Patel, Sunny2020-05-082020-05-082020-05-01https://hdl.handle.net/2097/40622Interracial marriages continue to lack support in the U.S. society despite the rise in the number of persons entering such unions. Understanding how Black-White couples cope with race-based couple discrimination within their relationships can help therapists build couple resilience. Informed by the minority stress model, this study examined the relationship between race-based couple discrimination and problem-solving in 178 Black-White marriages. The study further examined how protective factors --ethnic identity and self-esteem -- may buffer the effects of discrimination on problem-solving. Results indicated that interracial couples experience discrimination. As expected, an initial overall regression analysis found couple discrimination negatively linked to problem-solving. However, closer examination across race and gender revealed that couple discrimination was negatively associated with problem-solving for Black wives and White husbands. This relationship was moderated by ethnic identity for Black wives and self-esteem for White wives. Although Black husbands in this study reported the highest levels of couple discrimination and use of problem-solving, results did not indicate a significant relationship between the two. Implications for clinical work and future research are discussed.en-US© the author. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Black-White couplesSelf-esteemEthnic identityinterracialmarriagesdiscriminationproblem-solvingrace-based couple discriminationBlack husbandsWhite husbandsWhite wivesBlack WivesThesis