Showing papers in "Journal of Black Psychology in 2017"
TL;DR: The Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema has been associated with injurious health consequences among African American women as mentioned in this paper, however, research is needed to identify the mechanisms implicated in the SBW.
Abstract: The Strong Black Woman (SBW) schema has been associated with injurious health consequences among African American women However, research is needed to identify the mechanisms implicated in the SBW
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TL;DR: Although the media are believed to be instrumental in transmitting messages about both traditional femininity and Black femininity to Black youth, there is little empirical evidence documenting the relationship between traditional and Black youth as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Although the media are believed to be instrumental in transmitting messages about both traditional femininity and Black femininity to Black youth, there is little empirical evidence documenting thi...
62 citations
TL;DR: The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is marked by an individual's persistent perception of incompetency despite contrary evidence as mentioned in this paper, which has been found to negatively affect many college studen...
Abstract: The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is marked by an individual’s persistent perception of incompetency despite contrary evidence. The presence of IP has been found to negatively affect many college studen...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the interrelationships among these three constructs and test if intimate partner sexual coercion may explain the CSA-suicidal ideation link and found that sexual revictimization in the context of an intimate relationship among African American women can explain the relationship between CSA and suicidal ideation.
Abstract: Suicide is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women. Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and intimate partner violence are significant risk factors for suicidal ideation among women. The purpose of this study was to examine the interrelationships among these three constructs and test if intimate partner sexual coercion may explain the CSA-suicidal ideation link. African American women (N = 141) completed an assessment of childhood trauma, intimate partner sexual coercion, and suicide ideation. A significant positive correlation was found between CSA and sexual coercion, between CSA and suicidal ideation, and between sexual coercion and suicidal ideation. Also, intimate partner sexual coercion was found to mediate the relationship between CSA and suicidal ideation when controlling for covariates such as spiritual well-being, self-esteem, and barriers to services. The association between CSA and suicidal ideation may be explained by sexual revictimization in the context of an intimate relationship among African American women. Clinically, practitioners should engage in regular screening for suicide ideation among African American women who have experienced CSA and intimate partner sexual coercion. Language: en
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the role of race, personal feelings about their racial group, and the experience of oppression for minority groups in Black male adolescents' critical social analysis development.
Abstract: Sociopolitical development theory asserts that critical social analysis informs prosocial behaviors. We suggest that one aspect of Black adolescents’ critical social analysis development is an oppression analysis, in which Black adolescents consider (1) the importance of race to they are, (2) their personal feelings about their racial group, and (3) the experience of oppression for minority groups. The current study examined oppression analysis as a latent construct among a sample of 265 Black male adolescents in Grades 7 to 10 from three suburban districts in the Midwestern United States. Structural equation modeling revealed that received parental racial pride messages, but not school-based discrimination experiences, predicted Black male adolescents’ oppression analysis. An oppression analysis and school-based discrimination had direct effects on prosocial behaviors. Racial pride messages had an indirect effect on prosocial behaviors through oppression analysis. In addition, an oppression analysis had ...
44 citations
TL;DR: The authors found that racial discrimination is a ubiquitous experience for Black adolescents; it has been linked to poorer psychological outcomes including higher depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem, which has been associated with poorer self-confidence.
Abstract: Racial discrimination is a ubiquitous experience for Black adolescents; it has been linked to poorer psychological outcomes including higher depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem. However, the ...
35 citations
TL;DR: Analysis of relationships between racial discrimination, racial identity, implicit racial bias, and depressive symptoms among African American men between 30 and 50 years of age suggests that unconscious as well as conscious processes related to racial identity are important to consider in measuringracial discrimination, and should be integrated in studies of racial discrimination and mental health.
Abstract: Racial discrimination is conceptualized as a psychosocial stressor that has negative implications for mental health. However, factors related to racial identity may influence whether negative experiences are interpreted as instances of racial discrimination and subsequently reported as such in survey instruments, particularly given the ambiguous nature of contemporary racism. Along these lines, dimensions of racial identity may moderate associations between racial discrimination and mental health outcomes. This study examined relationships between racial discrimination, racial identity, implicit racial bias, and depressive symptoms among African American men between 30 and 50 years of age (n = 95). Higher racial centrality was associated with greater reports of racial discrimination, while greater implicit anti-Black bias was associated with lower reports of racial discrimination. In models predicting elevated depressive symptoms, holding greater implicit anti-Black bias in tandem with reporting lower racial discrimination was associated with the highest risk. Results suggest that unconscious as well as conscious processes related to racial identity are important to consider in measuring racial discrimination, and should be integrated in studies of racial discrimination and mental health.
33 citations
TL;DR: This paper examined whether race-related stress was associated with depression in Black immigrants, as has been found in African Americans, and determined that race related stress was not associated with black immigrants' depression.
Abstract: Objectives: The first goal was to examine whether race-related stress was associated with depression in Black immigrants, as has been found in African Americans. The second goal was to determine wh...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a secondary analysis examines low-income, street-identified single Black mothers aged 18 to 35 years in Wilmington, Delaware, and reveals how these women experience single motherhood within the context of blocked opportunity and structural inequality.
Abstract: This secondary analysis examines low-income, street-identified single Black mothers aged 18 to 35 years in Wilmington, Delaware. This study is guided by the following question: To what extent do family composition and criminal record/street activity shape notions of Black single motherhood? “Sites of resilience” theory informs this study by providing a reconceptualization of street life and the phenomenological experiences of street-identified Black women. This analysis draws on 310 surveys, 6 individual interviews, 3 dual interviews, 2 group interviews, and extensive field observations. Findings reveal how these women experience single motherhood within the context of blocked opportunity and structural inequality. Results also indicate that most women socially reproduced childhood attitudes and conditions, including “fatherless” homes and single motherhood. Use and sales of narcotics and incarceration were primary factors for why their children’s father didn’t reside in the home. Findings also suggest th...
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TL;DR: The present body of scholarship suggests that Black Americans seek mental health services at much lower rates than their White American counterparts as mentioned in this paper, and the explanations for these decreased levels of mental health seek
Abstract: The present body of scholarship suggests that Black Americans seek mental health services at much lower rates than their White American counterparts. The explanations for these decreased levels of ...
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TL;DR: In this article, a plethora of research underscores the deleterious effects that racial discrimination can have on the higher education pursuits and experiences of African Americans, and a study investigated the effect of race discrimination on African Americans in higher education.
Abstract: A plethora of research underscores the deleterious effects that racial discrimination can have on the higher education pursuits and experiences of African Americans. The current study investigated ...
TL;DR: Two studies were conducted to develop and then validate a scale to measure the construct of colorism as mentioned in this paper, which is a long discussed phenomena within the Black community in the United States.
Abstract: Two studies were conducted to develop and then validate a scale to measure the construct of Colorism. While colorism is a long discussed phenomena within the Black community in the United States, t...
TL;DR: The authors examined the direct effects of racial cues and the interactive effects of race cues and racial identity on participants' perceptions of the event as being race-relevant and affective responses to lab-based racial discrimination.
Abstract: Previous research suggests racial identity and racial cues, such as the extent to which an event is blatantly or ambiguously race-related, individually shape African American (AA) individuals’ experiences with racial discrimination (RD). However, scant attention has been paid to the interactive or transactional influences of these factors. The present study examined the direct effects of racial cues and the interactive effects of racial cues and racial identity—specifically, the extent to which AAs believe others view AAs negatively—on 78 AAs’ interpretations of and affective responses to lab-based RD. Findings revealed a direct effect of racial cues on participants’ perceptions of the event as being race-relevant and on participants’ affect. Moreover, racial identity moderated the associations between racial cues and participants’ perceptions and affective responses. These findings suggest that AAs’ experiences with RD are not homogeneous and that the interplay or transaction between racial cues and raci...
TL;DR: This article explored the enduring facilitative effects of communal learning contexts on academic achievement for African American children over a period of five decades, and found that the impact of such contexts on children's academic achievement was significant.
Abstract: The current study builds on previous communalism research by exploring the enduring facilitative effects of communal learning contexts on academic achievement for African American children over ext...
TL;DR: The authors explored the roles of demographic variables, grade point average, centrality (an aspect of racial identity), and student-professor interactions in predicting academic self-concept, and found that the role of demographics in predicting selfconcept was significant.
Abstract: This study explored the roles of demographic variables, grade point average, centrality (an aspect of racial identity), and student-professor interactions in predicting academic self-concept. A con...
TL;DR: The authors investigated how cultural assets (i.e., private regard and racial centrality) and academic assets influence African American adolescent boys' and girls' academic persistence over time, and explored whether oppositional academic identity mediated the relationships between academic and cultural assets and academic persistence.
Abstract: Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the development of academic identification and academic persistence, particularly among African American adolescents. The present study investigated how cultural assets (i.e., private regard and racial centrality) and academic assets (i.e., academic curiosity and academic self-esteem) influence African American adolescent boys’ (n = 109) and girls’ (n = 153) academic persistence over time. Additionally, we explored whether oppositional academic identity mediated the relationships between academic and cultural assets and academic persistence. Data were drawn from a cross-sectional longitudinal study. Results indicated significant direct effects of academic assets on academic persistence at Times 1 and 2 for boys and at Times 1, 2, and 3 for girls. Furthermore, oppositional academic identity mediated the relationship between boys’, but not girls’, cultural assets and academic persistence at Time 1. These findings have implications for understanding the role of assets i...
TL;DR: This paper used a concurrent mixed-methods approach to compare immigrant and non-immigrant Black adolescents' perceptions of "acting Black" and "acting White" using a Maryland Adolescent Development in...
Abstract: Immigrant and nonimmigrant Black adolescents’ perceptions of “acting Black” and “acting White” were compared using a concurrent mixed-methods approach. Using the Maryland Adolescent Development in ...
TL;DR: Researchers consistently have supported the notion that African American women experience greater body satisfaction and are less likely to engage in unhealthy restrictive eating practices due to their higher self-reported self-esteem.
Abstract: Researchers consistently have supported the notion that African American women experience greater body satisfaction and are less likely to engage in unhealthy restrictive eating practices due to br
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the concept of dreaming from an African perspective and demonstrate that in the African-centered paradigm, the individual can dream for others and there, at times, occurs the phenomenon of triangulation in dreaming where dreams originate from another source to give messages to the individual for the benefit of others.
Abstract: As understood in mainstream Western psychology, people dream for themselves and are essentially self-contained in their overall mechanism of dreaming. This article argues that although this Eurocentric perspective on dreaming is largely universal and not to be ignored, it needs to be recognized alongside other dream perspectives. The article examines the concept of dreaming from an African perspective. Its aim is to demonstrate that dreaming from an African psychological perspective goes beyond the Eurocentric paradigm suggesting that in the African-centered paradigm, the individual can dream for others. In the African perspective, there, at times, occurs the phenomenon of triangulation in dreaming where dreams originate from another source to give messages to the individual for the benefit of others. The article presents three anecdotes and some resulting implications that highlight descriptive elements of African dream theory. A number of questions for further reflections and research emanating from the...
TL;DR: Although analyses indicate that mainstream media are a prominent force in the gender socialization of Black youth, little is known about the nature of gender messages in contemporary music, especia....
Abstract: Although analyses indicate that mainstream media are a prominent force in the gender socialization of Black youth, little is known about the nature of gender messages in contemporary music, especia...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined differences in academic achievement growth trajectories of children diagnosing with special education labels for Black children and found that the labels were accurate for black children, but not for white children.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to understand if special education labels are accurate for Black children. The study examined differences in academic achievement growth trajectories of children diagn...
TL;DR: This paper examined how racial socialization is directly and indirectly related to academic achievement for African Americans attending a predominantly white institution and found that the socialization was positively correlated with academic achievement of African Americans.
Abstract: This brief report examined how racial socialization is directly and indirectly related to academic achievement for African Americans attending a predominantly White institution. We expected that st...
TL;DR: Despite indications that adolescent peer relations is a mediator of associations between early pubertal timing and psychosocial problems, extant studies have not explicitly examined race or ethnic origin this paper.
Abstract: Despite indications that adolescent peer relations is a mediator of associations between early pubertal timing and psychosocial problems, extant studies have not explicitly examined race or ethnic-...
TL;DR: The authors created a psychometrically sound measure to assess the degree to which Black people accept Biracial people as members of the Black community: the Biracial Group Membership Scale (BGS).
Abstract: With individuals of mixed African heritage increasingly identifying as Biracial, it is important to determine whether Black people continue to perceive Biracial people as members of their community. The status of Biracial individuals within the Black community has implications for the political power of the Black community and also for Biracial individuals’ racial identity development and well-being. Thus, the purpose of this study was to create a psychometrically sound measure to assess the degree to which Black people accept Biracial people as members of the Black community: the Biracial Group Membership Scale. Factor analyses were conducted with 328 Black adults. Exploratory factor analysis revealed two factors: Rejection of Biracial People and Forced Black Identity. A confirmatory factor analysis provided support for the initial factor structure. The scale related to the Attitudes Toward Multiracial Children Scale, essentialism, and items assessing interactions with Biracial individuals. Limitations, ...
TL;DR: The authors identified the social networks used by urban Black girls to interpret a highly publicized episode of dating violence and ensuing conflicts between hip-hop stars Chris Brown and Rihanna, and found that black women were more likely to interpret such episodes of violence as a sign of racism.
Abstract: This study identifies the social networks used by urban Black girls to interpret a highly publicized episode of dating violence and ensuing conflicts between hip-hop stars Chris Brown and Rihanna. ...
TL;DR: The Cognitive Style Questionnaire (CSQ) as mentioned in this paper was created as an enhanced measure of cognitive vulnerability to depression using a hopelessness questionnaire, which is an extension of the ASQ.
Abstract: The Cognitive Style Questionnaire (CSQ), an expansion of the Attributional Style Questionnaire (ASQ), was created as an enhanced measure of cognitive vulnerability to depression using a hopelessnes...
TL;DR: This paper examined the factor structure of the eating disorder subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 among African American and European American women, and confirmed confirmatory factor analyses of the results.
Abstract: This study examined the factor structure of the eating disorder subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory–3 among African American and European American women. Confirmatory factor analyses of the ...
TL;DR: This paper investigated comorbidity and hoarding symptoms in a sample of African American adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (N = 75) and found that 87.9% of participants had at le...
Abstract: This study investigated comorbidity and hoarding symptoms in a sample of African American adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (N = 75). For lifetime disorders, 87.9% of participants had at le...
TL;DR: This paper examined the relationship between religious capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American adults in a study conducted in the US.
Abstract: The present study examined the relationship between religious capital and depressive symptoms and the moderating role of the Big Five personality constructs in a national sample of African American...
TL;DR: This paper examined adolescents' understanding of romantic relationship commitment, particularly among African American youth, using three waves of semistructured interviews, and found that African American adolescents were more likely to commit romantic relationships than Caucasian adolescents.
Abstract: Few studies have examined adolescents’ understanding of romantic relationship commitment, particularly among African American youth. Using three waves of semistructured interviews, the present desc...