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- Title
Marriage Expectations Among African American Couples in Early Adulthood: A Dyadic Analysis.
- Authors
Barr, Ashley B.; Simons, Ronald L.
- Abstract
Using Family and Community Health Study data consisting of 168 unmarried, primarily African American couples, the current study sought to understand the dyadic interplay among school, work, and partner-specific marriage expectations in early adulthood. Drawing on the economic prospects, adult transitions, and work-family literatures, the authors hypothesized and found ample support that expectations to marry a romantic partner were linked not only to one's own school and work-related experiences but also to those of a partner. These associations held while controlling for relationship satisfaction, general views of marriage, and other covariates that have been posited to explain racial inequalities in relationship and marriage patterns. Furthermore, the authors found that actor covariates of marital expectations differed from partner covariates, a finding that highlights the advantages of dyadic analyses in helping researchers understand marriage as both a developmental and an interpersonal process.
- Subjects
SOCIAL science research; DYADIC analysis (Social sciences); SOCIAL science methodology; EXPECTATION (Psychology); SOCIAL aspects of marriage; AFRICAN American couples; EDUCATIONAL attainment; OCCUPATIONAL achievement
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 2012, Vol 74, Issue 4, p726
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00985.x