Changes in Marital and Partner Relationships in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: An Analysis With Low-Income Women
Changes in Marital and Partner Relationships in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: An Analysis With Low-Income Women
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DOI：
10.1177/0361684311434307
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
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4
通讯作者：
Scoglio, Arielle A. J.
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作者：
Lowe, Sarah R.;Rhodes, Jean E.;Scoglio, Arielle A. J.
人们对自然灾害对婚姻和伴侣关系的影响知之甚少。在这项研究中，作者试图通过调查40名在卡特里娜飓风中幸存下来的低收入、主要是非裔美国妇女的这种关系的变化来填补这一空白。通过深入访谈，参与者描述了飓风如何影响他们的亲密关系。作者发现，尽管许多参与者报告说他们的关系发生了负面变化，但也有人报告说他们的关系变得更牢固了，尽管最初的关系很紧张。作为理解参与者消极和积极结果背后的过程的框架，作者借鉴了家庭压力模型。与模型一致的是，参与者报告说，飓风导致了外部压力，包括失业和长期分离，而这些压力反过来又破坏了个人功能和关系过程（例如，沟通和支持）。相反，报告积极变化的参与者经历了新的就业机会，更有远见，在他们的关系中有更高水平的有效沟通和支持。根据研究结果，建议制定政策，减轻灾害后低收入家庭的经济压力，并为个人和夫妇提供经验支持、具有文化敏感性的临床干预措施。
Little is known about the impact of natural disasters on marital and partner relationships. In this study, the authors aimed to fill this gap by investigating the changes in such relationships in a sample of 40 low-income, mostly African American women who survived Hurricane Katrina. Through in-depth interviews, participants described how the hurricane affected their intimate relationships. The authors found that, although many participants reported negative changes in their relationships, others reported that their relationships grew stronger, often despite initial strain. As a framework for understanding the processes underlying participants' negative and positive outcomes, the authors drew on the family stress model. Consistent with the model, participants reported that the hurricane led to external stressors, including unemployment and prolonged separations, and that these stressors, in turn, undermined both individual functioning and relational processes (e. g., communication and support). Conversely, participants reporting positive changes experienced new employment opportunities, a greater sense of perspective, and high levels of effective communication and support in their relationships. Based on the findings, policies that reduce the economic strain of low-income families in the aftermath of disasters and empirically supported, culturally sensitive, clinical interventions for individuals and couples are recommended.