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Long‐Term Effects of Stressors on Relationship Well‐Being and Parenting Among Rural African American Women *
Author(s) -
Murry Velma M.,
Harrell Amanda W.,
Brody Gene H.,
Chen YiFu,
Simons Ronald L.,
Black Angela R.,
Cutrona Carolyn E.,
Gibbons Frederick X.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
family relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1741-3729
pISSN - 0197-6664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00488.x
Subject(s) - stressor , psychology , socioeconomic status , african american , coping (psychology) , psychological distress , well being , developmental psychology , intervention (counseling) , distress , clinical psychology , mental health , medicine , population , psychiatry , ethnology , environmental health , psychotherapist , history
This investigation of the effects of stressful life events on rural African American women’s relationship well‐being, psychological functioning, and parenting included 361 married or long‐term cohabiting women. Associations among stressful events, socioeconomic status, perceived racial discrimination, coping strategies, psychological functioning, relationship well‐being, and parenting were tested. Stressful events were related directly to diminished relationship well‐being and heightened psychological distress and indirectly to compromised parenting. The results can inform research and intervention with African American women.