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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Interracial Marriage Study
Dissertation Study on Interracial Marriage 
I am NOT a solicitor nor am I a vendor.
I am an old Knottie/Nestie who is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology. I am conducting my doctoral dissertation study on marital satisfaction in interracially married couples. Knowing the Knottie/Nestie community, I am hoping to receive some volunteers through advertising on the boards.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between interactional styles, religious beliefs, and social support on interracial marriage satisfaction. This study is an effort to better understand the experience of social support in interracial marriages and the impact it has on the satisfaction of the married partners.
Who can participate?
What will be asked of me as a participant?
In order to carry out this study, volunteers will be asked to fill out a series of questionnaires that will take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete. These questionnaires ask questions about interaction, religion, social support, and relationship satisfaction. Both the husband and the wife must fill out the questionnaires and are asked to do so separately. Participants are asked to refrain from discussing the questionnaire until both partners have completed the study. Survey responses will be kept confidential and participants may choose to refrain from providing any identifying information.
To volunteer, please send an email to
interracialmarriagestudy@gmail.com
You will receive a response asking some preliminary questions to ensure you and your spouse meet the requirements for participating in the study. If so, you will be given an ID code for you and your spouse, and the option to complete either an online questionnaire or have the questionnaire mailed to you. Questionnaire information and details of participating in the study will be provided to those that volunteer
What do I gain from volunteering?
While there are no individual benefits from participating in this study, your involvment will assist in deepening scientific understanding of factors that affect satisfaction in interracial marriages. Additionally, upon completion of the questionnaires, you may choose to enter into a drawing for one of two $50 gift certificates to either Target or Crate and Barrel. This drawing will be open to all participants in this study and is voluntary.
I am NOT a solicitor nor am I a vendor.
I am an old Knottie/Nestie who is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology. I am conducting my doctoral dissertation study on marital satisfaction in interracially married couples. Knowing the Knottie/Nestie community, I am hoping to receive some volunteers through advertising on the boards.
What is the purpose of this study?
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between interactional styles, religious beliefs, and social support on interracial marriage satisfaction. This study is an effort to better understand the experience of social support in interracial marriages and the impact it has on the satisfaction of the married partners.
Who can participate?I am looking for volunteers to participate in this study. At this time, the study is limited to legally married, heterosexual, interracial couples. The interracial pairings that this study is specifically looking at are Black/White (with their long history of interracial coupling) and Asian/White (the fastest growing group of interracial marriages).
Volunteers must meet the following requirements to participate:
Volunteers must meet the following requirements to participate:
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Must currently be in an interracial marriage. This study focuses on Black/White and Asian/White couples.
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You must have been married for at least one year.
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Both partners must be 18 years of age or older.
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Both partners must speak fluent English.
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Both partners must reside in the US.
What will be asked of me as a participant?In order to carry out this study, volunteers will be asked to fill out a series of questionnaires that will take approximately 10-20 minutes to complete. These questionnaires ask questions about interaction, religion, social support, and relationship satisfaction. Both the husband and the wife must fill out the questionnaires and are asked to do so separately. Participants are asked to refrain from discussing the questionnaire until both partners have completed the study. Survey responses will be kept confidential and participants may choose to refrain from providing any identifying information.
How do I volunteer? Who do I contact?
To volunteer, please send an email to
interracialmarriagestudy@gmail.com
You will receive a response asking some preliminary questions to ensure you and your spouse meet the requirements for participating in the study. If so, you will be given an ID code for you and your spouse, and the option to complete either an online questionnaire or have the questionnaire mailed to you. Questionnaire information and details of participating in the study will be provided to those that volunteer
What do I gain from volunteering?While there are no individual benefits from participating in this study, your involvment will assist in deepening scientific understanding of factors that affect satisfaction in interracial marriages. Additionally, upon completion of the questionnaires, you may choose to enter into a drawing for one of two $50 gift certificates to either Target or Crate and Barrel. This drawing will be open to all participants in this study and is voluntary.
Re: Interracial Marriage Study
Mine too. We're just beaners, Brandy.
When conducting a research study it's best to limit what you are studying for statistics. If they studied all interracial couples, the study would just be to massive to conduct with any kind of validity and reliability. They probably choose black/white and asian/white because those are two of the larger interracial populations. It has nothing to do with them not being interested in other race pairings, just for this study, this is what they are studying. More than likely the head Doctor/professor of the program she is working in has been doing research in interracial marriage before and will continue to do so, covering different types of race mixes. This is just one study in many.
Well I'm half white, half mexican so technically I'm in an interracial relationship with myself. Does that count?
Brandy - you crack me up!
Me too, heehee!
And ditto Melinda. I don't think the poster is discriminating against anyone in the study, they just happen to be focusing on these populations for one reason or another.
That's what The Man wants you to believe! *soaks in a tub of bleach*
Can you get out of that tub please and finish cleaning my house please?
Fine! But I'm not hand washing C thongs again, I mean it this time!
But they're delicate, and need to be handled with care.
I strongly believe, if you put them on delicate the puppet eyes won't pop off.
That's what you said the last time. Now we have an elephant thong without eyes.
How many times do I have to tell that man?! The elephant looks away, not toward him. Aw man, I can only tell so many times.
But it makes him so happy.
omg, you guys are nuts! I love it.
I was just being a b!tch when I posted my first comment yesterday. I was in a bad mood. Sorry!!!