Title

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

Authors

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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