The role of neighborhood risk factors and personal stressors in romantic partner support and relationship quality among African American couples over time

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick D. Clavel ◽  
Carolyn E. Cutrona ◽  
Daniel W. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
African American ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Partner Support ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Neighborhood Risk ◽  
African American Couples ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals The Relational Wear and Tear of Everyday Racism Among African American Couples

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Ong ◽  
Betul Urganci ◽  
Anthony L. Burrow ◽  
Tracy DeHart
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Affective Reactivity ◽  
Chronic Stressors ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
African American Couples ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The wear and tear of adapting to chronic stressors such as racism and discrimination can have detrimental effects on mental and physical health. Here, we investigate the wider implications of everyday racism for relationship quality in a sample of 98 heterosexual African American couples. Participants reported on their experiences of racial discrimination and positive and negative affect for 21 consecutive evenings. Using dyadic analyses, we show that independent of age, gender, marital status, income, racial discrimination frequency, neuroticism, and mean levels of affect, participants’ relationship quality was inversely associated with their partner’s negative affective reactivity to racial discrimination. Associations did not vary by gender, suggesting that the effects of affective reactivity were similar for men and women. These findings highlight the importance of a dyadic approach and call for further research examining the role of everyday racism as a key source of stress in the lives of African American couples.

“You’ve Changed”: Low Self-Concept Clarity Predicts Lack of Support for Partner Change

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia F. Emery ◽  
Wendi L. Gardner ◽  
Eli J. Finkel ◽  
Kathleen L. Carswell
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Romantic Partner ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Partner Change

People often pursue self-change, and having a romantic partner who supports these changes increases relationship satisfaction. However, most existing research focuses only on the experience of the person who is changing. What predicts whether people support their partner’s change? People with low self-concept clarity resist self-change, so we hypothesized that they would be unsupportive of their partner’s changes. People with low self-concept clarity did not support their partner’s change (Study 1a), because they thought they would have to change, too (Study 1b). Low self-concept clarity predicted failing to support a partner’s change, but not vice versa (Studies 2 and 3), and only for larger changes (Study 3). Not supporting a partner’s change predicted decreases in relationship quality for both members of the couple (Studies 2 and 3). This research underscores the role of partners in self-change, suggesting that failing to support a partner’s change may stem from self-concept confusion.

Helping Each Other Grow: Romantic Partner Support, Self-Improvement, and Relationship Quality

2010 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 1496-1513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nickola C. Overall ◽  
Garth J. O. Fletcher ◽  
Jeffry A. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Partner Support ◽  
Romantic Partner

scholarly journals Condom Use Self-Efficacy Among Younger Rural Adolescents

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiarney D. Ritchwood ◽  
Dolly Penn ◽  
Courtney Peasant ◽  
Tashuna Albritton ◽  
Giselle Corbie-Smith
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Condom Use ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Sexual Communication ◽  
African American Youth ◽  
Rural Adolescents ◽  
Knowledge And Attitudes ◽  
Communication About Sex

This study examines the role of condom use knowledge and attitudes, and parent-teen communication about sex and relationship quality on reports of condom use self-efficacy among rural, African American youth. Participants were 465 North Carolinian youth (10-14 years). Results indicated that greater condom use self-efficacy was predicted by greater knowledge of condom use (β = .206; p < .001), more favorable attitudes toward condom use (β = −.20; p < .0001) and parent-teen communication about sex (β = .13; p < .05), and actual parent-teen communication about sex and dating (β = .14; p < .05). There was low agreement between parents and youth on measures related to parent-teen communication about sex. Findings call for interventions targeting improvement of condom use knowledge among early adolescents, as well as parent-teen communication about sex. In addition, given the low parent-teen agreement regarding sexual communication, parent-teen sexual communication is an important point of intervention.

The Influence of Neighborhood Risk Factors on Parolee Recidivism in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2018 ◽  
Vol 98 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly Houser ◽  
Eric S. McCord ◽  
Jason Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Neighborhood Context ◽  
Walking Distance ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Neighborhood Risk ◽  
Limited Support ◽  
The City

Recidivism research has largely addressed individual-level attributes, neglecting the role of the neighborhood context. Following a sample of 4,851 parolees returning to the City of Philadelphia in 2007 and 2008, the current study examines the role of the neighborhood context and nonresidential land uses (both risk and protective factors) in reincarceration and time to reincarceration. Although our findings suggest limited support for the neighborhood context in explaining reincarceration, we found that the presence of beer bars and liquor outlets within walking distance of a parolee’s home increased their likelihood of reincarceration and reduced their time in the community.

Why Do Ethnically Harassed Immigrant Adolescents Engage in Violent Behaviors? The Role of Affiliation With Violent Peers

2020 ◽  
pp. 027243162096145
Author(s):  
Liliia Korol ◽  
Håkan Stattin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Peer Groups ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Immigrant Adolescents ◽  
Violent Behaviors ◽  
Mainstream Culture ◽  
Ethnic Harassment ◽  
Over Time

This study aimed to analyze affiliations with violent peers as an underlying mechanism that associates ethnic harassment with violent behaviors among immigrant youth ( N = 365; Mage = 13.93, SD = 0.80), and also identify the risk factors in this relation. The results revealed that identification with an immigrant peer crowd at school made ethnically harassed immigrant adolescents more inclined to associate with violent peers and, in turn, engage in violent behaviors over time. Immigrant youth’s orientation toward the mainstream culture was not found to either elevate or buffer the effect of ethnic harassment on youth’s affiliation with violent peers. Yet, ethnically harassed immigrant adolescents were shown to be more prone to violent behaviors over time when they were less orientated toward Swedish culture. The findings suggest that preventing ethnicity-based harassment and diversifying adolescents’ peer groups at schools may be a way to prevent immigrant adolescents’ involvement in violent behaviors.

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