African American couples have unique racial stress and high relationship instability, although few studies have examined the role of racial stressors in their relationships. This qualitative study used grounded theory to examine 10 African American couples’ disagreements about criticisms of other Black people. Each couple completed a standard couple problem-solving task modified to focus solely on racial differences between the partners. Two models of couple relationships framed the approach; the general vulnerability-stress-adaptation model (Karney & Bradbury, Psychol. Bull., 118, 1995, 3) was combined with a comprehensive race-focused model (Bryant et al., J. Fam. Theory Rev., 2, 2010, 157). The goal was to understand racial stress faced by African Americans, including its context, how and why it is stressful, how they cope, and its consequences in their relationship. A tentative model emerged, suggesting that some African Americans have early race-related experiences that make them vulnerable to concerns about how Black people are seen by others. This may result in a unique minority status stressor that appears indicative of internalized stereotypes and may often include gendered criticisms of their partners. Partners seem to adapt by looking to other African Americans to take personal responsibility for their behavior and defending their racial group. Black male-female gender role issues appear to emerge as a consequence of racial stress that also seems salient across all aspects of the model. Future studies can further examine culturally specific models involving African Americans’ criticisms of other Black people and identify successful couple-level strategies to overcome internalized oppression.

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“你不关心你种族的福祉吗？”：非洲裔美国夫妇讨论种族差异，包括批评其他黑人

非裔美国夫妇有独特的种族压力和高度不稳定的关系，尽管很少有研究检查种族压力源在他们的关系中的作用。这项定性研究使用扎根理论来检验 10 对非裔美国夫妇对批评其他黑人的分歧。每对夫妇都完成了一项标准的夫妻问题解决任务，该任务被修改为只关注伴侣之间的种族差异。两种夫妻关系模型构成了该方法；一般的脆弱性-压力-适应模型 (Karney & Bradbury, Psychol . Bull ., 118 , 1995, 3) 与综合的以种族为中心的模型 (Bryant et al. , J. Fam . Theory Rev., 2 , 2010, 157)。目的是了解非裔美国人面临的种族压力，包括其背景、压力的方式和原因、他们如何应对以及对他们关系的影响。出现了一个初步模型，表明一些非裔美国人早期有与种族相关的经历，这使他们容易受到其他人如何看待黑人的担忧。这可能会导致一种独特的少数群体 身份 压力源，这种压力源似乎表明了内化的刻板印象，并且可能通常包括对其伴侣的性别批评。合作伙伴似乎适应了通过寻求其他非裔美国人为他们的行为承担个人责任并捍卫他们的种族群体。黑人男女性别角色问题似乎是种族压力的结果，这种压力似乎在模型的各个方面也很突出。未来的研究可以进一步研究涉及非裔美国人批评其他黑人的特定文化模型，并确定成功的夫妻层面的策略来克服内化的压迫。