Long-Term Effects of Stressors on Relationship Well-Being and Parenting Among Rural African American Women.
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.
Murry
Velma M
VM
Institute for Behavioral Research, Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, 1095 College Station Road, Athens, GA 30602-4527.
Harrell
Amanda W
AW
Brody
Gene H
GH
Chen
Yi-Fu
YF
Simons
Ronald L
RL
Black
Angela R
AR
Cutrona
Carolyn E
CE
Gibbons
Frederick X
FX