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This study examined whether (a) communal coping and relational religiosity moderated the relationship between stressors (racial discrimination and financial strain/low financial security) and relationship satisfaction; and (b) communal coping and relational religiosity mediated between the stressors and relationship satisfaction. Two conceptual models predicting relationship satisfaction, Karney and Bradbury’s (1995) Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model and Niehuis, Huston, and Rosenband’s (2006) Ecosystemic Model of Courtship Progression guided the proposed research. Relational religiosity exhibited a pair of moderating (buffering) effects in men, helping them maintain high relationship satisfaction when faced with high levels of perceived racial discrimination and financial hardship (low security). 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Two conceptual models predicting relationship satisfaction, Karney and Bradbury’s (1995) Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model and Niehuis, Huston, and Rosenband’s (2006) Ecosystemic Model of Courtship Progression guided the proposed research. Relational religiosity exhibited a pair of moderating (buffering) effects in men, helping them maintain high relationship satisfaction when faced with high levels of perceived racial discrimination and financial hardship (low security). 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