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Author : Mary Coleen Speed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Heterosexual African American Couples' Perception of Being Happily Married written by Mary Coleen Speed and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Moshae Maddox
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781303663772
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (637 download)
Download or read book Perceptions of Committed Marriages in African American Heterosexual Couples Married 25 Years and Longer written by Moshae Maddox and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions and provide insight into meanings and factors that contribute to healthy committed marriages among African American heterosexual married couples. This study explored the experiences of couples who had been married for 25 years and longer.
Author : Katrina Bell McDonald
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351018167
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)
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.
Author : Jennifer Maunda Ashby
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Happily Married African-American Couples written by Jennifer Maunda Ashby and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chen Z. Oren
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113585940X
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Counseling Fathers written by Chen Z. Oren and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Men do not often come for counseling because they are having difficulties with being a father, but many of the presenting problems and reasons for seeking help can be related to the roles and responsibilities of fathering. The dramatic shift in societal expectations of being a father can often leave men confused as they navigate conflicting views, demands, and responsibilities. Counseling Fathers is designed to bridge the gap between fathers and professional helpers. This book provides the mental health practitioners with a guide for working with fathers in therapy, whether the issues of fathering are at the center of the discussions or in the background. The organization of the book speaks to the variety of today's fathers and the issues that they face. Part I provides an historical overview of the fathering movement, a strength-based approach to working with fathers, and an assessment paradigm using gender role conflict theory. Part II takes a cross-cultural approach, with a series of chapters that look at counseling with Latino, Asian, Black, and Caucasian fathers. Part III looks at specific populations of fathers, including first time fathers, teen fathers, stay-at-home fathers, gay fathers, and older fathers. Counseling Fathers provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource for family and individual practitioners who work with men who father.
Author : Ralph Richard Banks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452297532
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)
Download or read book Is Marriage for White People? written by Ralph Richard Banks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class, and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That sobering statistic reflects a broader reality: African Americans are the most unmarried people in our nation, and contrary to public perception the racial gap in marriage is not confined to women or the poor. Black men, particularly the most successful and affluent, are less likely to marry than their white counterparts. College educated black women are twice as likely as their white peers never to marry. Is Marriage for White People? is the first book to illuminate the many facets of the African American marriage decline and its implications for American society. The book explains the social and economic forces that have undermined marriage for African Americans and that shape everyone's lives. It distills the best available research to trace the black marriage decline's far reaching consequences, including the disproportionate likelihood of abortion, sexually transmitted diseases, single parenthood, same sex relationships, polygamous relationships, and celibacy among black women. This book centers on the experiences not of men or of the poor but of those black women who have surged ahead, even as black men have fallen behind. Theirs is a story that has not been told. Empirical evidence documents its social significance, but its meaning emerges through stories drawn from the lives of women across the nation. Is Marriage for White People? frames the stark predicament that millions of black women now face: marry down or marry out. At the core of the inquiry is a paradox substantiated by evidence and experience alike: If more black women married white men, then more black men and women would marry each other. This book not only sits at the intersection of two large and well- established markets-race and marriage-it responds to yearnings that are widespread and deep in American society. The African American marriage decline is a secret in plain view about which people want to know more, intertwining as it does two of the most vexing issues in contemporary society. The fact that the most prominent family in our nation is now an African American couple only intensifies the interest, and the market. A book that entertains as it informs, Is Marriage for White People? will be the definitive guide to one of the most monumental social developments of the past half century.
Author : Felecia Veale-Buckson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (122 download)
Download or read book African American College Educated Women's Perceptions of Marriage written by Felecia Veale-Buckson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current study focuses on African American college educated women's perception of marriage, the importance they place on certain mate selection characteristics, and their decision to marry. For the purpose of this study, college educated women are undergraduate female students who have earned at least 90 college credits. A survey was distributed to 300 African American female students who attend the University (a Historically Black College/University on the east coast of the United States). Their perceptions of marriage were significantly different (p.05). Among four mate selection characteristics, gender roles after marriage was ranked extremely important most often (n=281), followed by religiosity (n=263), financial security (n=219), and physical attractiveness (n=165). More than half (57%) of the women in this study reported that they would accept a hypothetical marriage proposal. There was a significantly weak relationship found between the importance of religion and the likelihood of accepting a hypothetical marriage proposal (crv=.159, p.05,). The relationship between the likelihood of accepting the hypothetical marriage proposal and financial security (crv=.144 p.05), gender roles after marriage (crv=.148 p.05), and physical attraction (crv=.108 p>.05) was not significant. The relationship between the likelihood of accepting a hypothetical marriage proposal and the respondents' primary parenting agent and parental marital status was also explored. -- Abstract.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Gottman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451608489
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book What Makes Love Last? written by John Gottman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the foremost relationship experts at work today offers creative insight on building trust and avoiding betrayal, helping readers to decode the mysteries of healthy love and relationships"--
Author : Kristin Michele Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781339219769
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (197 download)
Download or read book African American Adolescent Perceptions of Marriage written by Kristin Michele Smith and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marital trends in the United States have changed tremendously and individuals live as unmarried couples, marry later in life or not at all, and have children prior to marriage more often than they did in the past (Willoughby, 2010). These behaviors occur significantly more often for the Black population than for other racial groups (Crissey, 2005). Proposed contributors to the decreased rates of marriage for the African American population include, but are not limited to, concerns about finances, trust, and loss of social freedom when considering marriage (King & Allen, 2009). African American adolescents also report an expectation to marry in the future significantly less than White adolescents (Crissey, 2005). This suggests that African American youth may internalize culturally relevant ideas about marriage cited in research about African American adults. The current study looked at the relationship between general marital attitudes, culturally relevant ideas (e.g., financial, commitment concerns) about marriage, parental marital status over the course of the lifespan, and socioeconomic status. Results indicated that African American adolescents with continuously married parents over their lifespan felt more positively about marriage in general than those who had unmarried parents at any point. General ideas about marriage were negatively associated with culturally relevant beliefs about marriage, and those who felt more positively about marriage in general were less likely to endorse culturally relevant ideas. Parental marital status at birth was not associated with adolescents' general marital attitudes about marriage, and socioeconomic status was overall a stronger predictor of both African American adolescents' general ideas, and culturally relevant beliefs about marriage than parental marital status.
Author : Josiane M. Apollon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000529258
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Compassionate Love in Intimate Relationships written by Josiane M. Apollon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on interviews conducted with Black couples in the United States, this book explores relational resilience and identifies unique adaptation strategies that enable couples to overcome the multigenerational effects of violence and sexual mass trauma from slavery and activates compassionate love in flourishing relationships. By applying Appreciative Inquiry (AI) methodology and family systems theory, the book captures the spiritual, emotional, and sexual dimensions in Black couple systems that gives meaning to their resilient relationships in the context of contemporary America. Within the framework of compassionate love, the book highlights the need for researchers and clinicians to include the broader cultural contexts in their sexual trauma-informed studies and interventions. Using genetic studies and empirical evidence, the volume contributes significantly to discussion around Black relationships and historical trauma and to the broader challenges within race relations in the United States. This book will benefit researchers, academicians, and clinicians with an interest in sexual trauma, marriage, and family therapy, and couples counseling more broadly. Readers will also find this book useful when designing research in Black studies, intergenerational issues, or sexual intimacy.
Author : David Olson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780073380049
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)
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.
Author : Sharon Scales Rostosky
Publisher : American Psychological Association
ISBN 13 : 1433819546
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Happy Together written by Sharon Scales Rostosky and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many same-sex couples are stigmatized because of their relationship and experience significant stress. In every life context—family, work, neighborhood, religious communities, and in social and legal contexts—same-sex couples have to make decisions about disclosure, how to respond to prejudice, and how to cope with negative feelings about themselves and their experiences. This book helps couples work together to identify, develop, and use their strengths and skills to successfully navigate these issues and flourish. Tough tasks like confronting prejudice will never be easy, but thanks to the stories, tools, and resources presented in this book, readers will learn to manage such situations in a positive way. Learning activities in each chapter guide couples to become more aware of the causes of stress in their relationship, and to take positive actions to strengthen their commitment. Readers will learn how to cultivate the strengths of their LGBTQ identities, assert appropriate boundaries, create supportive relationships with others, and contribute authentically to their families and communities.
Author : Debra A. Hope
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 038709556X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Perspectives on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identities written by Debra A. Hope and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debra A. Hope The Nebraska Symposium on Motivation is steeped in history and tradition. Over the years the series editors have striven to maintain the highest standards of a- demic excellence and to highlight some of the most important trends in psychology. Perusing the chapter titles in the first 53 volumes shows the shifting emphasis as the science of psychology developed in the latter half of the twentieth century. All of the most important topics are there — drive theory, social learning, the cognitive revolution, developing perspectives on understanding individual differences and the role of culture, and the increasing role of neuroscience. The key figures are there as well — Harry Harlow, Kenneth Spence, Raymond Cattell, George Kelly, Albert Bandura, Carl Rogers, Carroll Izard, Walter Mischel, Sandra Bem, Sandra Spence, Herbert Simon, David Barlow, and many others. In late 2004, I met with a group of interested graduate students, and together we developed a proposal to join this long and proud tradition with a volume on sexual orientation. Our motivation stemmed, in part, from the events around us. The same-sex m- riage debate was covered extensively in the media, reflecting a rapid and important discussion about sexual orientation that we were having (and are still having) as a society. Psychology and related fields have much to offer on many of the issues raised in this debate.
Author : Chinyere K. Osuji
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479857289
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Boundaries of Love written by Chinyere K. Osuji and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How interracial couples in Brazil and the US navigate racial boundaries How do people understand and navigate being married to a person of a different race? Based on individual interviews with forty-seven black-white couples in two large, multicultural cities—Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro—Boundaries of Love explores how partners in these relationships ultimately reproduce, negotiate, and challenge the “us” versus “them” mentality of ethno-racial boundaries. By centering marriage, Chinyere Osuji reveals the family as a primary site for understanding the social construction of race. She challenges the naive but widespread belief that interracial couples and their children provide an antidote to racism in the twenty-first century, instead highlighting the complexities and contradictions of these relationships. Featuring black husbands with white wives as well as black wives with white husbands, Boundaries of Love sheds light on the role of gender in navigating life married to a person of a different color. Osuji compares black-white couples in Brazil and the United States, the two most populous post–slavery societies in the Western hemisphere. These settings, she argues, reveal the impact of contemporary race mixture on racial hierarchies and racial ideologies, both old and new.
Author : Dianne M Stewart
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 1580058167
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Black Women, Black Love written by Dianne M Stewart and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this analysis of social history, examine the complex lineage of America's oppression of Black companionship. According to the 2010 US census, more than seventy percent of Black women in America are unmarried. Black Women, Black Love reveals how four centuries of laws, policies, and customs have created that crisis. Dianne Stewart begins in the colonial era, when slave owners denied Blacks the right to marry, divided families, and, in many cases, raped enslaved women and girls. Later, during Reconstruction and the ensuing decades, violence split up couples again as millions embarked on the Great Migration north, where the welfare system mandated that women remain single in order to receive government support. And no institution has forbidden Black love as effectively as the prison-industrial complex, which removes Black men en masse from the pool of marriageable partners. Prodigiously researched and deeply felt, Black Women, Black Love reveals how white supremacy has systematically broken the heart of Black America, and it proposes strategies for dismantling the structural forces that have plagued Black love and marriage for centuries.
Author : Carol Cronin Weisfeld
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498541259
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Download or read book The Psychology of Marriage written by Carol Cronin Weisfeld and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic relationships. This book, The Psychology of Marriage, is a distillation of these findings, which have appeared in dozens of book chapters, journal articles, and conference presentations. The book also provides new systematic comparisons that offer insights into the mysteries of marriage and other committed relationships. Scholars, professional counselors, and family therapists will find a helpful framework for thinking about cultural similarities and differences in marital dynamics. Researchers will be introduced to a robust new instrument, the Marriage and Relationship Questionnaire (MARQ), which can be used in heterosexual and same-sex couples in virtually any cultural setting, along with ethical guidelines for conducting this research. Anyone who is interested in why committed relationships work (or do not work) will find the book filled with compelling new insights.
