarly literature.
Book Synopsis Marriage in Black by : Katrina Bell McDonald
Download or read book Marriage in Black written by Katrina Bell McDonald and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the messages we hear from social scientists, policymakers, and the media, black Americans do in fact get married—and many of these marriages last for decades. Marriage in Black offers a progressive perspective on black marriage that rejects talk of black relationship "pathology" in order to provide an understanding of enduring black marriage that is richly lived. The authors offer an in-depth investigation of details and contexts of black married life, and seek to empower black married couples whose intimate relationships run contrary to common—but often inaccurate—stereotypes. Considering historical influences from Antebellum slavery onward, this book investigates contemporary married life among more than 60 couples born after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Husbands and wives tell their stories, from how they met, to how they decided to marry, to what their life is like five years after the wedding and beyond. Their stories reveal the experiences of the American-born and of black immigrants from Africa or the Caribbean, with explorations of the "ideal" marriage, parenting, finances, work, conflict, the criminal justice system, religion, and race. These couples show us that black family life has richness that belies common stereotypes, with substantial variation in couples’ experiences based on social class, country of origin, gender, religiosity, and family characteristics.
Book Synopsis Five Types of African-American Marriages by : William Deryck Allen
Download or read book Five Types of African-American Marriages written by William Deryck Allen and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Families Under Stress by : Benjamin R. Karney
Download or read book Families Under Stress written by Benjamin R. Karney and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007-04-16 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors estimate marriage and marital dissolution trends from 1996 to 2005, and the effects of recent deployments on risk of ending a marriage. Marital dissolution rates across services and components are currently similar to those seen in 1996, when the demands on the military were measurably lower. Service members who were deployed had a lower risk of subsequently ending their marriages than those who did not deploy or deployed fewer days.
Book Synopsis A Qualitative Study of Factors that Contribute to Satisfaction and Resiliency in Long-term African American Marriages by : Pruedence Brooks
Download or read book A Qualitative Study of Factors that Contribute to Satisfaction and Resiliency in Long-term African American Marriages written by Pruedence Brooks and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The divorce rate for African American couples is higher than any other ethnic group. No studies were found that investigated Black people's ideas about the protective factors of their satisfying and resilient marriages. Instead, research has focused on issues surrounding divorce in this community. Therefore, it is essential to understand the contributing factors to lasting marriages. This study provided detailed information on how eight Black couples have achieved longevity and happiness. The research questions were: (a) 'How do long-term, happily married African American couples describe the elements that contribute to the happiness and longevity of their marriage?' and (b) 'Does Equity Theory explain the satisfaction and resiliency of these marriages?' A descriptive case study design was utilized with multiple cases. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with couples married from 25 to 52 years. Strauss and Corben's (1990) model of open coding was used to analyze the data and pattern matching was used to test the applicability of Equity Theory. Results indicated that the following factors contributed to successful marriages: commitment, trust, religion, similarity, communication, spending time together, love, understanding, being willing to forgive, and sexual activity. Findings were congruent with research studies conducted on stable and happy non-Black couples suggesting that race might not play a role in understanding the contributors of satisfaction and resiliency in long term marriages. Equity Theory received support from nearly half of the participants in this investigation. The aspects of the theory that they tended to agree with was sharing household chores, having emotional needs met, and possessing the opinion that marriage should consist of giving and taking equally. Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love might provide better theoretical support.
Book Synopsis A Content Analysis of 10 Scholarly Journals from 2007-2017 by : Edna Chism-Nicholas
Download or read book A Content Analysis of 10 Scholarly Journals from 2007-2017 written by Edna Chism-Nicholas and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine what has been written about long term African American marriages in 10 selected scholarly journals. Marriages greatly impact multiple domains and relationships in the African American community. There is a multitude of marital research in many social science fields. However, there is a lack of literature as it specifically relates to African American long-term couples. Due to the lack of literature in this field it would benefit social science professionals, especially family therapists, to learn more about these relationships. In this study the researcher utilized a quantitative and qualitative approach to explore the literature, identifying themes found in the journal articles. The major themes discovered were Spirituality, Cultural issues, Equity, and Family. The Journal of Black Studies had the largest number of articles on the topic with 4 of 3,877 (0.00103%) articles being relevant to the research topic. Recommendations for future research were suggested.
Author :David H. Olson Publisher :McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages ISBN 13 :9780767412117 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (121 download)
Book Synopsis Marriage and the Family by : David H. Olson
Download or read book Marriage and the Family written by David H. Olson and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sustainable African American Marriages by : Kimberly Anissa Gregory
Download or read book Sustainable African American Marriages written by Kimberly Anissa Gregory and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion and religious involvement extend beyond individual satisfaction to also include influencing marital and family relationships. In spite of the research supporting the perceived benefits of marriage, including overall emotional and physical health, decrease in stress, alcohol and drug use, and increase in lifespan, African Americans marriage rates are lower compared to White Americans. Consequently, African Americans have the highest divorce rate and the highest incidences of single-parent homes. Religiosity is often overlooked as an important component that contributes to satisfaction and enduring relationships. There is also a perceived relationship between closeness to God and romantic attachment that leads to stable, sustaining relationships characterized by secure bonds that protect against marital dissolution. This quantitative research examined the linear relationship between two independent variables closeness to God and religiosity and two dependent variables marital satisfaction and longevity for married individuals from a sample of 65 African American and 280 White participants. An analysis of covariance assessed the interaction between closeness to God and religiosity and marital satisfaction and longevity using scores obtained from the Religious Commitment Inventory and the one question adaptation of the Religiosity Salience-Cognition Scale that measures religiosity and closeness to God in African Americans and Whites. This research did not support a linear relationship between religiosity and satisfaction, religiosity and longevity, and closeness to God and longevity. The presence of neuroticism interacted with the correlation in each simple regression analyses. A weak correlation was identified between closeness to God and satisfaction and identifies African Americans have higher religiosity than Whites.
