Awosan Christiana I, Hardy Kenneth V
Seton Hall University.
Drexel University.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2017 Jul;43(3):463-481. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12215. Epub 2017 Feb 16.
Over the past decades, the decline in Black marriages and the upsurge of never-married Blacks have stimulated much theoretical focus, but researchers conducted few studies on never-married heterosexual Black adults' coupling unions. Guided by an integrated framework of Africana womanism and symbolic interactionism, this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study used comprehensive individual interviews to explore the experiences of 26 never-married heterosexual Black men and women between the ages 25 and 35 about their attempts to cultivate and maintain intimate romantic relationships as well as their desire for marriage. Findings revealed mixed emotions from participants' lived experiences in developing and sustaining romantic relationships. Clinical implications highlighted the need to effectively attend to Black romantic relationships and experiences in their sociohistorical and sociocultural contexts.
在过去几十年里，黑人婚姻的减少以及从未结婚的黑人数量的激增引发了诸多理论关注，但研究人员对从未结婚的异性恋成年黑人的伴侣关系研究甚少。在非洲女性主义和符号互动主义的综合框架指导下，这项质性诠释现象学研究采用全面的个人访谈，以探究26名年龄在25岁至35岁之间的从未结婚的异性恋黑人男性和女性在尝试建立和维持亲密浪漫关系以及他们对婚姻的渴望方面的经历。研究结果揭示了参与者在发展和维持浪漫关系的生活经历中所产生的复杂情感。临床意义强调了在社会历史和社会文化背景下有效关注黑人浪漫关系和经历的必要性。
