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

非裔美国夫妇中感知到的歧视与浪漫关系之间的关系

• 批准号: 1151323
• 负责人: Tracy DeHart
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Loyola University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-05-01 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1151323&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Relations; Between; Perceived; Discrimination; Romantic

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.

本研究探讨了黑人夫妇之间的感知种族歧视和浪漫关系的运作之间的关系。很少有研究探讨了感知歧视和浪漫关系功能之间的关系，很少有人知道感知歧视如何影响人际关系或浪漫关系的互动如何影响人们对感知歧视的反应。拟议中的研究旨在填补这一重要的空白，在文献中采用前瞻性的日常日记研究，以检查展开的背景下，非洲裔美国夫妇的日常生活。这些夫妇将完成一次性背景调查和为期3周的每日日记调查。在21天的时间里，参与者将每天登录一个安全的网站，访问研究的每日日记部分，记录他们的日常经历和感受。最终，研究人员将研究被浪漫伴侣接受或拒绝的感觉如何影响感知歧视和个人内部结果之间的关系。这项工作与NSF的目标一致，即支持在许多方面具有更广泛科学影响的研究。它将填补心理学文献中的一个重要空白，通过研究非裔美国人对种族歧视的看法，它对他们的浪漫关系运作的影响，以及关系如何影响种族歧视的负面影响。审查因素，缓和有害的生理反应的歧视和由此产生的负面健康结果应有助于减少现有的健康差距面临的非洲裔美国人。此外，一些少数民族的研究生和本科生可能会被包括在进行研究。