Partner support behaviors and relationship quality in interracial and intraracial Black romantic relationships

IF 1.8 4区心理学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Pub Date : 2024-07-01 DOI:10.1111/pere.12562

Annika From, Jasmine Banks, Robin S. Edelstein

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Abstract

A convergent, mixed‐methods design was used to understand associations between partner behaviors and relationship quality among people in interracial and intraracial romantic relationships. Across two samples, 224 individuals (including 55 couples) who were in a relationship in which they and/or their partner identified as Black completed measures of perceived partner responsiveness, partner responses to stress, and relationship quality. Participants in the first sample also provided open‐ended responses about the role of race in their relationship. Participants who reported higher partner responsiveness, more supportive partner responses to their stress, better overall dyadic coping, and fewer unsupportive partner responses to their stress reported higher relationship quality. The strength of the associations for perceived partner responsiveness and partner responses to stress with relationship quality did not differ based on the racial composition of the relationship. Qualitative responses revealed additional support processes and barriers to support that may be unique to different relationship compositions. These findings expand understanding of the most effective support behaviors that Black individuals and their romantic partners use in their relationships and illuminate how support processes might differ depending on an individual's race and the race of their partner.

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种族间和种族内黑人恋爱关系中的伴侣支持行为和关系质量

我们采用了一种趋同的混合方法设计来了解异族和种族内恋爱关系中伴侣行为与关系质量之间的关联。在两个样本中，有 224 人（包括 55 对情侣）的恋爱关系中，他们和/或他们的伴侣被认定为黑人，他们完成了对伴侣的感知反应能力、伴侣对压力的反应以及恋爱关系质量的测量。第一个样本中的参与者还就种族在他们关系中的作用提供了开放式回答。报告了较高伴侣响应度、较多伴侣对其压力的支持性反应、较好的整体二人应对方式以及较少伴侣对其压力的不支持性反应的参与者报告了较高的关系质量。感知到的伴侣响应度和伴侣对压力的反应与关系质量之间的关联强度并不因关系中的种族构成而不同。定性回答揭示了不同关系组成可能特有的其他支持过程和支持障碍。这些发现拓展了人们对黑人及其恋爱伴侣在关系中使用的最有效支持行为的理解，并阐明了支持过程可能因个人的种族及其伴侣的种族而有所不同。

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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS Multiple-

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2.40

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6.20%

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期刊介绍： Personal Relationships, first published in 1994, is an international, interdisciplinary journal that promotes scholarship in the field of personal relationships using a wide variety of methodologies and throughout a broad range of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, communication studies, anthropology, family studies, child development, social work, and gerontology. The subject matter and approach of Personal Relationships will be of interest to researchers, teachers, and practitioners. Manuscripts examining a wide range of personal relationships, including those between romantic or intimate partners, spouses, parents and children, siblings, classmates, coworkers, neighbors, and friends are welcome.