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

这项研究考察了非裔美国夫妇中感知到的种族歧视和恋爱关系运作之间的关系。很少有研究考察知觉歧视和恋爱关系功能之间的关系，也很少知道知觉歧视如何影响人际关系，或者恋爱关系互动如何影响人们对知觉歧视的反应。这项拟议的研究试图通过采用前瞻性的每日日记研究来研究非裔美国夫妇日常生活的展开背景，以填补文献中的这一重要空白。这些夫妇将完成一次性的背景调查和为期3周的每日日记调查。在21天的时间里，参与者每天都会登录到一个安全的网站，访问研究的日常日记部分，记录他们的日常经历和感受。最终，研究人员将研究被恋人接受或拒绝的感觉如何影响感知到的歧视和个人结果之间的关系。这项工作与美国国家科学基金会的目标一致，即支持在许多方面具有更广泛科学影响的研究。它将通过研究非裔美国人对种族歧视的看法，它对他们浪漫关系运作的影响，以及关系如何影响感知到的种族歧视的负面后果，来填补心理学文献中的一个重要空白。审查缓和对歧视的有害生理反应和由此产生的负面健康后果的因素，应有助于减少非洲裔美国人面临的现有健康差距。此外，几名少数民族研究生和本科生很可能被包括在进行研究的范围内。

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.