黑人异性恋夫妇的关系满意度:自我同情和开放的作用
Zenova Williams1, Joyce Baptist2
1Family and Human Services, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, USA.
Journal of marital and family therapy
|September 27, 2023
概括
黑人夫妇使用自我同情来减少关系冲突,但种族歧视可能会削弱这种效果. 对妻子来说,开放的沟通是解决这些挑战的关键,以保持关系满意度.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 关系科学科学 关系科学
背景情况:
- 种族歧视给黑人异性恋关系带来了独特的挑战.
- 脆弱性应激适应 (VSA) 模型为理解压力下的关系动态提供了一个框架.
- 自我同情和开放的沟通是关系中的潜在保护因素.
研究的目的:
- 检查自我同情在减轻黑人异性恋夫妇负面互动中的作用.
- 调查种族歧视如何影响自我同情和负面互动之间的关系.
- 探索开放式沟通对负面互动中的关系满意度的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用了脆弱性应激适应 (VSA) 模型.
- 分析了210个与黑人结婚的异性恋夫妇的数据,使用了共同命运调节调解模型.
- 评估了自我同情,种族歧视,负面互动,开放的沟通和关系满意度.
主要成果:
- 更高的自我同情与双方配偶较低的负面互动有关.
- 种族歧视缓和了自我同情和负面互动之间的关联,特别是对妻子来说.
- 负面互动抑制了自我同情对关系满意度的积极影响.
- 开放的沟通影响了妻子的负面互动和关系满意度之间的联系.
- 妻子的自我同情,关系满意度,感知到的歧视和开放的沟通是相互关联的.
结论:
- 自我同情是黑人夫妇的宝贵资源,但它的好处可能会被种族歧视所破坏.
- 对妻子来说,开放的沟通对于缓冲歧视和冲突对关系满意度的负面影响至关重要.
- 调查结果表明,针对性干预措施的重点是针对面临种族歧视的夫妇的自我同情和沟通技巧.
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