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 Americans in same-race and interracial romantic relationships. Synthesizing findings from 32 published empirical articles, we find support for manifestations of each component of MEES in Black intimate life. We uncover evidence that racial discrimination is associated with compromised relationship functioning for Black Americans. Several psychosocial resources were also identified as either buffering these associations or posing drawbacks/limitations for Black Americans. We discuss notable gaps in the literature and directions for future research including intersectional investigations, broader examination of the MEES context, and de-centering whiteness among studies of interracial relationship dynamics.

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美国黑人的种族歧视和恋爱关系动态：系统回顾

尽管研究不断增加，种族歧视与美国黑人浪漫关系动态之间的联系仍不清楚。在平凡的极端环境压力（Peters & Massey，1983）、社会文化家庭压力（McNeil Smith & Landor，2018）和黑人婚姻结果（Bryant et al.，2010）模型的指导下，我们对文献进行了系统回顾美国黑人在同种族和跨种族浪漫关系中的种族歧视和关系动态。综合 32 篇已发表的实证文章的研究结果，我们找到了对黑人亲密生活中 MEES 各个组成部分表现的支持。我们发现的证据表明，种族歧视与美国黑人的关系受损有关。一些社会心理资源也被认为要么缓冲这些关联，要么给美国黑人带来缺点/限制。我们讨论了文献中的显着差距和未来研究的方向，包括交叉调查、对 MEES 背景的更广泛的检查以及跨种族关系动态研究中的去中心白度。