Is Communication a Mechanism of Relationship Education Effects Among Rural African Americans?
Is Communication a Mechanism of Relationship Education Effects Among Rural African Americans?
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DOI：
10.1111/jomf.12416
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发表时间：
2017-10-01
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6
通讯作者：
Brody, Gene H.
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作者：
Barton, Allen W.;Beach, Steven R. H.;Brody, Gene H.
加强沟通作为提高关系质量的一种手段受到越来越多的质疑，特别是对于社会人口风险较高的夫妇而言。作为回应，当前的研究调查了沟通变化作为解释关系满意度和信心变化的机制，其中包括344对农村地区的低收入非洲裔美国夫妇，他们有一个青春期早期的孩子，这些夫妇参加了保护强大的非洲裔美国人家庭（ProSAAF）计划的随机对照试验。基线评估后大约 9 个月，意向治疗分析表明，与对照条件下的夫妇相比，ProSAAF 夫妇表现出更好的沟通、满意度和信心。改善沟通介导的 ProSAAF 对关系满意度和信心的影响；相反，满意度和信心都不会介导干预对沟通变化的影响。这些结果强调了以沟通为重点、文化敏感的预防计划的短期功效，并表明沟通是改变低收入非裔美国夫妇关系质量的一种可能机制。
Enhancing communication as a means of promoting relationship quality has been increasingly questioned, particularly for couples at elevated sociodemographic risk. In response, the current study investigated communication change as a mechanism accounting for changes in relationship satisfaction and confidence among 344 rural, predominantly low-income African American couples with an early adolescent child who participated in a randomized controlled trial of the Protecting Strong African American Families (ProSAAF) program. Approximately 9 months after baseline assessment, intent-to-treat analyses indicated that ProSAAF couples demonstrated improved communication, satisfaction, and confidence when compared with couples in the control condition. Improvements in communication mediated ProSAAF effects on relationship satisfaction and confidence; conversely, neither satisfaction nor confidence mediated intervention effects on changes in communication. These results underscore the short-term efficacy of a communication-focused, culturally sensitive prevention program and suggest that communication is a possible mechanism of change in relationship quality among low-income African American couples.