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- Title
African American Women's Marital Attitudes: A Qualitative Study on Never Married Women.
- Authors
DeLoach McCutcheon, Kendra P.; Watkins, Karen Y.; Burton, Eboni V.; Harris, Arlaina C.
- Abstract
Over the past few decades, marriage rates in the United States among African Americans continue to decline, yet African American women continue to express a desire to be married. Using a grounded theory qualitative approach with semi-structured interviews (N = 23), we explored marital attitudes among never married African American women. Participants identified both negative and positive exposures to marriage during childhood and messaging from family and faith communities as major sources influencing their desire to marry. Other themes, such as respectability and child behavioral benefits emerged that influenced women's attitudes toward marriage. We present a discussion of the findings, limitations of this study, and next steps in the research.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MARRIAGE &; psychology; GROUNDED theory; RESEARCH methodology; INTERVIEWING; QUALITATIVE research; PSYCHOLOGY of women; THEMATIC analysis; MARITAL status; AFRICAN Americans
- Publication
Journal of Family Issues, 2022, Vol 43, Issue 11, p2868
- ISSN
0192-513X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0192513X211035582