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- Title
Coupling Processes and Experiences of Never Married Heterosexual Black Men and Women: A Phenomenological Study.
- Authors
Awosan, Christiana I.; Hardy, Kenneth V.
- Abstract
Over the past decades, the decline in Black marriages and the upsurge of never-married Blacks have stimulated much theoretical focus, but researchers conducted few studies on never-married heterosexual Black adults' coupling unions. Guided by an integrated framework of Africana womanism and symbolic interactionism, this qualitative hermeneutic phenomenological study used comprehensive individual interviews to explore the experiences of 26 never-married heterosexual Black men and women between the ages 25 and 35 about their attempts to cultivate and maintain intimate romantic relationships as well as their desire for marriage. Findings revealed mixed emotions from participants' lived experiences in developing and sustaining romantic relationships. Clinical implications highlighted the need to effectively attend to Black romantic relationships and experiences in their sociohistorical and sociocultural contexts.
- Subjects
COUPLES therapy; GROUP psychotherapy; AFRICAN American couples; HETEROSEXUALS; HETEROSEXUALITY; INTERPERSONAL relations; SINGLE people; PSYCHOLOGY of Black people; QUALITATIVE research; SEXUAL partners; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 2017, Vol 43, Issue 3, p463
- ISSN
0194-472X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/jmft.12215