Journal article
Cultural Humility: Pilot Study Testing the Social Bonds Hypothesis in Interethnic Couples
Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.65(4), pp.531-537
07/2018
DOI: 10.1037/cou0000268
PMID: 29999376
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with relationship quality in interethnic couples. Specifically, we tested the social bond hypotheses of humility in a sample of 155 individual participants currently in an interethnic relationship. Using a cross-sectional design, participants completed an online survey that included measures of demographics, conflict in their relationship, cultural humility, and relationship quality. We predicted that perceptions of one's partner's cultural humility would mediate the relationship between culturally based ineffective arguing and relationship satisfaction and commitment. Results indicated that cultural humility was positively related to both relationship satisfaction and commitment and negatively related to ineffective arguing. Mediation analyses revealed that approximately 26% of the variance in relationship satisfaction and about 8% of the variance in commitment was explained by the effect of ineffective arguing through cultural humility. Results of this study add to the growing body of evidence for the social bond hypothesis of humility and advance the field of research on interethnic couples by providing quantitative support for themes noted in previous qualitative studies on interethnic couples.
Public Significance Statement
This study of a sample of individuals in an interethnic romantic relationship demonstrated associations between culturally based ineffective arguing, cultural humility, and relationship outcomes. Because of the increasing numbers of interethnic couples and lack of research on relationship processes for these couples, this study sets the stage for future work that can inform prevention and intervention strategies for healthy interethnic relationships.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cultural Humility: Pilot Study Testing the Social Bonds Hypothesis in Interethnic Couples
- Creators
- Stacey E McElroy-Heltzel - Georgia State UniversityDon E Davis - Georgia State UniversityCirleen DeBlaere - Georgia State UniversityJosh N Hook - University of North TexasMichael Massengale - Georgia State UniversityElise Choe - Georgia State UniversityKenneth G Rice - Georgia State University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of counseling psychology, Vol.65(4), pp.531-537
- DOI
- 10.1037/cou0000268
- PMID
- 29999376
- NLM abbreviation
- J Couns Psychol
- ISSN
- 0022-0167
- eISSN
- 1939-2168
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Alternative title
- BRIEF REPORT
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2018
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
- Record Identifier
- 9984371290902771
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