What is it about?
A sample of married African American couples (mean length of marriage = 32 years) provided information regarding their religious practices, perceived reasons for their marital longevity, challenges encountered, marital happiness, and common areas of disagreement. Participant couples reported being happily married, attending church frequently, praying frequently, and believing that their faith has played a large role in their marital longevity. Responses also indicated that these couples have faced and overcome challenges and disagreementsto remain married.
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Why is it important?
From the participants in this study, we learn key sources of strength and support for enduring African American marriages, key challenges, obstacles, and external threats to these marriages and key areas of internal or intramarital disagreement and danger.
Perspectives
Most studies of African American families and marriage among African Americans have adhered to a problem-oriented or “deficit” perspective. In contrast, this study focused on couples in happy and enduring marriages to discover the "secrets" to their marital success.
Dr. Tommy Phillips
Mississippi State University
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This page is a summary of: Challenges and Conflicts . . . Strengths and Supports, Journal of Black Studies, October 2012, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0021934712463237.
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