Relations Between Perceived Discrimination and Romantic Relationship Functioning Among African American Couples

本研究探讨了非裔美国夫妇之间感知到的种族歧视与浪漫关系功能之间的关系。很少有研究考察感知歧视与恋爱关系功能之间的关系，很少有研究了解感知歧视如何影响人际关系或恋爱关系互动如何影响人们对感知歧视的反应。提出的研究试图填补这一重要的空白，通过采用前瞻性的日常日记研究来检查非裔美国夫妇日常生活的展开背景。这些夫妇将完成一次性背景调查和为期三周的每日日记调查。在21天的时间里，参与者每天都会登录到一个安全的网站，进入研究的每日日记部分，记录他们每天的经历和感受。最终，研究人员将研究被恋人接受或拒绝的感觉如何影响感知歧视与个人内部结果之间的关系。这项工作与NSF的目标是一致的，即支持在许多方面具有更广泛科学影响的研究。通过研究非裔美国人对种族歧视的看法，它对他们的恋爱关系的影响，以及关系如何影响感知到的种族歧视的负面后果，它将填补心理学文献中的一个重要空白。研究缓和对歧视的有害生理反应和由此产生的负面健康结果的因素，应有助于减少非裔美国人面临的现有健康差距。此外，少数民族研究生和本科生也可能被纳入研究范围。

This research examines the relations between perceived racial discrimination and romantic relationship functioning among African American couples. Very little research has examined the relations among perceived discrimination and romantic relationship functioning, and very little is known about how perceived discrimination affects interpersonal relationships or how romantic relationship interactions influence people's response to perceived discrimination. The proposed research seeks to fill this important gap in the literature by employing a prospective daily diary study to examine the unfolding context of African American couples' daily lives. These couples will complete a one-time background survey and a 3-week daily diary survey. Every day for 21 days, participants will log onto a secure website to access the daily diary portion of the study to record their daily experiences and feelings. Ultimately, the investigators will examine how feeling accepted or rejected by romantic partners influences the relation between perceived discrimination and intra-personal outcomes.This work is consistent with NSF's goal to support research that has broader scientific impacts in a number of ways. It will fill an important gap in the psychological literature by examining African Americans' perceptions of racial discrimination, the impact it has on their romantic relationship functioning as well as how relationships can influence the negative consequences of perceived racial discrimination. Examining factors that moderate the harmful physiological responses to discrimination and the resulting negative health outcomes should help contribute to reducing existing health disparities facing African Americans. In addition, several ethnic minority graduate and undergraduate students are likely to be included in the conduct the research.