Predicting commitment to wed among Hispanic and Anglo partners

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 117-129

  Umaña Taylor, Adriana J ^a   Fine, Mark A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Dating relationship; Hispanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037328011     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00117.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Booth, A., & Edwards, J. (1985). Age at marriage and marital instability. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 47, 67-75.
2. Braiker, H. B., & Kelley, H. H. (1979). Conflict in the development of close relationships. In R. L. Burgess & T. L. Huston (Eds.), Social exchange in developing relationships (pp. 135-168). New York: Academic Press.
3. Bramlett, M. D., & Mosher, W. D. (2001). First marriage dissolution, divorce, and remarriage: United States (Advance data from vital and health statistics No. 323, pp. 1-19). Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics.
4. Bryant, C. M, Surra, C. A., & Swim, T. J. (1996, November). A test of the dyadic withdrawal hypothesis: Do African American, Anglo, and Hispanic couples exhibit similar patterns of social regression? Paper presented at the National Council on Family Relations, Kansas City, MO.
5. Bumpass, L. L., Martin, T. C., & Sweet, J. A. (1991). The impact of family background and early marital factors on marital disruption. Journal of Family Issues, 12, 22-42.
6. Clarke, S. C. (1995). Advance report of final marriage statistics, 1989 & 1990. Monthly Vital Statistics Report, 43(12(S)), 16-17. Retrieved February 18, 2002, from http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/data/mv43_12s.pdf
7. Demaris, A., & MacDonald, W. (1993). Premarital cohabitation and marital instability: A test of the unconventionality hypothesis. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 55, 399-407.
8. Domino, G., & Acosta, A. (1987). The relation of acculturation and values in Mexican Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 9, 131-150.
9. Eberstein, I. W., & Frisbie, W. P. (1976). Differences in marital instability among Mexican Americans, Blacks, and Anglos: 1960 and 1970. Social Problems, 23, 609-621.
10. Falicov, C. J. (2001). The cultural meanings of money. American Behavioral Scientist, 45, 313-328.
11. Freeberg, A. L., & Stein, C. H. (1996). Felt obligation towards parents in Mexican American and Anglo-American young adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 457-471.
12. Golding, J. M., & Baezconde-Garbanati, L. A. (1990). Ethnicity, culture, and social resources. American Journal of Community Psychology, 18, 465-486.
13. Griffith, J., & Villavicencio, S. (1985). Relationships among acculturation, sociodemographic characteristics and social supports in Mexican American adults. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 7, 75-92.
14. Hofstede, G. (1980). Culture's consequences: International differences in work-related values. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
15. Hofstede, G. (1991). Cultures and organizations: Software of the mind. London: McGraw-Hill.
16. Hughes, D. K., & Surra, C. A. (1998). Personal, moral, and structural components of commitment: A test of a full model. Unpublished manuscript, Miami University, Oxford, OH.
17. Hurtado, A. (1995). Variations, combinations, and evolutions: Latino families in the United States. In R. E. Zambrana (Ed.), Understanding Latino families: Scholarship, policy, and practice (pp. 40-61). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
18. Huston, T. L., Surra, C. A., Fitzgerald, N. M., & Cate, R. M. (1981). From courtship to marriage: Mate selection as an interpersonal process. In S. Duck & R. Gilmour (Eds.), Personal relationships 2: Developing personal relationships (pp. 53-88). New York: Academic Press.
19. Jacquet, S. E., & Surra, C. A. (2001). Parental divorce and premarital couples: Commitment and other relationship characteristics. Journal of Marriage and Family, 63, 627-638.
20. Johnson, M. P. (1991). Commitment to personal relationships. Advances in Personal Relationships, 3, 117-143.
21. Keefe, S. E. (1984). Real and ideal extended familism among Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans: On the meaning of "close" family ties. Human Organization, 43, 65-70.
22. Keefe, S. E., Padilla, A. M., & Carlos, M. L. (1979). The Mexican-American extended family as an emotional support system. Human Organization, 38, 144-152.
23. Kelley, H. H. (1983). Love and commitment. In H. H. Kelley, E. Berscheid, A. Christensen, J. H. Harvey, T. L. Huston, G. Levinger, E. McClintock, L. A. Peplau, & D. Peterson (Eds.), Close relationships (pp. 265-314). New York: W. H. Freemen.
24. Kenny, D. A. (1988). The analyses of data from two-person relationships. In S. W. Duck (Ed.), Handbook of personal relationships (pp. 57-77). London: Wiley.
25. Kinnaird, K. L., & Gerrard, M. (1986). Premarital sexual behavior and attitudes toward marriage and divorce among young women as a function of their mothers' marital status. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 48, 757-765.
26. Larzalere, R. E., & Huston, T. L. (1980). The Dyadic Trust Scale: Toward understanding interpersonal trust in close relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 42, 595-604.
27. Mindel, C. H. (1980). Extended familism among urban Mexican Americans, Anglos, and Blacks. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2, 21-34.
28. Murphy, S. (1998). A mile away and a world apart. In J. G. Power & T. Byrd (Eds.), US-Mexico border health: Issues for regional and migrant populations (pp. 2-23). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
29. Nock, S. L. (1995). A comparison of marriages and cohabiting relationships. Journal of Family Issues, 16, 53-76.
30. Roberts, R. E., & Roberts, C. R. (1982). Marriage, work, and depressive symptoms among Mexican Americans. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 4, 199-221.
31. Rusbult, C. E. (1983). A longitudinal test of the investment model: The development (and deterioration) of satisfaction and commitment in heterosexual involvements. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 101-117.
32. Staples, R., & Mirande, A. (1980). Racial and cultural variations among American families: A decennial review of the literature on minority families. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 42, 887-903.
33. Surra, C. A., Arrizi, P., & Asmussen, L. A. (1988). The association between reasons for commitment and the development and outcome of marital relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 5, 47-63.
34. Surra, C. A., & Hughes, D. K. (1997). Commitment processes and accounts of the development of premarital relationships. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59, 5-21.
35. Surra, C. A., Hughes, D. K., & Jacquet, S. (1999). The development of commitment to marriage: A phenomenological approach. In J. M. Adams & W. H. Jones (Eds.), The handbook of interpersonal commitment and relationship stability. New York: Plenum.
36. U.S. Census Bureau. (1990). Hispanic Origin-Universe: Persons 1990 summary tape file 1 (STF 1)-100 percent data [Data file]. Retrieved October 3, 2002, from http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet?_lang=en
37. Vega, W. A. (1990). Hispanic families in the 1980's: A decade of research. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 52, 1015-1024.
38. White, L., & Rogers, S. J. (2000). Economic circumstances and family outcomes: A review of the 1990s. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 62, 1035-1051.