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Relationship Satisfaction Across the Transition to Parenthood Among Interracial Couples: An Integrative Model
Author(s) -
Roy Roudi Nazarinia,
James Anthony,
Brown Tiffany L.,
Craft Alexandrea,
Mitchell Yolanda
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family theory and review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.454
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1756-2589
pISSN - 1756-2570
DOI - 10.1111/jftr.12365
Subject(s) - scholarship , transition (genetics) , psychology , identity (music) , social psychology , conceptual model , developmental psychology , political science , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , gene , physics , database , acoustics , law
As the number of multiracial families in the United States steadily increases, so does the need for more relevant conceptual frameworks that capture the structures and processes in these families. Much of the theoretical and empirical literature on the multiracial experience has focused on identity development, which has resulted in a body of scholarship heavily steeped in the individual level of analysis that neglects dyadic process‐oriented perspectives. More specifically, multiracial families experience complex life transitions just as their monoracial counterparts do, yet there is little recognition and/or understanding of their strengths and challenges, both as a family unit and as individuals within these family structures. This article proposes a conceptual model to describe and explain the relationship satisfaction of interracial couples across the transition to parenthood. We pay particular attention to the factors that are particular to interracial couples across this life transition.