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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"interracial couples"”.
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Relationship Adjustment in African American/White Interracial Couples
<p>Interracial intimate partnerships are at greater risk for relationship dissolution (i.e., divorce or permanent separation in cohabitating couples) than their endogamous counterparts (Bratter & King, 2008). However, a disparity in dissolution rates exists between African American male/White …
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Predictors of counselor trainees’ implicit attitudes toward interracial couples
… of Counselor Trainees toward Black-White Couples Inter-racial couples developed as soon as European men landed on the coast of North America. Historically, these relationships were considered deviant and unacceptable. The attitudes towards interracial marriages are improving, however, the …
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The (mis)representation of interracial couples in television advertisements
Interracial couples are becoming more common, but they still face stigmatization and discrimination. The present study aimed to gain a preliminarily understanding of if and how interracial couples are represented in television advertisements. This study performed a content analysis of 543 couples …
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Beyond Jungle Fever: an Exploratory Study of Interracial Couples' Communication Patterns
… an exploratory study of African American/Anglo interracial couples and how they incorporate communication strategies to define themselves, interact with society, and manage relationships with family, peers, and strangers. As the bulk of interracial literature focuses on quantitative data, this …
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Interracial Couples' Experience of Leisure: A Social Construction of a Racialized Other
The findings from this study indicated that interracial families are socially isolated in various aspects of their daily lives, including leisure. The primary cause of their social isolation is due to issues related to race and racism. Many of the couples' family members withdrew from them as a …
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Ethnic Identity and Adult Attachment as Correlates of Relationship Satisfaction Among White, Black, and Interracial Couples
… to relationship satisfaction in minority and interracial couples. This present study examines the extent of the relationship between ethnic identity and adult attachment to relationship satisfaction in White, Black, and Interracial couples.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Participants completed surveys …
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The examination of discrimination and social bias toward interracial relationships
<p>Although rates of approval toward interracial couples are increasing (Carroll, 2007), interracial couples report facing prejudice and discrimination including disapproval and ostracism from family, friends, and the general public (Carbone-Lopez, 2013; Martin, Campbell, Ueno, Fincham, 2013; …
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A Dyadic Analysis of Racial-Ethnic Socialization Among Black-White Interracial Parents
Interracial couples face unique parenting challenges. Black-White interracial couples, in particular, are responsible for fostering the healthy racial-ethnic identity development of their children who do not necessarily share their same racial-ethnic background (Stevenson, 1995) in a society …
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Perceptions of same-race and interracial dating couples on sexuality and relationship variables
Attitudes towards interracial dating and marriage have historically been used as barometers of racial acceptance in this country. As such, the interracial relationships literature focuses on attitudes towards different racial and ethnic groups as potential romantic partners, and on reactions from …
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Perspectives on Black - White Interracial Relationships in the South
… Georgia area and who are involved in Black-White interracial relationships, I explain how respondents perceive the appearance of their relationships and how they think others react to their relationships. I also address how the intersection of race and gender affects the interviewees' experiences …
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Interracial dating among college students: Cultural norms and partner violence
… States today using a sample of college students: interracial dating patterns, attitudes towards interracial dating, and dating violence among same-race versus interracial couples. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, African American/White couples make up less than 1 percent of all married couples …
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Parental practices and biracial Asian children’s racial/ethnic identity development
… the lived experiences of Asian and Caucasian interracial couples as they raise their biracial children, in terms of racial socialization. A total of 10 couples participated, and thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Six themes and 11 subthemes were found. The importance of early …
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Alienation and Isolation in Interracial Marriages in East Tennessee.
… interviewed ten individuals who are or have been interracially married. As a result of my research, I found that my results compare favorably with those of scholarly studies that discovered alienation and isolation among interracial couples.</p><p>I used descriptive research methods to analyze a …
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Inside Interracial Marriages: Accounts of Black-White Couples
… concerns that eight self-identified Black-White interracial couples described as stressful and to identify the coping strategies that they utilized to reduce feelings of distress. Another goal of this study was to discover the actions that these eight couples took to maintain marital …
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Diverse Love: how interracial relationships are portrayed in film: a personal journey
… and analyse the consequential impact of how interracial and cross-cultural relationships are portrayed in film. It highlights the perspectives of those who have subjective lived experience within interracial relationships through first-hand research. Further explanation is provided towards …
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The stories are burning inside of us: exploring daily violence, peacebuilding, and intercultural humility and resilience in interracial family communication
The construction of interracial families in the United States was forbidden until legislation preventing antimiscegenation was revoked in 1967. As a result, interracial couples face many additional struggles not experienced by same-race partners, including marginalization as well as cross-cultural …
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Love’s Dialects: Proposed Additions in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Intercultural Couples
… & Su, 2021).</p> <p>Research on intercultural couples remains limited both within and beyond Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and despite increased recognition of cultural factors, there is still insufficient guidance on navigating differing cultural contexts within a dyad (Linhof & Allan, …