Download or read book Racial Socialization and Perceived Social Support as Predictors of Resiliency in African Americans written by Danice L. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently, researchers have begun to ponder what has helped many African American adolescents and adults to become resilient despite their circumstances. The present study examined two aspects of the lives of African Americans that may serve as protective factors, allowing some of them to successfully struggle through the situations they have been dealt. It was hypothesized that social support and racial socialization would be related to resiliency in African Americans. Many researchers have noted the buffering effects of social support and racial socialization in the lives of African Americans. Measures of resiliency (CD-RISC), social support (MPSS), and racial socialization (TERS) were administered to 108 female and 45 male African American undergraduate students at a large Midwestern university. ANOVAs revealed gender effects on the measures of social support. Females scored higher on the three subscales (family, friend, and special person). Regression analyses were utilized to find the predictive value of social support and racial socialization for resiliency. Predictive value was found (R2=.09) for these two constructs in predicting resiliency. Additionally, psychometric data were gathered for an instrument designed to measure resiliency in African Americans. These results are discussed in detail herein.
Download or read book African American Behavior in the Social Environment written by J. Camille Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential text to help to understand human behavior and the processes that guide human adaptation Social workers and therapists need to assess the full range of aspects of their client problems such as socioeconomic status, academic achievement, parental incarceration, psychopathology, and other risks. African American Behavior in the Social Environment: New Perspectives explores the latest empirical and theoretical findings of human behavior and resiliency in African American individuals, families, and communities. Leading scholars provide unique insights into African American mental health, gender relations, family interactions and dynamics, inequality, poverty, the balance between work and family, and nontraditional families. This important text discusses in detail the importance of understanding the processes that guide human adaptation and understanding the dynamics of how particular ethnic groups, cultures, and people use resources to adapt to certain circumstances that can be useful in assessment and treatment. African American Behavior in the Social Environment: New Perspectives presents the analysis and research of several individuals in order to provide an understanding of how the concept of protective factors, racial identity, and racial socialization has been approached, the direction their insights have taken them, and the results of exploring the dynamics of African American behavior in relationship to environments. Research discussed in African American Behavior in the Social Environment: New Perspectives include: socioeconomic status health disparity the impact of having incarcerated parents academic achievement gap kinship ties leadership development race identity and socialization suicide among African American adolescents Black churches impact in HIV/AIDS prevention culturally relevant mental health services gender and sexuality issues policy and practice and much more! African American Behavior in the Social Environment: New Perspectives is an invaluable resource for counselors, marriage and family therapists, educators, and students in African American studies.
Download or read book Psychological Resilience Related to Perceived Racism Among African American Adults written by Joanna Rochelle Rowles and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the psychosocial literature pertaining to the experience of racism among African American people, conducted from a deficit perspective, highlights the deleterious effects of this experience. While it is well documented that the stress of perceived racism can cause many negative outcomes, given the right circumstances, it also has the potential to breed resilience in the individuals who persevere. A recent rise in literature focusing on the buffering effects of certain variables in the lives of African American people has begun to confirm this idea. The current study investigated the predictive and buffering effects of spirituality, racial socialization, and ethnic pride on African Americans' resilience (operationalized as encouragement). The study also examined demographic differences in the variables of interest and controlled for the role of demographics in understanding the relationships between and among all the major variables. The study used a community sample. Approximately two hundred African American adults from Missouri (n = 95) and California (n = 106) participated in the study. Of those participants, 71 were male, 130 were female, and they ranged in age from 18 to over 66, with a mean age of approximately 48. Additionally, the sample represented different education levels, from GEDs to advanced graduate degrees, and a wide range of income levels, from less that $10,000 a year to more than $100,000 a year. The results showed that perceived racism had an overall negative relationship with encouragement,. Additionally, the results showed that spirituality, ethnic pride, and racial socialization predicted encouragement regardless of the level of perceived racism, and the presence of spirituality, a racial socialization history, and ethnic pride led to an elimination of the negative relationship between perceived racism and encouragement. The study result was informative for psychologists to understand African American culture and deliver culturally appropriate services. The limitations of the study and future research directions in this area were discussed.
Download or read book African American Resiliency written by Danice L. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African American Psychology written by Stacie Craft DeFreitas, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative text is the first to examine the contemporary psychological experience of African Americans through the lens of a positive, strengths-based model. It combats the deficit perspective that has permeated the psychological literature about African Americans by focusing on the strengths that have facilitated their growth and resilience—while also considering existing challenges and struggles. The author examines in depth the major areas of psychological research across family, peer, and romantic relationships, education, work, ethnic-racial socialization and identity, prosocial behavior and civic engagement, and the mental and physical health of African Americans today. With a focus on real life applications, the text includes pedagogical elements introducing topics in Current Events, Interventions in Practice, Individual Issues, African Cultural Values, and Media and Technology. Additional features include learning objectives in each chapter, discussion questions, a closing summary, an extensive trove of additional resources, and PowerPoints and a sample syllabus for instructors. Print version of book includes free, searchable, digital access to the entire contents. Key Features: Serves as the first text to examine African American psychology from a strengths-based perspective Grounded in a lifespan perspective Focuses on ethnic-racial socialization and ethnic-racial identity Addresses mental and physical health Demonstrates how communities have used strength-based techniques to achieve positive outcomes Integrate values common to Western Africa Includes learning objectives, discussion questions, closing summary, and boldfaced key terms Provides PowerPoints and a sample syllabus
Download or read book Resiliency in African American Families written by Hamilton I. McCubbin and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-06-11 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Publisher-supplied data] In a field dominated by deficiency and deviance models for minority families, Resiliency in African American Families breaks that mold by focusing on the strengths and resources of minority families. Taking an in-depth look at family resources and coping strategies of African Americans, this book pays particular attention to the role that culture and ethnicity play in minority families' development. Divided into two major sections, the book first examines the context in which the family unit lives and the effects of the community and cultural resources on the family's resilient adaptation to stressful life events, then shifts its focus to issues of resiliency within the context of family relationships. Compiled by a distinguished group of contributors, this edited volume explores the following topics: Extended family resources Racial socialization strategies Health care Religious supports Marital relations Parent-child relations Adolescent pregnancy. Social workers, counselors, and scholars in family studies, African American studies, ethnic studies, gender studies, and sociology will find this unique approach to African American families a valuable resource.
Download or read book African American Resiliency and Perceived Racial Discrimination written by Danice La-Rae Brown and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Racial discrimination continues to influence the lives of minorities, and society as a whole. Racial inequality has been linked to negative social, physical, and mental outcomes for many African Americans. As a result, researchers have begun to explore the protective power of racial socialization and other culture practices of African Americans that may aid them in overcoming adversity (i.e., resilience). The present study examined whether racial socialization moderated the relationship between racial discrimination and resiliency. Measures of racial discrimination, racial socialization, resiliency, and socially, desirable responding were administered to 304 African American adults affiliated with a large Midwestern university. Using hierarchical moderated regression, it was found that racial socialization buffered the relationship between racial discrimination and resiliency. For participants low in racial socialization messages perceived racist events were negatively related to resiliency. However, for individuals high in racial socialization messages, perceived racist events were not related to resiliency. Additionally, factor analyses were conducted on Stevenson and colleagues (2002) Teenager Experience of Racial Socialization scale to examine the validity of its factor structure with an adult population. These results are discussed in detail herein.
Download or read book African American Family Life written by Vonnie C. McLoyd and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-09-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together leading experts from different disciplines to offer new perspectives on contemporary African American families. A wealth of knowledge is presented on the heterogeneity of Black family life today; the challenges and opportunities facing parents, children, and communities; and the impact on health and development of key cultural and social processes. Comprehensive and authoritative, the book critically evaluates current policies and service delivery models and sets forth cogent recommendations for supporting families' strengths. Following an overview that traces the ongoing evolution of theory and research in the field, the book examines how African American families fare on numerous indicators of well-being. Throughout, contributors identify factors that promote or hinder healthy child and family development, writing from a culturally sensitive, nonpathologizing stance. The concluding chapter provides an up-to-date framework for culturally competent mental health practice.
Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-10-16 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.
Download or read book Perceived parental ethnic racial socialization as a predictor of African American youths racial identity critical consciousness and race related stress written by Dana Lang Collins and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African American Psychology written by Faye Z. Belgrave and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American Psychology: From Africa to America provides comprehensive coverage of the field of African American psychology. Authors Faye Z. Belgrave and Kevin W. Allison skillfully convey the integration of African and American influences on the psychology of African Americans using a consistent theme throughout the text—the idea that understanding the psychology of African Americans is closely linked to understanding what is happening in the institutional systems in the United States. The Fourth Edition reflects notable advances and important developments in the field over the last several years, and includes evidence-based practices for improving the overall well-being of African American communities
Download or read book Racial Identity as a Mediator of Racial Socialization Processes and Their Contribution to Resilient Outcomes Among African American Adolescents written by Joshua Ventura and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present study attempted to examine racial socialization processes among African American adolescents and its influence on resiliency. Previous research has focused almost entirely on interactions and messages communicated within the parent-child relationship in order to understand racial socialization processes. Few studies have provided a cogent and coherent explanation of how racial socialization processes relate to racial identity, which has been identified as a positive predictor of resiliency as measured by academic outcomes. As such, the purpose of the current study was to demonstrate the occurrence of racial socialization processes among African American adolescents, as received from other adolescents, and its connection with racial identity and academic functioning. In fact, this study presents racial identity as a mediator of the influence of peer racial socialization messages on academic functioning, which is consistent with a set of studies performed by the Study Group on Race, Culture and Ethnicity (SGRCE; Rodriguez, Umaña-Taylor, Smith, & Johnson, 2009). -- The sample consisted of 82 participants between the ages of 12 and 20 that identified as African American. Participants were recruited from churches, malls, and schools within inner-city settings. Each participant completed a questionnaire that consisted of a set of questions regarding demographics, a shortened version of the Teenage Experience of Racial Socialization (TERS; Stevenson, Cameron, Herrero- Taylor, & Davis, 2002); a shortened version of Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity—Teen (MIBI-T; Scottham, Sellers, & Nguyen, 2008); and statements adapted from the Pattern of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS; Midgely et al., 2000). Data was analyzed utilizing bivariate correlations, simultaneous multiple regression and AIC modeling. Results indicated that peer racial socialization messages were received frequently and predicted several aspects of academic functioning. Contrary to the proposed hypotheses, racial identity did not appear to mediate the relationship between peer racial socialization and academic functioning, but was positively associated with peer racial socialization messages.
Download or read book Communities in Action written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-04-27 with total page 583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.
Download or read book Perceived Social Support and Academic Self Concept in Predicting Academic Resilience for African American Students written by Audrey R. Gelfand and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racism and African American Mental Health written by Janeé M. Steele and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racism and African American Mental Health examines the psychological impacts of racism within the African American community and offers a culturally adapted model of cognitive behavior therapy for more culturally relevant case conceptualization and treatment planning with this population. Readers of this text will gain a greater understanding of how manifestations of racism contribute to the development of psychological distress among African Americans and learn specific strategies to address the negative automatic thoughts and maladaptive beliefs that develop in response to racism. Reflection questions and guided practice are incorporated throughout the text to assist readers with application of the strategies discussed in their own clinical settings.
Download or read book Equity and Justice in Developmental Science Implications for Young People Families and Communities written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equity and Justice in Development Science: Implications for Diverse Young People, Families, and Communities, a two volume set, focuses on the implications of equity and justice (and other relevant concepts) for a myriad of developmental contexts/domains relevant to the lives of young people and families (e.g. education, juvenile justice), also including recommendations for ensuring those contexts serve the needs of all young people and families. Both volumes bring together a growing body of developmental scholarship that addresses how issues relevant to equity and justice (or their opposites) affect development and developmental outcomes, as well as scholarship focused on mitigating the developmental consequences of inequity, inequality, and injustice for young people, families, and communities. Contains a wide array of topics on equity and justice which are discussed in detail Focuses on mitigating the developmental consequences of inequity, inequality, and injustice for young people, families, and communities Includes chapters that highlight some of the most recent research in the area Serves as an invaluable resource for developmental or educational psychology researchers, scholars, and students
Download or read book African American Families written by Angela J. Hattery and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bravo to the authors! They have done an excellent job addressing the issues that are critical to community members, policy makers and interventionists concerned with Black families in the context of our nation." —Michael C. Lambert, University of Missouri, Colombia "African American Families is a timely work. The strength of this text lies in the depth of coverage, clarity, and the ability to combine secondary sources, statistics and qualitative data to reveal the plight of African Americans in society." —Edward Opoku-Dapaah, Winston-Salem State University "African American Families is both engaging and challenging and is perhaps one of the most important works I have read in many years. This book will most certainly move the discourse of the socio-economic conditions of black families forward, beyond the boundaries already set by other books in the market. African American Families is an excellent book whose time has come, and one that I would most definitely adopt." —Lateef O. Badru, University of Louisville African American Families provides a systematic sociological study of contemporary life for families of African descent living in the United States. Analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data, authors Angela J. Hattery and Earl Smith identify the structural barriers that African Americans face in their attempts to raise their children and create loving, healthy, and raise the children of the next generation. Key Features: Uses the lens provided by the race, class, and gender paradigm: Examples illustrate the ways in which multiple systems of oppression interact with patterns of self-defeating behavior to create barriers that deny many African Americans access to the American dream. Addresses issues not fully or adequately addressed in previous books on Black families: These issues include personal responsibility and disproportionately high rates of incarceration, family violence, and chronic illnesses like HIV/AIDS. Brings statistical data to life: The authors weave personal stories based on interviews they've conducted into the usual data from scholarly(?) literature and from U.S. Census Bureau reports. Provides several illustrations from Hurricane Katrina: A contemporary analysis of a recent disaster demonstrates many of the issues presented in the book such as housing segregation and predatory lending practices. Offers extensive data tables in the appendices: Assembled in easy-to-read tables, students are given access to the latest national agencies data from agencies including the U.S. Census Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, and Bureau of Justice Statistics. Intended Audience: This is an ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses such as African American Families, Sociology of the Family, Contemporary Families, and Race and Ethnicity in the departments of Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, African American Studies, and Black Studies.
