Racism-related stress, Africultural coping, and religious problem-solving among African Americans.

Research has shown a direct relationship between infertility-related stress and anxiety in infertile patients. The present study goes into this relationship in depth, testing the moderating role of coping strategies (Seeking Social Support, Avoidant, Positive Attitude, Problem-Solving, Turning to Religion) in the associations between specific infertility-related stress dimensions (Social Concern, Need for Parenthood, Rejection of Childfree Lifestyle, Couple’s Relationship Concern) and State-Anxiety among male and female partners of infertile couples. Gender differences were also explored. Both members of 254 infertile couples completed a questionnaire consisting of Socio-demographics, Fertility Problem Inventory–Short Form (FPI-SF), Coping Orientation to Problem Experienced–New Italian Version (COPE-NIV), and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Y (STAI-Y). The results revealed that Social Concern and Couple’s Relationship Concern, in both partners, and Need for Parenthood, in female partners, had positive correlations with State-Anxiety. Seeking Social Support and Avoidant coping were related to increasing levels of State-Anxiety in both partners, whereas Positive Attitude coping strategies were related to lower levels of State-Anxiety in female partners. Problem-Solving and Avoidant coping played moderating roles between specific infertility-related stress dimensions and State-Anxiety in unexpected directions. Problem-Solving exacerbated the negative effects of Social Concern, whereas Avoidant coping buffered the negative effects of several infertility-related stress dimensions in both partners. Interventions to improve stress management and psychological health in infertile couples should consider that the adequacy of coping strategies is inherently situation specific. It therefore follows that patient-centered clinical interventions should consider the potential inadequacy of promoting Problem-Solving strategies, and that even Avoidance can be an efficient strategy for dealing with specific infertility-related stress dimensions.

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The Roles of Shared Racial Fate and a Sense of Belonging With African Americans in Black Immigrants’ Race-Related Stress and Depression

Journal of Black Psychology ◽

10.1177/0095798415627114 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 135-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Carla D. Hunter ◽

Andrew D. Case ◽

Nancy Joseph ◽

Yara Mekawi ◽

Ehsan Bokhari

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Intergroup Relations ◽

Sense Of Belonging ◽

Second Generation ◽

Well Being ◽

Black Immigrants ◽

Immigrant Populations ◽

Related Stress ◽

Race Related Stress ◽

The Relationship

Objectives: The first goal was to examine whether race-related stress was associated with depression in Black immigrants, as has been found in African Americans. The second goal was to determine whether intergroup relations identity factors—Black immigrants’ shared racial fate or sense of belonging with African Americans—were related to depression, above and beyond race-related stress. Third, we examined if Black immigrants’ shared racial fate or a sense of belonging with African Americans moderated the relationship between race-related stress and depression. Method: Data were collected from 110 individuals who identified as first- or second-generation Black immigrants. Results: Greater race-related stress was related to higher depression. Greater endorsement of a sense of belonging with African Americans was related to lower depression over and above the influence of race-related stress; this was not the case for shared racial fate, which was not associated with depression. Neither shared racial fate nor a sense of belonging with African Americans moderated the association between race-related stress and depression. Intergroup relations facilitate our understanding of well-being in immigrant populations.

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Measuring health-related problem solving among African Americans with multiple chronic conditions: application of Rasch analysis

Journal of Behavioral Medicine ◽

10.1007/s10865-014-9603-4 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 787-797 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Stephanie L. Fitzpatrick ◽

Felicia Hill-Briggs

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

African Americans ◽

Chronic Conditions ◽

Cultural, sociofamilial, and psychological resources that inhibit psychological distress in African Americans exposed to stressful life events and race-related stress.

Journal of Counseling Psychology ◽

10.1037/0022-0167.55.1.49 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 49-62 ◽

Cited By ~ 107

Author(s):

Shawn O. Utsey ◽

Norman Giesbrecht ◽

Joshua Hook ◽

Pia M. Stanard

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

African Americans ◽

Life Events ◽

Stressful Life Events ◽

Stressful Life ◽

Psychological Resources ◽

Related Stress ◽

Race Related Stress

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Relationships Among Health Factors and Everyday Problem Solving in African Americans.

Health Psychology ◽

10.1037/0278-6133.23.6.641 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 641-644 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Keith E. Whitfield ◽

Jason C. Allaire ◽

Sebrina A. Wiggins

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

African Americans ◽

Health Factors ◽

Everyday Problem Solving ◽

Everyday Problem

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Relationship Functioning During COVID-19 Quarantine

10.31234/osf.io/7cvdm ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Nickola Overall ◽

Valerie Chang ◽

Paula Pietromonaco ◽

Rachel S. T. Low ◽

Annette M E Henderson

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Relationship Quality ◽

Family Environment ◽

Family Cohesion ◽

Attachment Anxiety ◽

Relationship Functioning ◽

Attachment Avoidance ◽

Relationship Problems ◽

Ongoing Relationship ◽

Related Stress

The COVID-19 pandemic presents acute, ongoing relationship challenges. The current research tested how (1) pre-existing vulnerabilities assessed prior to the pandemic (attachment insecurity) and (2) stress as couples endured a mandated quarantine predicted residual changes in relationship functioning. Controlling for pre-quarantine problems, relationship quality and family environment, greater partners’ attachment anxiety predicted greater relationship problems, lower relationship quality, and a less stable and cohesive family environment when people were experiencing more stress. Greater partners’ attachment avoidance predicted lower problem solving efficacy and family cohesion. The effects of partners’ pre-existing vulnerabilities and pandemic-related stress demonstrate the utility of key models in relationship science in identifying who is at most risk of relationship problems in the unprecedented context of a mandated quarantine. The results emphasize that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on relationship functioning will be shaped by the characteristics of partners with whom people are confined with during the pandemic.

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