Because adverse childhood and family of origin experiences may have implications for adult relationships, the current study was designed to understand the associations between childhood family of origin adversities, and adult romantic relationship quality for individual African Americans in relationships (N = 1286) considering the potential intermediary role of coming to terms, self-esteem and depression symptoms. A structural equation model was conducted using a selection of data from the RELATE assessment (see www.relate-institute.org ). Results revealed no direct effect between family of origin adversity and relationship quality, however there were several indirect effects carried through coming to terms, self-esteem, and depression symptoms. Results also suggested that coming to terms associated with higher self-esteem and lower levels of depressive symptoms for the African Americans in the current study sample. Clinicians may find it useful to focus on assisting African American individuals in coming to terms with childhood family of origin adversity as part of treatment for depression, self-esteem issues, and adult romantic relationship problems. Additional clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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我们将克服：非裔美国人的原生家庭逆境、适应和关系质量之间的关联

由于不利的童年和原生家庭经历可能对成人关系产生影响，因此本研究旨在了解童年原生家庭逆境与个体非裔美国人（N = 1286）在人际关系中的成人浪漫关系质量之间的关联，考虑到潜在的妥协、自尊和抑郁症状的中介作用。使用从 RELATE 评估中选择的数据进行结构方程模型（参见 www.relate-institute.org）。结果表明，原生家庭逆境与关系质量之间没有直接影响，但通过妥协、自尊和抑郁症状产生了一些间接影响。结果还表明，在当前的研究样本中，非裔美国人的自尊水平较高，抑郁症状水平较低。临床医生可能会发现，作为治疗抑郁症、自尊问题和成人恋爱关系问题的一部分，专注于帮助非裔美国人应对童年原生家庭的逆境是很有用的。讨论了其他临床意义和未来研究的方向。