African American identity : racial and cultural dimensions of the Black experience / / edited by Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2012; ©2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (472 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.896/073
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Race identity; African Americans - Social conditions - 1975-
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations; United States Ethnic relations
• Persona (resp. second.): SullivanJas M.; EsmailAshraf M.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: AFRICAN AMERICAN IDENTITY; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Theoretical and Methodological Issues in African American Racial Identity; 1 Forty Years of Cross's Nigrescence Theory: From Stages to Profiles, From African Americans to All Americans; 2 The Conceptualization and Measurement of Racial Identity and Racial Identification within Psychology; 3 African American Racial Identity Research in Political Science: The Need for a Multidimensional Measure; Part 2: African American Racial Identity and Psychological Well-Being ; 4 The Effects of Racial Identity on African- American Youth Well-Being: A Clarification of the Research and Meta-analysis5 Black Identity and Well-Being: Untangling Race and Ethnicity; 6 Black Racial/Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on Well-Being: Bridging Identity Theory and Racial/Ethnic Identity Research; 7 When Racial Identity Matters: Stressful Events and Mental Health in Rural African American Adolescents; Part 3: African American Racial Identity and Physical Health; 8 The Role of African American Racial Identification in Health Behavior ; 9 Vascular Depression and African Americans: A Population at RiskPart 4: African American Racial Identity Development and Effects on Parents and Children; 10 Black Like Me: The Race Socialization of African American Boys by Nonresident Fathers; 11 Toward a Model of Racial Identity and Parenting in African Americans; 12 African American Children's Racial Identifications and Identity: Development of Racial Narratives; Part 5: African American Racial Identity and Influence on Educational Behavior ; 13 Racial Identity as a Buffer to Discrimination among Low Income African American Adolescents: An Examination of Academic Performance14 The Congruence between African American Students' Racial Identity Beliefs and Their Academic Climates: Implications for Academic Motivation and Achievement; 15 The Influence of African American Racial Identity on Standardized Test Performance; 16 An Exploration of Racial Identity among Black Doctoral Students Involved in Cross-Race Advising Relationships ; 17 The Relationship between African American Males' Collegiate Peer Support Groups and Their Racial Identity DevelopmentIndex; About the Editors; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience, edited by Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail, is a multidisciplinary exploration of the African American racial identity. The contributors to this volume cover a broad spectrum of disciplines, exploring questions like what is racial identity, how do we quantify it, and what effects do racial identity have on psychological, political, educational, and health-related behavior.
• Titolo autorizzato: African American identity
• ISBN: 0-7391-7175-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791598903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II