A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Strengths of Black Youths

Autor/inn/en	Nicolas, Guerda; Helms, Janet E.; Jernigan, Maryam M.; Sass, Theresa; Skrzypek, Adrienne; DeSilva, Angela M.
Titel	A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Strengths of Black Youths
Quelle	In: Journal of Black Psychology, 34 (2008) 3, S.261-280 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0095-7984
DOI	10.1177/0095798408316794
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Youth; Ethnic Stereotypes; Substance Abuse; Urban Areas; At Risk Persons; Cognitive Structures; Racial Identification; Ethnicity; Socialization; Perspective Taking; Role Perception; Resistance (Psychology); Positive Reinforcement; African American Attitudes; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; National stereotype; Nationales Stereotyp; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Urban area; Stadtregion; Risikogruppe; Cognitive structure; Kognitive Struktur; Ethnizität; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Zukunftsperspektive; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Resistenz; Bewältigung
Abstract	The strengths of Black youths lie in their abilities to resist the barriers that they encounter in the various environments in which they exist. Yet the media and social science literature have defined the youths in terms of the pathology of their environments rather than focusing on the assets that Black youths use in such environments. Thus, terms such as inner city, urban, and at-risk are used as proxies for the youths' personality attributes and themes, such as violence, substance abuse, school underachievement, and family instability are used to define their life experiences. In doing so, the literature suggests that the negative behaviors that it ascribes to Black youths are normative in actuality. In this article, a new framework for understanding the assets of Black youths is provided. The framework highlights the role of racial socialization in the youths' development of strengths that allow them to cope effectively with barriers. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10