title: How couples manage interracial and intercultural differences: implications for clinical practice.
abstract: This study focused on how couples managed their interracial and intercultural differences. To understand their experiences, a qualitative grounded theory analysis was used (n=17). Analysis revealed that couples experienced most issues as cultural issues; race only occurred during their interactions with "others." They appeared to organize their responses according to four relationship structures: Integrated, Singularly Assimilated, Coexisting, and Unresolved. Couples in each of these structures managed daily process through four sets of relationship strategies: (a) creating a "we," (b) framing differences, (c) emotional maintenance, and (d) positioning in relationship to familial and societal context. These findings are a step toward a strength-based and research-informed education and clinical interventions for this population. Video Abstract.
authors: Brandman University and Northcentral UniversityLoma Linda University.
authors: Gita
authors: G
authors: Seshadri
authors: Carmen
authors: C
authors: Knudson-Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D005191:Family Characteristics / Q000208:ethnology*; D005195:Family Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D036301:Qualitative Research; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000208:ethnology