Five types of African-American marriages

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 301-314

  Allen, William D ^a   Olson, David H ^b,c  

^a Mental Health Consulting   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Life Innovations   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035409543     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2001.tb00326.x     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Allen, W. D., & Doherty, W. (1996). The responsibilities of fatherhood as perceived by African American teenage fathers. Families in Society, 77, 142-155.
2. Asante, M. (1989). Afrocentricity. Trenton, NJ: Africa World.
3. Billingsley, A. (1993). Climbing Jacob's ladder. New York: Simon & Schuster.
4. Bowman, P. (1992). Coping with provider role strain: Adaptive cultural resources among Black husbands-fathers. In A. Burlew, W. Banks, H. McAdoo, & D. Azibo (Eds.), African American psychology: Theory, research, and practice (pp. 135-154). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
5. Bowman, P. (1993). The impact of economic marginality on African American husbands and fathers. In H. McAdoo (Ed.), Family ethnicity (pp. 120-137). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
6. Boyd-Franklin, N. (1989). Black families in therapy: A multisystems approach. New York: Guilford.
7. Boyd-Franklin, N., & Lockwood, T. W. (1999). Spirituality and religion: Implications for psychotherapy with African American clients and families. In F. Walsh (Ed.), Spiritual resources in family therapy (pp. 90-103). New York: Guilford.
8. Broman, C. (1993). Race differences in marital well-being. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 724-732.
9. Bulcroft, R., & Bulcroft, K. (1993). Race differences in attitudinal and motivational factors in the decision to marry. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 338-355.
10. Cuber, J., & Haroff, P. (1965). The significant Americans: A study of sexual behavior among the affluent. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
11. Ellison, C. (1990). Family ties, friendships, and subjective well-being among African Americans. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52, 298-310.
12. Fitzpatrick, M. (1988). Between husbands and wives. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
13. Fowers, B., Montel, K., & Olson, D. (1996). Predicting marital success for premarital couple types based on PREPARE. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 22, 103-119.
14. Fowers, B., & Olson, D. (1989). ENRICH marital inventory: A discriminant validity and cross-validation assessment. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 22, 103-119.
15. Fowers, B., & Olson, D. (1992). Four types of premarital couples. Journal of Family Psychology, 6, 10-30.
16. Franklin, J. (1987). From slavery to freedom: The history of Negro Americans. New York: Knopf.
17. Gottman, J. (1979). Marital interaction: Experimental investigations. New York: Academic.
18. Guttentag, M., & Secord, P. (1983). Too many women: The sex ratio question. Beverly Hills: Sage.
19. Hunter, A., & Davis, J. (1994). Hidden voices of black men: The meaning, structure, and complexity of manhood. Journal of Black Studies, 25(1), 20-40.
20. Jackson, J. (Ed.). (1991). Life in black America. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
21. Lavee, Y., & Olson, D. (1993). Seven types of marriage: Empirical typology based on ENRICH. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 19, 325-340.
22. Lewis, J., Beavers, W., Gossett, J., & Phillips, V. (1976). No single thread: Psychological health in family systems. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
23. Lichter, D., LeClere, F., & McLaughlin, D. (1991). Local marriage markets and the marital behavior of black and white women. American Journal of Sociology, 96, 843-867.
24. McAdoo, J. (1997). Transgenerational patterns of upward mobility in African American families. In H. McAdoo (Ed.), Black families (3rd ed., pp. 148-168). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
25. McAdoo, J. (1993). The roles of African American fathers: An ecological perspective. Families in Society, January, 38-35.
26. Miller, B., & Olson, D. (1990). Types of marital interaction: Using cluster analysis. In T. Draper & A. Marcos (Eds.), Family variables: Conceptualization, measurement, and use (pp. 67-89). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
27. Olson, D. (1996). Counselor's manual for PREPARE/ENRICH (rev. ed.). Minneapolis, MN:PREPARE/ENRICH, Inc.
28. Olson, D., & DeFrain, J. (2000). Marriage and the family: Diversity and strengths (3rd ed.). Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
29. Olson, D., Fournier, D., & Druckman, J. (1987). Counselor's manual for PREPARE/ENRICH (rev. ed.). Minneapolis, MN: PREPARE/ENRICH, Inc.
30. Olson, D., & Fowers, B. (1993). Five types of marriage: an empirical typology based on ENRICH. Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 1, 196-207.
31. Olson, D., McCubbin, H., Barnes, H., Larsen, A., Muxen, M., & Wilson, M. (1989). Families: What makes them work. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
32. Ryder, R. (1970). Dimensions of early marriage. Family Process, 9, 51-58.
33. Scott, J., & Black, A. (1989). Deep structures of African American family life: Female and male kin networks. Western Journal of Black Studies, 13, 17-24.
34. Snyder, D., & Smith, G. (1986). Classification of marital relationships: An empirical approach. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48, 137-146.
35. South, S. (1993). Racial and ethnic differences in the desire to marry. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 357-370.
36. South, S., & Lloyd, K. (1992). Marriage opportunities and family formation: Further implications of imbalanced sex ratios. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54, 440-451.
37. Staples, R., & Boulin-Johnson, L. (1993). Black families at the crossroads. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
38. Taylor, R. (1988). Structural determinants of religious participation among Black Americans. Review of Religious Research, 30, 114-125.
39. Tryon, R., & Bailey, D. (1970). Cluster analysis. New York: McGraw-Hill.
40. Tucker, M., & Mitchell-Kernan, C. (1995). The decline of marriage among African Americans: Causes, consequences and policy implications. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
41. Tucker, M., & Taylor, R. (1989). Demographic correlates of relationship status among black Americans. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 51, 655-665.
42. U. S. Bureau of the Census (1996). Marriage, divorce and remarriage in the 1990s. (Current Population Reports, P-23, 180). Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office.
43. U. S. Bureau of the Census (1994). Statistical abstract of the United States (114th ed.). Washington, D. C.: U. S. Government Printing Office.
44. Wilson, W. J. (1987). The truly disadvantaged: The inner city, the underclass, and public policy. Chicago: University of Chicago.
45. Wilson, W. J. (1999). The bridge over the racial divide: Rising inequality and coalition politics. San Francisco: University of California.