Generic, Stereotypic, and Collectivistic Models of Interpersonal Resource Exchange among African American Couples

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
In this article, the author used resource exchange theory (Foa & Foa, 1974) as the basis for proposing a model of African American couples' reciprocity of affection and respect. Furthennore, using concepts derivedfrom scholarship on Afrocentrism (e.g., Asante, 1981; Baldwin, 1980; Burgest, 1980), the author places the core of the model within the context of collectivism as an overarching cultural value among African Americans. In addition, the author compares the conceptual and empirical merits of the collectivistic model with a stereotyped model of African American resource exchange (Frazier, 1939, 1957; Moynihan, 1965) that embraces the myth of the "Black matriarchy"; although the collectivistic model still has not been testedfully, it nonetheless shows greaterpotential for explaining individual differences in African American husbands'and wives' affectionate and respectful behavior than does the stereotyped model. Implicationsfor the study of African American male-female relationships are discussed.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: