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- Title
Views of Intermarried Couples: Implications for Social Work Practice.
- Authors
Greif, Geoffrey L; Woolley, Michael E; Stubbs, Victoria D
- Abstract
Intermarriage , defined here as the marriage between people of different races or different ethnicities, is on the rise in the United States, with one in six newlyweds intermarrying. While public opinion approval of interracial marriage is at an all-time high, racial and ethnic hate crimes are also on the rise, which can affect spouses differently based on their identity. Drawing on a 2022 Qualtrics sample of 287 spouses who intermarried and have children, authors of this article sought to learn what is related to their holding a positive view of intermarriage. Talking openly with one's spouse about differences, children initiating discussions about race, and being consciously aware of the interracial or interethnic aspect of the marriage were predictors. Implications for social work practice, which are predicated on the ability to have open communication between family members and the social worker's comfort with their own racial identity, are included for this growing population of intermarried couples.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ETHNIC groups; RACE relations; SCALE analysis (Psychology); PATIENTS' families; MARRIAGE; PROFESSIONAL practice; SOCIAL workers; MEDICAL personnel; GROUP identity; SPOUSES; SOCIAL services; QUESTIONNAIRES; PARENT-child relationships; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; FAMILY relations; ATTITUDE (Psychology); RESEARCH methodology; COMMUNICATION; DATA analysis software; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
Social Work, 2024, Vol 69, Issue 3, p287
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/sw/swae025