Romantic Relationships and Health among African American Young Adults Linking Patterns of Relationship Quality over Time to Changes in Physical and Mental Health
Romantic Relationships and Health among African American Young Adults Linking Patterns of Relationship Quality over Time to Changes in Physical and Mental Health
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10.1177/0022146513486652
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发表时间：
2013-09-01
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5
通讯作者：
Simons, Ronald L.
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作者：
Barr, Ashley B.;Culatta, Elizabeth;Simons, Ronald L.
随着晚婚的趋势，学者们开始探索广泛的浪漫关系如何有助于健康。虽然这是一个值得欢迎的转变，但这项主要是跨部门的工作忽略了关系支持和压力源的潜在稳定性，这些因素被认为会影响健康。使用家庭和社区健康研究数据634非洲裔美国年轻人，我们扩展这项工作，展示了一个整体的，多方面的关系质量评估的价值，了解关系和健康之间的联系。此外，然而，我们还表明，在过渡到成年期的浪漫关系的存在和质量有很大的不稳定性。重要的是，特定的不稳定模式与身心健康的变化有着独特的联系。鉴于在人际关系和健康方面持续存在的种族不平等，这些发现在理论和实践上都很重要。特别是，他们强调需要在今后的工作中采取更有背景的，对生命历程敏感的方法。
With trends in delayed marriage, scholars have begun to explore how a wide range of romantic relationships contribute to health. Although a welcome shift, this largely cross-sectional work ignores potential (in)stability in relationship supports and stressors thought to affect health. Using Family and Community Health Study data on 634 African American young adults, we extend this work by demonstrating the value of a holistic, multidimensional assessment of relationship quality for understanding the link between relationships and health. In addition, however, we also show that there is substantial instability in both the presence and quality of romantic relationships during the transition to adulthood. Importantly, particular patterns of instability are uniquely associated with changes in mental and physical health. Given persistent racial inequalities across both relationships and health, such findings prove theoretically and practically important. In particular, they highlight the need for more contextualized, life course-sensitive approaches in future work.