Beach Steven R H, Barton Allen W, Lei Man Kit, Brody Gene H, Kogan Steven M, Hurt Tera R, Fincham Frank D, Stanley Scott M
Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Fam Process. 2014 Dec;53(4):580-95. doi: 10.1111/famp.12085. Epub 2014 Jun 10.
African American couples (n = 331) with children, 89% of whom were married, were assigned to either (a) a culturally sensitive couple- and parenting-enhancement program (ProSAAF) or (b) an information-only control condition in which couples received self-help materials. Husbands averaged 41 years of age and wives averaged 39 years. We found significant effects of program participation in the short term on couple communication, which was targeted by the intervention, as well as over the long term, on self-reported arguing in front of children. Long-term parenting outcomes were fully mediated by changes in communication for wives, but not for husbands. For husbands, positive change depended on amount of wife reported change. We conclude that wives' changes in communication from baseline to posttest may be more pivotal for the couples' long-term experience of decreased arguing in front of children than are husbands' changes, with wives' changes leading to changes in both partners' reports of arguments in front of children.
有孩子的非裔美国夫妇（n = 331），其中89%已婚，被分配到以下两种情况之一：（a）一个具有文化敏感性的夫妻和育儿强化项目（ProSAAF），或（b）一个仅提供信息的对照条件，即夫妻收到自助材料。丈夫平均年龄为41岁，妻子平均年龄为39岁。我们发现，参与该项目在短期内对干预所针对的夫妻沟通有显著影响，从长期来看，对在孩子面前自我报告的争吵也有显著影响。长期育儿结果在妻子方面完全由沟通变化介导，但在丈夫方面并非如此。对于丈夫来说，积极变化取决于妻子报告的变化量。我们得出结论，从基线到测试后妻子沟通的变化，对于夫妻在孩子面前减少争吵的长期体验可能比丈夫的变化更为关键，妻子的变化会导致双方在孩子面前争吵报告的变化。
