Marital Relationships in the Twenty-First Century

Helms, Heather M.

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“…A particular concern is that the majority of Mexican immigrants “will face significant challenges to establishing the economic foundation necessary for marriage” (Oropesa & Landale, 2004, p. 910) and that the limited economic opportunities available to them will prevail over cultural belief systems that are generally quite supportive of marriage, childrearing, and close family relationships (Oropesa & Gorman, 2000). Despite this expressed concern and interest in the marital experiences of low‐income couples of Mexican origin, fewer than 10% of journal articles on marriage or parenting include Latino couples and families (Hagen, Nelson, & Velissaris, 2004; Helms, forthcoming; McLoyd, 1998) and even fewer publications about Latinos (i.e., less than 1%) exist among the leading psychology journals (Vega & Lopez, 2001). …”

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Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

Helms

Supple

Proulx

2011

Journal of Family Theory &Amp; Review

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In this article, we draw from Huston's (2000) 3‐level model of marriage to provide an informed and integrative template for organizing current knowledge and guiding future inquiry into the study of marital well‐being among a rapidly growing segment of the United States' population: low‐income, Mexican‐origin couples in the early years of parenthood. More specifically, we advocate for a dyadic approach that attends to elements of the macroenvironment, such as cultural background, and how those elements interact directly and indirectly with spouses' individual characteristics and marital behavior. In so doing, we demonstrate the value of an ecological approach for understanding current research and for informing future work studying marriage among new parents of Mexican origin.

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Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

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Supple

Proulx

2011

Journal of Family Theory &Amp; Review

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“…Based on dyadic data from a nationwide sample of Chinese couples derived from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) ( N = 7,257 couples), the current study seeks to extend the literature by examining the within‐couple patterning of spouses’ gender‐related attitudes and its association with marital satisfaction. This study expands on prior work by heeding suggestions raised by contemporary scholars who advocate for the utilization of dyadic, pattern‐analytic approaches to capture the complexity inherent in the within‐couple configurations of gender‐related attitudes and their implications for marital well‐being (e.g., Helms, ).…”

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“…In his ecology model of marriage, Huston () drew a distinction between individual qualities and relationship properties, and proposed that individuals’ evaluation of relationship is nested in their psychological and physical makeup. In line with the compatibility theories of marriage (Huston & Houts, ) and the view of treating dyad as the analytic unit (Thompson & Walker, ), Huston's distinction highlights the importance of examining the roles of the dyadic patterning of spouses’ personal qualities and the within‐couple variation in the configuration of spouses’ personal qualities in shaping their evaluation of relationship (Helms, ).…”

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“…Based on systematic literature reviews (e.g., Davis & Greenstein, ; Helms, ), research exploring the association between gender‐related attitudes and marital satisfaction among non‐White and/or nonWestern couples and also using person‐centered, pattern‐analytic approaches remains extremely scarce to date, even though contemporary scholars have called for empirical studies in this direction (Helms, Supple, & Proulx, ). Our search of the existing literature ended up with only one study by Wood and colleagues () with a sample of Mexican immigrant couples.…”

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Within‐couple configuration of gender‐related attitudes and its association with marital satisfaction in Chinese marriage: A dyadic, pattern‐analytic approach

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Journal of Personality

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Objective This study seeks to understand the ways in which spouses’ gender‐related attitudes are configured within couples and how such configurations are linked to marital satisfaction in Chinese marriage. Method Latent profile analysis was conducted using dyadic data from a nationwide large sample of Chinese couples from the China Family Panel Studies (N = 7,257 couples; Myears of marriage = 28.36, SD = 12.84; Mage for wives = 52.38, SD = 12.63; Mage for husbands = 50.51, SD = 12.37). Results Four profile groups were identified: the “modern female and traditional male” group (MFTM); the “traditional female and modern male” group; the “child‐oriented” group; and the “traditional female and traditional male” group. Husbands’ and wives’ marital satisfaction varied across groups in different patterns (yet all relevant effect sizes were modest). In general, husbands in the congruent group reported higher satisfaction than did those in the incongruent groups, whereas wives in the “MFTM” group reported lower satisfaction than did those in the other groups. Conclusions Such findings shed light on the understudied heterogeneity that inherently exists in the within‐couple patterning of gender‐related attitudes and its implications for marital well‐being in a Chinese cultural context.

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“…To our knowledge, this study addresses concerns voiced by researchers for decades regarding the lacuna of research on marriage outside the White and middle class (e.g., Glick 2010;Helms 2013;Kazak 2004), and provides a first look at how Chinese American immigrant couples' socioeconomic incorporation variables are linked to their marital quality and their children's behavioral problems. Our findings showed that marital conflict was low in Chinese American immigrant couples; compared with frequency of marital conflict, child exposure to conflict was much lower.…”

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Marital Conflict of Chinese American Immigrant Couples: A Mediator of Socioeconomic Incorporation and Children’s Behavioral Problems

Zhou

Hou

2015

J Child Fam Stud

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This study examined Chinese American immigrant couples' marriage conflict, and the relations among socioeconomic incorporation, marital conflict, and their school-age children's behavior problems. A total of 230 parents (81 % mothers, 19 % fathers) as the participating parent provided demographic and background information, rated their own marital conflict and their children's behavioral problems. Findings indicated that: (a) the score of Chinese American immigrant couples' marital conflict was low, child exposure to conflict was much lower than frequency of marital conflict; (b) marital conflict mediated the relation between socioeconomic incorporation and children's behavioral problems. We found that frequency of marital conflict partially mediated the relationship between maternal education level and children's internalizing problems; it also totally mediated the relationship between maternal education level and children's externalizing problems; child exposure to conflict totally mediated the relationship between family estimated per capita income and children's internalizing and externalizing problems. The results promote understanding of family processes that influence the relationships between family socioeconomic incorporation, marital conflict, and children's behavioral problems among Chinese American immigrant families.

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Marital Relationships in the Twenty-First Century

Cited by 23 publications

References 107 publications

Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

Mexican-Origin Couples in the Early Years of Parenthood: Marital Well-Being in Ecological Context

Within‐couple configuration of gender‐related attitudes and its association with marital satisfaction in Chinese marriage: A dyadic, pattern‐analytic approach

Marital Conflict of Chinese American Immigrant Couples: A Mediator of Socioeconomic Incorporation and Children’s Behavioral Problems

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