This chapter explores what it means to be a single parent in the United States. It describes
the changing incidence of single parenthood over the last half century, and the many types …

African American marriages and relationships have strived to model the white patriarchal
nuclear family model, but the experiences of slavery and contemporary structural racism …

This study investigated the associations between Black adolescents' television usage and
their endorsement of mainstream gender roles (MGR) and the strong Black woman (SBW) …

Popular discourse characterizes single Black women as desperate and dysfunctional,
constructions of single status that reinforce broader stereotypes of Black women …

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 …

This study examined associations between stepfather–stepchild relationship quality,
stepfathers' depressive symptoms, and two aspects of marriage: marital quality and positive …

Past evidence has documented that attitudes toward marriage and cohabitation are related
to sexual behavior in adolescence and young adulthood. This study extends prior research …

The purpose of this descriptive study is to understand the decision to marry among a sample
of 52 married Black men. Qualitative inquiry was used to explore this issue. The men noted …

Background Black girls in the United States are at increased risk for HIV and sexually
transmitted infections due to early sexual development, stereotyping, adultification, and lack …

Past research has documented that structural factors produce a skewed dating market in
African American communities that advantages men over women. Using data collected from …