Comparing Members of Interracial and Same-Race Clinical Couples: Conflict and Steps Toward Leaving the Relationship

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dc.contributor.advisorEpstein, Norman Ben_US
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Jennnifer Louiseen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-26T05:43:40Z
dc.date.available2014-06-26T05:43:40Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractPast research on marital divorce rates indicates that interracial couples are more likely to divorce than same-race couples. There has been speculation that this higher rate of relationship dissolution stems from larger differences in partners' backgrounds, values, and culture. These differences may contribute to higher levels of conflict in interracial relationships. The present study compared conflict levels reported by members of interracial and same-race couples in a clinical sample, using secondary data from couples receiving treatment at the Center for Healthy Families, a clinic at the University of Maryland, College Park. Members of interracial couples reported higher overall conflict, and higher conflict in specific areas, as well as more steps taken toward leaving their relationships than those in same-race couples. Higher conflict mediated group differences in steps taken to leave the relationship. Constructive couple communication did not moderate the association between couple type and level of conflict.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15491
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMental healthen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEthnic studiesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledIndividual & family studiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledClinicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledConflicten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCouplesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledInterracialen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSame-raceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSteps toward Leavingen_US
dc.titleComparing Members of Interracial and Same-Race Clinical Couples: Conflict and Steps Toward Leaving the Relationshipen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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