'What about the couple?' Interracial marriage and psychological distress
'What about the couple?' Interracial marriage and psychological distress
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.09.001
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发表时间：
2006-12-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Eschbach, Karl
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作者：
Bratter, Jenifer L.;Eschbach, Karl
我们探索了夫妇的种族构成--即他们是异族或同性婚姻--与其成员的心理痛苦之间的联系，这是通过非特定心理痛苦的筛查量表来衡量的。我们使用的是1997-2001年间美国已婚和同居人口的全国健康访谈调查样本。我们比较了不同种族的已婚/同居成年人与同一种族的成年人发生痛苦的几率。有几个关键发现。与相同群体的内婚制成员相比，跨种族婚姻与美洲原住民男性、白人女性以及与非白人配偶结婚的西班牙裔男性和女性严重痛苦的增加有关。与非裔美国人或土著美国人丈夫或妻子通婚的人，以及有西班牙裔丈夫的妇女，痛苦的比率更高。较低的社会经济地位解释了白人女性经历的痛苦增加的大约一半，而较高的社会经济地位部分抑制了西班牙裔男性和女性痛苦的增加。(C)2005 Elsevier Inc.保留所有权利。
We explore the association between racial composition of couples-that is, whether they are interracial or homogamous-and the psychological distress of their members, as measured in a screening scale for non-specific psychological distress. We use a pooled 1997-2001 National Health Interview Survey sample of the married and cohabiting population of the United States. We compare the odds of distress for interracial vs. same race married/cohabiting adults. There are several key findings. Interracial marriage is associated with increases in severe distress for Native American men, white women, and for Hispanic men and women married to non-white spouses, compared to endogamous members of the same groups. Higher rates of distress are observed for intermarried persons with African American or Native American husbands or wives, and for women with Hispanic husbands. Lower socioeconomic status explains approximately half of the increased distress experienced by white women, while higher socioeconomic status partially suppresses increases in distress for Hispanic men and women. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.