Communalism and the Reciprocity of Affection and Respect Among Interethnic Married Couples

Gaines, Jr

doi:10.1177/002193479702700304

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“…Communalism toward immediate family was assessed using Gaines et al's (1997) Familism Scale, developed for use with diverse samples. Ten items assessed familial interdependence, commitment, concern, and prioritization of family goals (e.g., “I owe it to my parents to do well in life”).…”

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Communalism predicts prenatal affect, stress, and physiology better than ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Abdou¹,

Schetter²,

Campos³

et al. 2010

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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The present study examined the relevance of communalism, operationalized as a cultural orientation emphasizing interdependence, to maternal prenatal emotional health and physiology and distinguished its effects from those of ethnicity and childhood and adult SES. African American and European American women (N=297) were recruited early in pregnancy and followed through 32 weeks gestation using interviews and medical chart review. Overall, African American women and women of lower socioeconomic backgrounds had higher levels of negative affect, stress and blood pressure, but these ethnic and socioeconomic disparities were not observed among women higher in communalism. Hierarchical multivariate regression analyses showed that communalism was a more robust predictor of prenatal emotional health than ethnicity, childhood SES, and adult SES. Communalism also interacted with ethnicity and SES, resulting in lower blood pressure during pregnancy for African American women and women who experienced socioeconomic disadvantage over the life course. The effects of communalism on prenatal affect, stress, and physiology were not explained by depressive symptoms at study entry, perceived availability of social support, self-esteem, optimism, mastery, nor pregnancy-specific factors, including whether the pregnancy was planned, desired after conception, or how frequently the woman felt happy to be pregnant. This suggests that a communal cultural orientation benefits maternal prenatal emotional health and physiology over and above its links to better-understood personal and social resources in addition to economic resources. Implications regarding culture as a determinant of maternal prenatal health and well-being and as a potentially important lens for examining ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in health are discussed.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Communalism predicts prenatal affect, stress, and physiology better than ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Abdou¹,

Schetter²,

Campos³

et al. 2010

Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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“…With the exception of a cross-racial component, interracial marriages follow the same patterns of endogamous marriages (Fu, 2001), citing love as the primary reason for marrying (Gaines, Jr., 1997). Fu (2001) suggests that one's resources can be exchanged when statuses do not match.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cross-Racial Relationships on Family-Themed Television Shows: An Indicator for Larger Race Relations in the United States

Mowatt¹

2015

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This research sought to examine portrayals of cross-racial relationships on popular family-themed television shows, focusing on three dimensions of human interactions; 1) interdependence, 2) individuation, and 3) romantic involvement. The units of analysis for this study were relationship interactions between European Americans and minority (e.g., African American and Hispanic) group members. Content analysis was used for this exploratory study to examine the extent that mainstream ideologies regarding race are embedded into the scripts of these popular shows. Findings from the study reveal that patterns of cross-racial relationships on television are very similar to some real world experiences. Analyzing scripted broadcast portrayals may provide a means for understanding larger race relations in society.

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“…The third group, the nontraditional one, provided the most interesting results, in that those respondents showed the greatest reciprocity of both affection‐giving and respect‐giving behaviors, thus displaying an interactive, reciprocal pattern. In still other work, Gaines (1997) emphasized the importance of both affection and respect for interethnic couples. Such couples, who may not have some of the family and community support that same‐ethnicity couples enjoy, must have a very strong dyadic relationship in order to endure.…”

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Respect and the Family

Hendrick¹,

Hendrick²,

Logue³

2010

J of Family Theo & Revie

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Respect is an important construct that plays a major role in interpersonal relations at the dyadic, family, and group levels. We review the multiple definitions of respect and build a model of respect. On the basis of general developmental family theory, we discuss respect in dyadic romantic relationships and in the family. Cultural aspects of respect are presented, and the article concludes with a proposed agenda for future research on respect in the family.

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Communalism and the Reciprocity of Affection and Respect Among Interethnic Married Couples

Cited by 15 publications

References 13 publications

Communalism predicts prenatal affect, stress, and physiology better than ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Communalism predicts prenatal affect, stress, and physiology better than ethnicity and socioeconomic status.

Cross-Racial Relationships on Family-Themed Television Shows: An Indicator for Larger Race Relations in the United States

Respect and the Family

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