Publications by authors named "Aleja Parsons"

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  • Even though the military stopped the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" rule, there are still rules that make it hard to study the needs of military couples with different sexual identities.
  • Research is important because LGB+ service members often face mental health issues and lack proper support.
  • The paper reviews what we know about LGB+ military couples and suggests changes to help improve their situation through teamwork between military branches, leaders, and researchers.
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Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) posits that couple distress can, in part, be attributed to four factors labeled with the acronym DEEP: natural Uifferences between partners in their perspectives, beliefs, interests, and personalities, partner's Emotional sensitivities related to these differences, the External, contextual stressors that often exacerbate their differences and sensitivities, and the resultant Patterns of distressed interaction. Although an extensive assessment process captures these four components and thus tailors targets for intervention based on the unique characteristics of each couple, it does not explicitly consider the uniqueness of African American couples. Given the historical and contemporary realities that African American couples face (e.

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Racism affects Black individuals in the United States through multiple institutional, social, and economic injustices. Relationship scientists have called for greater attention to the potentially harmful effects racism might exert on Black families. A small literature has begun to document negative associations between experiences of racism and romantic relationship functioning.

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A large body of existing research on African American relationships perpetuates a deficit model that assumes Eurocentric norms and emphasizes between-group differences (e.g., cross-racial comparisons with the majority group-European Americans).

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Introduction: Military leaders are concerned that active duty members' fear of career impact deters mental health (MH) treatment-seeking. To coalesce research on the actual and perceived consequences of MH treatment on service members' careers, this systematic review of literature on the U.S.

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This study examined the within-family and between-family associations between fathers' military-related PTSD symptoms and parent ratings of children's behavioral and emotional problems. The sample included married couples (N = 419) with children composed of a civilian wife and an active-duty husband serving in the U.S.

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This study clarifies within-family and between-family links between marital functioning and child wellbeing. Expanding on existing prospective research, this study tests whether changes in parents' marital functioning are associated with corresponding changes in their children's wellbeing, independent from associations that exist when comparing different families. Participants ( = 1033) were members of married, opposite-sex couples with children who participated in five waves of a larger study of marriage in the U.

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Extradyadic sexual involvement (ESI) is associated with negative consequences for individuals and threatens couple stability. Research on ESI in unmarried samples has been marked by methodological limitations, such as examining only mean levels of sexual satisfaction or frequency to predict later ESI as opposed to changes in various aspects of the sexual relationship over time. The current study compared linear trajectories of four aspects of the sexual relationship-sexual satisfaction, frequency of sex, comfort communicating about sex, and sexual closeness-between individuals in opposite-sex, unmarried relationships who subsequently engaged in ESI (ESI group; n = 183) compared to individuals who did not engage in ESI (non-ESI group; n = 603).

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Synopsis of recent research by authors named "Aleja Parsons"

  • - Aleja Parsons' research primarily focuses on the intersection of marginalized identities and relationship dynamics, particularly among LGB+ military couples and African American relationships, shedding light on structural barriers and cultural factors influencing these experiences.
  • - Her recent studies reveal significant impacts of external stressors, such as racial discrimination and military service, on couple functioning and parenting perceptions, emphasizing the need for culturally tailored therapeutic approaches.
  • - Parsons advocates for a deeper understanding of marginalized groups' unique relationship experiences and challenges, as seen in her systematic reviews and empirical studies, which highlight critical gaps in existing literature and practices.