title: Long-Term Effects of Stressors on Relationship Well-Being and Parenting Among Rural African American Women.
abstract: This investigation of the effects of stressful life events on rural African American women's relationship well-being, psychological functioning, and parenting included 361 married or long-term cohabiting women. Associations among stressful events, socioeconomic status, perceived racial discrimination, coping strategies, psychological functioning, relationship well-being, and parenting were tested. Stressful events were related directly to diminished relationship well-being and heightened psychological distress and indirectly to compromised parenting. The results can inform research and intervention with African American women.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Behavioral Research, Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, 1095 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30602-4527.
authors.forename: Velma M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Murry
authors.forename: Amanda W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Harrell
authors.forename: Gene H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Brody
authors.forename: Yi-Fu
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ronald L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Angela R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: Carolyn E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cutrona
authors.forename: Frederick X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Gibbons