Factors Contributing to Personal Commitment in Chinese Interethnic Couples
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Zhong, Xinmiao
Malhi, Rebecca L.
Abstract / Description
Interethnic relationships are increasingly common in many societies, yet interethnic couples have a higher divorce rate compared to intraethnic couples. Given these facts and the dearth of research, this study aimed to identify factors that contribute to couples’ commitment in interethnic relationships. This study investigated the personal commitment of Chinese interethnic couples in the United Kingdom and the United States. Specifically, whether love, dyadic adjustment and “couple cultural identity” (i.e. acculturation to the partner and couple’s similarity on individualism/collectivism) would predict personal commitment and whether each variable would account for unique variance in personal commitment of the participants. Thirty-seven Chinese/non-Chinese heterosexual couples participated in the study and significant relationships between love and personal commitment, dyadic adjustment and personal commitment were found. Also, couple cultural identity was important for women’s personal commitment. Multiple regression and structural equation modelling showed that partners in interethnic relationships defined personal commitment in different ways with men emphasizing love and dyadic adjustment, and women emphasizing love and acculturation to their partner. The discovery of the importance of couple cultural identity in contributing to personal commitment, besides love and dyadic adjustment, helps researchers to gain a greater understanding of such relationships and to extend the research on interethnic relationships.
Keyword(s)
interethnic relationships personal commitment couple cultural identity love dyadic adjustment Chinese couplesPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-06-27
Journal title
Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
Volume
8
Issue
1
Page numbers
32–50
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Citation
Zhong, X., & Malhi, R. L. (2014). Factors Contributing to Personal Commitment in Chinese Interethnic Couples. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(1), 32–50. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.146
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Zhong, Xinmiao
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Malhi, Rebecca L.
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Date of first publication2014-06-27
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Abstract / DescriptionInterethnic relationships are increasingly common in many societies, yet interethnic couples have a higher divorce rate compared to intraethnic couples. Given these facts and the dearth of research, this study aimed to identify factors that contribute to couples’ commitment in interethnic relationships. This study investigated the personal commitment of Chinese interethnic couples in the United Kingdom and the United States. Specifically, whether love, dyadic adjustment and “couple cultural identity” (i.e. acculturation to the partner and couple’s similarity on individualism/collectivism) would predict personal commitment and whether each variable would account for unique variance in personal commitment of the participants. Thirty-seven Chinese/non-Chinese heterosexual couples participated in the study and significant relationships between love and personal commitment, dyadic adjustment and personal commitment were found. Also, couple cultural identity was important for women’s personal commitment. Multiple regression and structural equation modelling showed that partners in interethnic relationships defined personal commitment in different ways with men emphasizing love and dyadic adjustment, and women emphasizing love and acculturation to their partner. The discovery of the importance of couple cultural identity in contributing to personal commitment, besides love and dyadic adjustment, helps researchers to gain a greater understanding of such relationships and to extend the research on interethnic relationships.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationZhong, X., & Malhi, R. L. (2014). Factors Contributing to Personal Commitment in Chinese Interethnic Couples. Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships, 8(1), 32–50. https://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.146en_US
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ISSN1981-6472
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1822
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.2188
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ijpr.v8i1.146
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Keyword(s)interethnic relationshipsen_US
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Keyword(s)personal commitmenten_US
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Keyword(s)couple cultural identityen_US
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Keyword(s)loveen_US
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Keyword(s)dyadic adjustmenten_US
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Keyword(s)Chinese couplesen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleFactors Contributing to Personal Commitment in Chinese Interethnic Couplesen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships
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Page numbers32–50
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Volume8
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