The transition to marriage and changes in alcohol involvement among black couples and white couples.

Three studies further explored Skinner and Hudac's (2017) hypothesis that interracial couples elicit disgust. Using verbal and face emotion measures (Study 1), some participants reported more disgust toward interracial couples than same-race White and Black couples. In Study 2, only people higher in disgust sensitivity tended to “guess” that rapidly presented images of interracial (vs. White) couples were disgusting. Study 3 used a novel image classification paradigm that presented couples side-by-side with neutral or disgusting images. Participants took longer to decide whether target images were disgusting only when interracial (vs. White) couples appeared next to neutral images. Greater sexual disgust heightened this difference. Mixed evidence suggesting an association of disgust with Black couples also emerged in Studies 2 and 3. Thus, the disgust–interracial romance association may only emerge under certain conditions, and the current research offers limited support for the hypothesis that disgust response is exclusively linked to interracial unions.

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Who will Divorce: A 14-Year Longitudinal Study of Black Couples and White Couples

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407502192002 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 19 (2) ◽

pp. 179-202 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

Terri L. Orbuch ◽

Joseph Veroff ◽

Halimah Hassan ◽

Julie Horrocks

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Black Couples ◽

White Couples

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Affects and Interactions in Newlyweds' Narratives: Black and White Couples Compared

Journal of Narrative and Life History ◽

10.1075/jnlh.3.4.03aff ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 361-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Joseph Veroff ◽

Letha Chadiha ◽

Douglas Leber ◽

Lynne Sutherland

Keyword(s):

Representative Sample ◽

External World ◽

Affective Reactions ◽

Black Couples ◽

White Couples ◽

Black And White ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Two main questions guided this research: (a) How do newlyweds' affective statements and interactive styles found in narratives told about their relation-ship help us understand the meaning they make of their marriages? (b) How does analysis of the affective statements and interactive styles of Black couples (n = 136) in comparison to White couples (n = 135) help us understand the differential meaning in these groups? The representative sample was inter-viewed from 5 to 8 months after marriage. The narrative procedure asked the couples to tell the story of their relationship. By and large, Black couples and White couples showed similar patterns of affective reactions: They were gener-ally positive, emphasizing individual rather than communal affects, many of which dealt with the external world rather than their own interpersonal lives. In comparison to White husbands, Black husbands are more often perceived as the focus of affective life in the relationship. White couples refer to the external world in their affective statements more frequently than Black couples. With regard to interactive styles in the storytelling, there were more Black-White differences. Although most couples' interactions were mainly collaborative, Blacks showed less cooperative styles of interaction and greater conflict than did Whites. Using the developmental, cultural variant, and cultural equiva-lent perspectives, the article presents interpretations of the similimilarities and differences found for Black and White couples' narratives. (Psychology; an-thropology)

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Black Husbands' Economic Problems and Resiliency during the Transition to Marriage

Families in Society The Journal of Contemporary Social Services ◽

10.1177/104438949207300904 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 73 (9) ◽

pp. 542-552 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Letha A. Chadiha

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Ecological Perspective ◽

Financial Problems ◽

Economic Problems ◽

Black Couples ◽

Transition To Marriage

The author describes the results of a qualitative analysis of the premarital economic problems of black husbands as reported retrospectively by 64 newlywed urban black couples. After the husbands' job and financial problems were examined, couple resiliency, or the ways in which couples were able to resist and adapt to husbands' economic problems during the premarriage phase, was investigated. Couples demonstrate resiliency by delaying marriage, saving money to meet their marriage goals, growing closer and developing a sense of their interdependence, and seeking as well as receiving familial assistance. An ecological perspective is used to consider practice and policy implications.

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The Neighborhood Attainment of Mixed-Race Couples across the Black/White Spectrum

Sociological Perspectives ◽

10.1177/0731121421996397 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 073112142199639

Author(s):

Ryan Gabriel ◽

Jacob Rugh ◽

Hannah Spencer ◽

Aïsha Lehmann

Keyword(s):

Mixed Race ◽

Color Line ◽

Average Income ◽

Black Representation ◽

Black Couples ◽

White Couples ◽

Black And White ◽

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act ◽

White Partner ◽

Home Mortgage

With the removal of legal barriers to mixed-race marriage, there has been a consistent increase in the number of Black-White couples. This has coincided with growth in the number of Black-White individuals who have formed couples with a Black or White partner. Little is known, however, about how these couples function within a key area of stratification—neighborhood attainment. We use data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the U.S. Census to investigate the percentage of Whites and the average income in the neighborhoods of home-purchasing couples defined by their levels of Black and White representation. These couples being White couples, Black-White individuals with White partners, Black-White couples, Black-White individuals with Black partners, and Black couples. Findings reveal that the percentage of Whites and average income in the neighborhoods of couples decrease as couples increase in Black representation. These results have implications for our understanding of the contemporary color line.

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