Hubbard Aimee, Harris Steven, Bryant Chalandra M, Rineman Rachel, McIntosh Doneila
Kansas City Relationship Institute.
Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA.
J Marital Fam Ther. 2025 Apr;51(2):e70008. doi: 10.1111/jmft.70008.
While African American couples are less likely to seek formal resources, such as couples therapy, that does not mean they do not seek relationship support. The literature suggests that informal or community resources play a large role in supporting African American couples. Yet, up to this point, quantitative research has yet to identify specific factors that increase informal couple help-seeking for African Americans. To address this gap, we examine how discrimination, racial identity, and religiosity are associated with informal couple help-seeking. We use two distinct types of common informal couple help-seeking (1) seeking help from a religious community and (2) seeking help from family and friends. Our study also attends to a meaningful aspect of couple help-seeking-relationship interdependence-via an actor-partner interdependence model (APIM). Our findings highlight the importance of informal resources in supporting African American relationships and the interdependent nature of couple help-seeking.
虽然非裔美国夫妇不太可能寻求正式资源，比如夫妻治疗，但这并不意味着他们不寻求关系支持。文献表明，非正式或社区资源在支持非裔美国夫妇方面发挥着很大作用。然而，到目前为止，定量研究尚未确定增加非裔美国人寻求非正式夫妻帮助的具体因素。为了填补这一空白，我们研究了歧视、种族认同和宗教信仰与寻求非正式夫妻帮助之间的关联。我们使用两种不同类型的常见非正式夫妻帮助寻求方式：（1）向宗教社区寻求帮助；（2）向家人和朋友寻求帮助。我们的研究还通过一个actor-partner相互依赖模型（APIM）关注夫妻帮助寻求的一个有意义的方面——关系相互依赖。我们的研究结果凸显了非正式资源在支持非裔美国人关系方面的重要性以及夫妻帮助寻求的相互依赖性质。
