Jenkins August I C, Rice TeKisha M, Smith Shardé McNeil, Barton Allen W, Beach Steven R H
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA.
Auburn University, Auburn, USA.
Fam Process. 2025 Jun;64(2):e70027. doi: 10.1111/famp.70027.
Given Black couples live in an environment pervaded by social stress that can compromise relationship integrity, romantic partners' use of effective coping resources is paramount to maintaining romantic relationship function. Culturally relevant coping (CRC) strategies-salient, contextually appropriate resources for Black Americans to deal with living in a racially hostile society-may directly promote relationship adjustment and relational resilience even in the face of racial stressors such as discriminatory encounters. John Henryism (JH; a high-effort coping strategy); and shift-and-persist coping (S&P coping; shifting focus and persisting for the future); are two notable CRC strategies but their relevance for Black couples' relationship functioning is unknown. Using cross-sectional, self-report data from 140 mixed-gender Black couples, we investigated the links between CRC strategies and relationship functioning (partner support; relationship conflict) within an actor-partner interdependence modeling framework; further, we examined the moderating role of racial discrimination in these linkages. Results showed that JH and S&P coping were both related to better relationship functioning for men and women. Unexpectedly, women's discrimination experiences were related to men's reports of lower partner support. Notably, S&P coping was related to less relationship conflict among women reporting less discrimination but not those reporting more discrimination, indicating that S&P coping's conflict-reducing effects may be diminished in the context of discrimination. Together, findings highlight the valuable role of CRC strategies in promoting relationship functioning for Black couples and the need to examine culturally informed coping in the context of racial stressors.
鉴于黑人夫妇生活在一个充满社会压力的环境中，这种压力可能会损害关系的完整性，浪漫伴侣有效应对资源的使用对于维持浪漫关系功能至关重要。文化相关应对（CRC）策略——对美国黑人来说是突出的、符合情境的应对种族敌对社会生活的资源——即使面对诸如歧视性遭遇等种族压力源，也可能直接促进关系调适和关系恢复力。约翰·亨利主义（JH；一种高努力应对策略）；以及转移与坚持应对（S&P应对；转移焦点并为未来坚持）；是两种值得注意的CRC策略，但它们与黑人夫妇关系功能的相关性尚不清楚。利用来自140对不同性别的黑人夫妇的横断面自我报告数据，我们在行为者-伴侣相互依赖建模框架内研究了CRC策略与关系功能（伴侣支持；关系冲突）之间的联系；此外，我们还考察了种族歧视在这些联系中的调节作用。结果表明，JH和S&P应对都与男性和女性更好的关系功能有关。出乎意料的是，女性的歧视经历与男性报告的较低伴侣支持有关。值得注意的是，S&P应对与报告较少歧视的女性之间较少的关系冲突有关，但与报告较多歧视的女性无关，这表明S&P应对减少冲突的效果在歧视背景下可能会减弱。总之，研究结果凸显了CRC策略在促进黑人夫妇关系功能方面的重要作用，以及在种族压力源背景下审视文化知情应对的必要性。
