We present two related studies on confiding about relationships among African Americans. Study one examined how African Americans serve as confidants in their social networks for people having couple relationship concerns. Using a national survey of African American adults, this study documented the prevalence of confiding relationships, the kinds of problems brought to confidants, and which confidant behaviors are seen as helpful and not helpful. Study two was a randomized controlled trial of Marital First Responders—AA, a culturally adapted version of the Marital First Responders program. Results showed improved skills among African Americans participants who were already natural confidants, as well greater frequency of confiding interactions in their social networks. Enhancing the abilities of natural confidants may be particularly important in the African American community because of stresses on couple relationships and the relatively lower use of therapy services.

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非裔美国人的婚姻倾诉关系：一项全国性调查和教育干预测试

我们提出了两项​​关于倾诉非裔美国人之间关系的相关研究。一项研究调查了非裔美国人如何在他们的社交网络中为有夫妻关系问题的人充当知己。这项研究使用对非裔美国成年人的全国调查，记录了倾诉关系的普遍性、给知己带来的问题种类，以及哪些知己行为被认为是有帮助的，哪些是无益的。研究二是婚姻急救人员的随机对照试验——AA，婚姻急救人员计划的文化适应版本。结果显示，已经是天然知己的非裔美国人参与者的技能得到了提高，并且在他们的社交网络中倾诉互动的频率更高。