Relationship satisfaction of Mexican American and non-Hispanic White American interethnic couples: Issues of acculturation and clinical intervention

    Authors

    C. Negy;D. K. Snyder

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Marital Fam. Ther.

    Keywords

    SCALE; INTERMARRIAGE; ADJUSTMENT; ETHNICITY; MARRIAGES; INVENTORY; IDENTITY; CHILDREN; Psychology, Clinical; Family Studies

    Abstract

    Despite the increasing prevalence of interethnic marriages, remarkably little empirical literature exists for guiding clinical interventions offered to these couples This study compared the marriages of 72 couples with one Mexican-American partner and one non-Hispanic White American partner 75 Mexican-American couples and 66 non-Hispanic White couples. Overall, the interethnic couples were more similar to non-Hispanic White couples than they were to Mexican-American couples across multiple domains, with the latter group indicating modestly higher levels of relationship distress. Among interethnic couples, Mexican-American wives' level of acculturation related significantly to both their own marital- and parental-role orientation and to distress in their relationships with children, as well as to their husbands' marital distress regarding child rearing and the couple's interactions regarding finances. Implications for clinical interventions with Mexican- and White-American interethnic couples are discussed.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

    Volume

    26

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    293

    Last Page

    304

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000088305400003

    ISSN

    0194-472X

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