Book Review: Ladys Man: Conversations for Young Black Men About Relationships and Manhood
(Source: Journal of Black Psychology)
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Belgrave, F. Z., Davenport, S. E. Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
"Deep Like the Sea and Strong Like the Earth": Exploring the Ideal Partner Characteristics of Young Adult Heterosexual Black Women
Research indicates that 52% of Black American women will marry by age 30, compared with 81% of White American women. Black women prefer a partner of the same race and one who has the means to provide financial support. However, due to factors that disproportionately affect Black American men, such as incarceration, early death rates, unemployment rates, and lower educational attainment, finding an available Black male partner is challenging. Black women may have a smaller marriage market. To explore how this limited market may be influencing partner selections for Black women, the current study looked at which characterist...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Longmire-Avital, B., Reavis, B. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
"Brendas Got a Baby": Black Single Motherhood and Street Life as a Site of Resilience 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 wo...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hitchens, B. K., Payne, Y. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Reparation Demands and Collective Guilt Assignment of Black South Africans
The present research studied reparation demands of born-free Black South African adolescents as members of a former victimized group from a social psychological perspective. Two cross-sectional studies tested whether identification indirectly predicts reparation demands via assignment of collective guilt to White South Africans; and whether this indirect relation is moderated by cross-group friendship. The results support both hypotheses and show a stronger link between identification with the victimized group and collective guilt assignment in a segregated rather than a desegregated context (Study 1: N = 222) and for part...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dumont, K. B., Waldzus, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
The Psychology and Content of Dreaming in Africa
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 indivi...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - December 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nwoye, A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Linking Racial-Ethnic Socialization to Culture and Race-Specific Coping Among African American College Students
In addition to the use of coping strategies generally shared by all Americans, research has shown that African Americans tend to make use of culture and race-specific coping styles that distinguish them from other racial/ethnic group populations. These coping styles are important for the negotiation of multiple types of stressors. Little has been written on the antecedents of culture and race-specific coping (i.e., Africultural coping and John Henryism). This exploratory online investigation sought to determine if childhood racial-ethnic socialization (i.e., a cultural practice and protective factor) experiences predicted ...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - November 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Blackmon, S. M., Coyle, L. D., Davenport, S., Owens, A. C., Sparrow, C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Impact of Identity Invalidation for Black Multiracial People: The Importance of Race of Perpetrator
Multiracial people report repeated experiences of racial identity invalidation, in which their racial identity is rejected by others. The current study examined whether the race of the perpetrator of these invalidating experiences matters in determining the impact of invalidation. A sample of 221 Black multiracial people was recruited to take an online survey investigating their experiences of identity invalidation, levels of cultural homelessness, and challenges with racial identity. Participants reported that Black people invalidated their racial identity the most, and they were most hurt by invalidation perpetrated by B...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - November 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Franco, M. G., Franco, S. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A Longitudinal Study of Academic Identification Among African American Males and Females
Disidentification hypothesis researchers have proposed that African American students start school academically identified; however, over time, African American boys tend to disidentify while girls tend to remain identified. This is the first report to follow up a disidentification study of a group of children first examined during elementary school. The current study aimed to determine whether gender differences in discounting, devaluing, and full-blown disidentification had developed among these 94 African Americans by midadolescence. Multiple regression analyses revealed no gender differences in either discounting or fu...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - November 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: McMillian, M. M., Carr, M., Hodnett, G., Campbell, F. A. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
A Conceptual Framework for Utilizing Black History Knowledge as a Path to Psychological Liberation for Black Youth
Several scholars suggest that Black history knowledge (BHK) is a significant psychological strength that facilitates mental health for Black people, and Black youth in particular, as they face racial injustice and adversity. Yet no framework has been presented in the psychological literature to advance scholarship regarding the significance of BHK. While other constructs (e.g., racial identity and racial socialization) importantly highlight the significance of history, they are limited in accounting for the multifaceted nature of BHK. The purpose of this article is to present a conceptual framework that demonstrates the ut...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - November 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Chapman-Hilliard, C., Adams-Bass, V. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Walking Away Hurt, Walking Around Scared: A Cluster Analysis of Violence Exposure Among Young Black Males
Using a person-centered approach, we examine phenomenological variations in exposure to violence for Black males and describe risk and protective factors associated with patterns of violence exposure. We ran K-means iterative cluster analysis to determine patterns of violence exposure and conducted analysis of variance to test whether clusters differed. Data are from 287 Black males (M = 18.9) who participated in the Black Youth Project–Youth Culture Survey. Participants in the current study self-identified as Black or African American and male, and completed the political participation, health, and demographic porti...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - October 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Thomas, A., Hope, E. C. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
"I Had To Be Strong": Tensions in the Strong Black Woman Schema
Although strength is often embraced as a vital aspect of African American womanhood, African American women’s endorsement of the strong Black woman race-gender schema has received empirical attention because of its association with harmful health outcomes. Thus, there is limited knowledge regarding how African American women simultaneously experience its liabilities (e.g., harmful health outcomes) and benefits (e.g., increased self-efficacy). Qualitative thematic analysis was used to analyze data from 13 African American women who discussed the competing messages experienced when internalizing the strong Black woman ...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - October 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Watson, N. N., Hunter, C. D. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Gender Development in African American Youth
Using the organizing framework of Ruble, Martin, and Berenbaum (2006), we summarized literature on gender development in African American youth within six content areas: biological/categorical sex, activities and interests, personal-social attributes, social relationships, styles and symbols, and values regarding gender. Results with African Americans were compared with what is known about gender processes in other U.S. racial groups, and gaps in the literature were noted. Finally, we summarized the literature on socialization influences on gender development in African American youth, focusing particularly on parents and ...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - October 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Skinner, O. D., Perkins, K., Wood, D., Kurtz-Costes, B. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Message From the New Editor-in-Chief
(Source: Journal of Black Psychology)
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - October 6, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vandiver, B. J. Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
Book Review: Just mercy: A story of justice and redemption
(Source: Journal of Black Psychology)
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - July 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sherry, A. Tags: Book Review Source Type: research
The African American Student Network: An Exploration of Black Students Ego Networks at a Predominantly White Institution
African American Student Network participants have shown higher rates of retention and graduation than their counterparts even after taking into account academic factors. To understand other ways these students might differ from Black students on campus, we used social network analysis to explore whether there were significant differences in demographic composition and frequency of contact with alters/connections in the ego networks of 32 African American Student Network participants and 193 other Black students at the same university. Results indicated that African American Student Network participants had more alters/con...
Source: Journal of Black Psychology - July 10, 2016 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Grier-Reed, T., Wilson, R. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research
