August I C Jenkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 763017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | August I C Jenkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | August I C |
| FAMILY NAME | Jenkins |
| SIGNATURE | JENKINS A I C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Human Development and Family Studies The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5971-9787 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Examining Separate Financial Behaviors as Predictors of Both Spouses’ Personal Financial Satisfaction Among Different-Gender Couples in Early Marriage
Scholars have primarily relied on an aggregate score of many financial behaviors to predict financial well-being using cross-sectional data from one respondent in a family unit. Although there are benefits to using an aggregate score, it does not reveal which financial behaviors may be most salient. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal, dyadic data from 1,088 different-gender couples in early marriage, we examined both spouses’ reports of five …
We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships
Given Black couples live in an environment pervaded by social stress that can compromise relationship integrity, romantic partners' use of effective coping resources is paramount to maintaining romantic relationship function. Culturally relevant coping (CRC) strategies—salient, contextually appropriate resources for Black Americans to deal with living in a racially hostile society—may directly promote relationship adjustment and relational resili…
Where I'm Livin' and How I'm Feelin: Associations among community stress, gender, and mental-emotional health among Black Americans
Associations among financial well-being, daily relationship tension, and daily affect in two adult cohorts separated by the great recession
Financial well-being may be an important context for daily emotional reactivity to relationship tension (e.g., arguments) whose salience varies across historical time or as a function of exposure to economic downturns. This study investigated how emotional reactivity, operationalized as daily fluctuations in negative and positive affect associated with the occurrence of daily relationship tension, varied by financial well-being among those who we…
Racial discrimination and romantic relationship dynamics among Black Americans: A systematic review
Despite increasing research, the links between racial discrimination and Black Americans' romantic relationship dynamics remain unclear. Guided by models of mundane extreme environmental stress (Peters & Massey, 1983), sociocultural family stress (McNeil Smith & Landor, 2018), and Black marital outcomes (Bryant et al., 2010), we conducted a systematic review of the literature examining racial discrimination and relationship dynamics among Black A…
The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of perceived gratitude (i.e., gratitude from one's partner, or feeling appreciated) versus expressed gratitude (i.e., gratitude to one's partner, or being appreciative) in mitigating the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain on multiple indicato…
Religious Coping and Gender Moderate Trajectories of Marital Love among Black Couples
An increasing body of work documents the roles of religion and spirituality in Black American marriages. We built on this research to examine religious coping as a potential cultural resource for Black marriages using a dyadic analytic approach with longitudinal data. Specifically, we investigated the effects of positive (i.e., sense of spiritual connectedness) and negative (i.e., spiritual tension or struggle) religious coping on trajectories of…
A Closer Examination of Relational Outcomes from a Pilot Study of Abbreviated, Intensive, Multi‐Couple Group Cognitive‐Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD with Military Dyads
Cognitive‐behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (CBCT for PTSD) is associated with improvements in patients’ PTSD symptoms, partners’ psychological distress, and relationship satisfaction. However, little is known about whether CBCT for PTSD is associated with changes in other relationship domains that have theoretical and clinical relevance to the relational context of PTSD. The current study is a secondary analysis of re…
The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of perceived gratitude (i.e., gratitude from one's partner, or feeling appreciated) versus expressed gratitude (i.e., gratitude to one's partner, or being appreciative) in mitigating the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain on multiple indicato…
Where I'm Livin' and How I'm Feelin: Associations among community stress, gender, and mental-emotional health among Black Americans
A Closer Examination of Relational Outcomes from a Pilot Study of Abbreviated, Intensive, Multi‐Couple Group Cognitive‐Behavioral Conjoint Therapy for PTSD with Military Dyads
Cognitive‐behavioral conjoint therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (CBCT for PTSD) is associated with improvements in patients’ PTSD symptoms, partners’ psychological distress, and relationship satisfaction. However, little is known about whether CBCT for PTSD is associated with changes in other relationship domains that have theoretical and clinical relevance to the relational context of PTSD. The current study is a secondary analysis of re…
Religious Coping and Gender Moderate Trajectories of Marital Love among Black Couples
An increasing body of work documents the roles of religion and spirituality in Black American marriages. We built on this research to examine religious coping as a potential cultural resource for Black marriages using a dyadic analytic approach with longitudinal data. Specifically, we investigated the effects of positive (i.e., sense of spiritual connectedness) and negative (i.e., spiritual tension or struggle) religious coping on trajectories of…
Associations among financial well-being, daily relationship tension, and daily affect in two adult cohorts separated by the great recession
Financial well-being may be an important context for daily emotional reactivity to relationship tension (e.g., arguments) whose salience varies across historical time or as a function of exposure to economic downturns. This study investigated how emotional reactivity, operationalized as daily fluctuations in negative and positive affect associated with the occurrence of daily relationship tension, varied by financial well-being among those who we…
Racial discrimination and romantic relationship dynamics among Black Americans: A systematic review
Despite increasing research, the links between racial discrimination and Black Americans' romantic relationship dynamics remain unclear. Guided by models of mundane extreme environmental stress (Peters & Massey, 1983), sociocultural family stress (McNeil Smith & Landor, 2018), and Black marital outcomes (Bryant et al., 2010), we conducted a systematic review of the literature examining racial discrimination and relationship dynamics among Black A…
The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples
The current study was designed to investigate the protective effects of gratitude in romantic relationships. Particular attention was given to differentiating the beneficial effects of perceived gratitude (i.e., gratitude from one's partner, or feeling appreciated) versus expressed gratitude (i.e., gratitude to one's partner, or being appreciative) in mitigating the negative effects of ineffective arguing and financial strain on multiple indicato…
Where I'm Livin' and How I'm Feelin: Associations among community stress, gender, and mental-emotional health among Black Americans
We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally Relevant Coping Strategies as Promotive Factors for Black Romantic Relationships
Given Black couples live in an environment pervaded by social stress that can compromise relationship integrity, romantic partners' use of effective coping resources is paramount to maintaining romantic relationship function. Culturally relevant coping (CRC) strategies—salient, contextually appropriate resources for Black Americans to deal with living in a racially hostile society—may directly promote relationship adjustment and relational resili…
Examining Separate Financial Behaviors as Predictors of Both Spouses’ Personal Financial Satisfaction Among Different-Gender Couples in Early Marriage
Scholars have primarily relied on an aggregate score of many financial behaviors to predict financial well-being using cross-sectional data from one respondent in a family unit. Although there are benefits to using an aggregate score, it does not reveal which financial behaviors may be most salient. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal, dyadic data from 1,088 different-gender couples in early marriage, we examined both spouses’ reports of five …
Psychology (6 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Coping (psychology) (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works)