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African American couples often use informal support systems like religious communities and family for relationship help. Factors such as discrimination, racial identity, and religiosity influence this informal help-seeking behavior.

Keywords:
African Americancouple help‐seekingdiscriminationinformal help‐seekingracial identityreligiosityreligious help‐seeking

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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Family Studies
  • African American Studies

Background:

  • African American couples often bypass formal relationship support services.
  • Informal and community-based resources are crucial for relationship support within this demographic.
  • Quantitative research has not yet identified key factors driving informal help-seeking among African American couples.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between discrimination, racial identity, and religiosity with informal couple help-seeking.
  • To examine two primary forms of informal help-seeking: religious community support and support from family/friends.
  • To analyze the interdependent nature of couple help-seeking using an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM).

Main Methods:

  • Quantitative research design.
  • Utilized an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) to assess relationship interdependence.
  • Examined the influence of discrimination, racial identity, and religiosity on informal help-seeking behaviors.

Main Results:

  • Identified specific factors associated with informal couple help-seeking among African Americans.
  • Highlighted the significant role of religious community and family/friend support networks.
  • Demonstrated the interdependent nature of help-seeking within couples.

Conclusions:

  • Informal resources are vital for supporting African American relationships.
  • Understanding factors like discrimination, racial identity, and religiosity can inform culturally sensitive support strategies.
  • Couple help-seeking is an interdependent process, emphasizing the couple unit in support-seeking.