African American couples have been shown to content with more individual and structural stressors that effect the efficacy of their relationship stability and propensity towards marriage 

- Cohabitation 
- Mate Availability 
- Children born outside of marriage 
- Interpersonal Manifestations of the Sociological Constraints


SOCIOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS: STRESSFUL EVENTS

Psychological constraints refer to current and historical situations which led to the development of certain psychological traits or tendencies that constrain African-American’s tendencies to want to engage in relationships and marriage.
The psychological constraints used in the article include: 
- Trust and Fairness
- Forgiveness

Psychological Constraints

A production bottleneck is a point of congestion in a production system, such as a manufacturing line or a supply chain, that limits the overall throughput. The capacity of the entire system is limited by the capacity of the bottleneck. Identifying and managing bottlenecks is a key aspect of process improvement and operations management.

Production Bottleneck

Idea that human beings behave and think in certain ways specifically because there are constraints which exist that prevent them from doing otherwise.  These constraints exist on all levels of the human system on both an individual and structural level.

- Sociological Constraints
- Psychological Constraints

Augustana College (IL)

Investigated the psychological, sociological, and interpersonal barriers to the reason why African-Americans may be less likely to get married using 2 main overarching frameworks:
- Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model
- Theories of Constraint

Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks Utilized

Chambers, A. L., & Kravitz, A. (2011). Understanding the disproportionately low marriage rate among African Americans: An amalgam of sociological and psychological constraints. Family Relations, 60(5), 648-660.

Understanding the disproportionately low marriage rate among African Americans: An amalgam of sociological and psychological constraints.

Theory of Constraints

A model that attempts to predict marriage quality and stability that focuses on three main aspects: 
- Stressful events (external factors)
- Enduring Vulnerabilities (stable demographic, historical, personality, and experiential factors of each person in the relationship)
- Adaptive Processes (How people react and cope with differences and problems)

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