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FIVE TYPES OF AFRICAN‐AMERICAN MARRIAGES
Author(s) -
Allen William D.,
Olson David H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2001.tb00326.x
Subject(s) - typology , happiness , psychology , african american , marital relationship , social psychology , clinical psychology , demography , developmental psychology , sociology , ethnology , anthropology
This study developed a marital typology based on a nonrandom, national sample of 415 African‐American couples who took the Enriching Relationship Issues, Communication and Happiness (ENRICH) marital assessment inventory. Five types of African‐American marriages were identified through cluster analysis using the positive couple agreement (PCA) scores in 10 relationship domains. Relationships between marital stisfaction, marital stability, and the five marital types were then analyzed. The five types (from highest marital satisfaction to lowest) were labeled as vitalized, harmonious, traditional, conflicted, and devitalized. The results were similar including the number and characteristics of marital types.