Dissertation Research: A Comparison of Marital Quality of Asian-White Couples to that of Same-Race Asian Couples and Same-Race White Couples

[701637] Wethington这篇博士论文研究了亚裔和白人混血夫妇的婚姻质量。美国大量的跨种族夫妇和对这些家庭的有限了解促使了这项研究。据推测，与同种族家庭相比，这种跨种族家庭可能会经历更多的压力和紧张，可能面临更高的婚姻不稳定和更低的幸福感的风险。这项研究的主要目标是补充和改进现有的跨种族家庭研究。了解这种婚姻的质量和后果可能具有重要的社会意义。鉴于婚姻质量是离婚的高度预测因素，这项研究将增强我们对非多数人群的理解。研究结果将有助于更好地计算影响离婚概率的公共政策的积极效益。数据将从地理位置不同的3000名亚洲人和500名白人中收集。这将产生大约452对夫妇的最终样本（即140对亚裔白人夫妇，211对亚裔夫妇，99对白人夫妇和2对其他白人少数民族夫妇）潜在的受试者将通过邮件联系，感兴趣的受试者将被要求完成一份自我管理的邮件调查，其中包括婚姻质量，感知社会融合和支持的问题。＊**＊

9701637 Wethington This Doctoral Dissertation research examines the martial quality of interracial Asian-white couples. The large number of interracial couples in the U.S. and the limited knowledge of these families prompted this study. It is hypothesized that such interracial families may experience more stress and strain and may be at risk for higher marital instability and lower well-being than same-race families. The major goal of this research is to complement and improve upon existing studies of interracial families. Knowledge of the marital quality and consequences of such marriages may have important social implications. Given that marital quality is highly predictive of divorce, this study will enhance our understanding of it in non-majority populations. Research findings will permit a better accounting of positive benefits of public policies that affect the probability of divorce. Data will be gathered from 3,000 Asians and 500 whites from geographically diverse locations. This will generate a finale sample of approximately 452 couples (i.e.,140 Asian-white couples, 211 Asian couples, 99 whites couples and 2 other white-minority unions) Potential subjects will be contacted by mail and interested subjects will be asked to complete a self-administered mail survey which contains questions on marital quality, and perceived social integration and support. ****