A systematic review of culturally relevant marriage and couple relationship education programs for African-American couples

References

• Aughinbaugh, A., Robles, O., & Sun, H. (2013). Marriage and divorce: Patterns by gender, race, and educational attainment. In Monthly labor review. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. doi:10.21916/mlr.2013.32
   Google Scholar
• Beach, S. R. H., Hurt, T. R., Fincham, F. D., Franklin, K. J., McNair, L. M., & Stanley, S. M. (2011). Enhancing marital enrichment through spirituality: Efficacy data for prayer focused relationship enhancement. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 3(3), 201–216. doi:10.1037/a0022207
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bent-Goodley, T. (2014). In Circle: A healthy relationship, domestic violence, and HIV intervention for African American couples. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 24(2), 105–114. doi:10.1080/10911359.2014.848675
   Google Scholar
• Blount, A. J., & Young, M. E. (2015). Counseling multiple-heritage couples. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 43, 137–152. doi:10.1002/j.2161-1912.2015.00070.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bryant, C. M., Taylor, R. J., Lincoln, K. D., Chatters, L. M., & Jackson, J. S. (2008). Marital satisfaction among African Americans and Black Caribbeans: Findings from the National Survey of American Life. Family Relations, 57, 239–253. doi:10.1111/j.1741-3729.2008.00497.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Carlson, R., Barden, S. M., Daire, A., & Greene, J. (2014). Effects of relationship education on relationship satisfaction for low-income married coupleswith children. Journal of Counseling & Development, 92(4), 418–427. doi:10.1002/j.1556-6676.2014.00168.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). National Marriage and Divorce Rate Trends: Provisional number of marriages and marriage rate: United States, 2000–2016. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/national_marriage_divorce_rates_00-16.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Chu, J., & Leino, A. (2017). Advancement in the maturing science of cultural adaptations of evidence-based interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85(1), 45–57. doi:10.1037/ccp0000145
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) (Ed.). (2015). Educational policy and accreditation standards for baccalareate and masters social work programs. Retrieved from https://www.cswe.org/getattachment/Accreditation/Accreditation-Process/2015-EPAS/2015EPAS_Web_FINAL.pdf.aspx
   Google Scholar
• Crisp, B. (2015). Systematic reviews: A social work perspective. Australian Social Work, 68(3), 285–295. doi:10.1080/0312407X.2015.1024266
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dixon, P. (2014). AARMS: The African American relationships and marriage strengthening curriculum for African American Relationships courses and programs. Journal of African American Studies, 18(3), 337–352. doi:10.1007/s12111-013-9274-1
   Google Scholar
• Epstein, N. B., Berger, A. T., Fang, J. J., Messina, L. A., Smith, J. R., Lloyd, T. D., … Liu, Q. X. (2012). Applying Western-developed family therapy models in China. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 23(3), 217–237. doi:10.1080/08975353.2012.705661
   Google Scholar
• Gielen, U. P., Draguns, J. G., & Fish, J. M. (2008). Principles of multicultural counseling and therapy. New York, NY: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Gilbert, D. J., Harvey, A. R., & Belgrave, F. Z. (2009). Advancing the Africentric paradigm shift discourse: Building toward evidence-based Africentric interventions in social work practice with African Americans. Social Work, 54(3), 243–252.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Halford, W. K., Markman, H. J., Kling, G. H., & Stanley, S. M. (2003). Best practice in couple relationship education. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29(3), 385–406. doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01214.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harrell, Z. A. (2006). Africentric. In Y. K. Jackson (Ed.), The encyclopedia of multicultural psychology (pp. 29–30). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
   Google Scholar
• Humphreys, M. L. (2012). Intergroup dialogue: A pedagogical model for integrating cultural competence within a social justice framework. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 6, 199–213. doi:10.18848/1833-1882/CGP/v06i05/52081
   Google Scholar
• Hurt, T. R., Fincham, F. D., Stanley, S. M., Kogna, S. M., & Brody, G. H. (2015). Determinants and long-term effects of attendance levels in marital enrichment program for African American couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. doi:10.1111/jmft.12126
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kennedy, S., & Ruggles, S. (2014). Breaking up is hard to count: The rise of divorce in the United States, 1980–2010. Demography, 51(2), 587–598. doi:10.1007/s13524-013-0270-9
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kmet, L. M., Lee, R. C., & Cook, L. S. (2004). Standard quality assessment criteria for evaluating primary research papers from a variety of fields. Alberta: Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. Retrieved from http://www.ihe.ca/advanced-search/standard-quality-assessment-criteria-for-evaluating-primary-research-papers-from-a-variety-of-fields
   Google Scholar
• Lebow, J. L., Chambers, A. L., Christensen, A., & Johnson, S. M. (2012). Research on the treatment of couple distress. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 38, 145–168. doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00249.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Littell, J. H., Corcoran, J., & Pillai, V. (2008). Systematic reviews and meta-analysis. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Martin, T. L., & Bielawski, D. M. (2011). What is the African American’s experience following Imago education? Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 51(2), 216–228. doi:10.1177/0022167809352379
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moher, D., Liberati, A., Tetzlaff, J., & Altman, D. G.; The PRISMA Group. (2009). Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses: The PRISMA statement. PLoS Medicine, 6(7), 1–6. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National Association of Social Workers (NASW). (2015). Standards and indicators for cultural competence in social work practice. Retrieved from https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=PonPTDEBrn4%3D&portalid=0
   Google Scholar
• Ooms, T. (2007). Adapting healthy marriage programs for disadvantaged and culturally diverse populations: What are the issues? Center for Law and Social Policy. Retrieved from http://www.policyarchive.org/handle/10207/13787
   Google Scholar
• Owen, J., Chapman, L. K., Quirk, K., Inch, L. J., France, T., & Bergen, C. (2012). Processes of change in relationship education for lower-income African American couples. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 11(1), 51–68. doi:10.1080/15332691.2012.639704
   Google Scholar
• Parra-Cardona, J. R., & Busby, D. M. (2006). Exploring relationship functioning in premarital Caucasian and Latino/a Couples: Recognizing and valuing cultural differences. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 37(3), 345–359.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Perez, C., Brown, M. D., Whiting, J. B., & Harris, S. M. (2013). Experiences of Latino couples in relationship education: A critical analysis. The Family Journal, 21(4), 377–385. doi:10.1177/1066480713488525
   Google Scholar
• Perry, C. N. (2007). Promoting empowered African Americans through couple education (PEACE): A communication-focused program. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text (Order No. 3293087)
   Google Scholar
• Pratt-Clarke, M. (2013). A radical reconstruction of resistance strategies: Black girls and black women reclaiming our power using transdisciplinary applied social justice, Ma’at, and rites of passage. Journal of African American Studies, 17(1), 99–114. doi:10.1007/s12111-012-9221-6
   Google Scholar
• Quirk, K., Strokoff, J., Owen, J. J., France, T., & Bergen, C. (2014). Relationship education in community settings: Effectiveness with distressed and non-distressed low-income racial minority couples. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 40(4), 442–453. doi:10.1111/jmft.12080
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raley, R. K., Sweeney, M. M., & Wondra, D. (2015). The growing racial and ethnic divide in U.S. marriage patterns. The Future of Children/Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 25(2), 89–109. doi:10.1353/foc.2015.0014
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sprenkle, D. H., Davis, S., & Lebow, J. (2009). Common factors in couple and family therapy: The overlooked foundation for effective practice. New York, NY: Guilford.
   Google Scholar
• Taylor, R., Brown, E., Chatters, L., & Lincoln, K. (2012). Extended family support and relationship satisfaction among married, cohabiting, and romantically involved African Americans and Black Caribbeans. Journal of African American Studies, 16(3), 373–389. doi:10.1007/s12111-011-9205-y
   Google Scholar
• Townsend, S. T. (2011). Reaching forgiveness: A non-experimental pretest-posttest study designed to determine the relationship between the REACH forgiveness pyramid model and African American Christian heterosexual married couples’ self-reported forgiveness and relational adjustment. Retrieved from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Full Text (Order No. 3451185)
   Google Scholar
• U.S. Census Bureau. (2014). America’s families and living arrangements: 2014: Children (C Table Series). Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2014.html
   Google Scholar