African American Identity

Jas M. Sullivan; Ashraf Esmail

doi:10.5771/9780739171752

Summary

Jas M. Sullivan and Ashraf M. Esmail’s African American Identity: Racial and Cultural Dimensions of the Black Experience is a collection which makes use of multiple perspectives across the social sciences to address complex issues of race and identity. The contributors tackle questions about what African American racial identity means, how we may go about quantifying it, what the factors are in shaping identity development, and what effects racial identity has on psychological, political, educational, and health-related behavior.

African American Identity aims to continue the conversation, rather than provide a beginning or an end. It is an in-depth study which uses quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods to explore the relationship between racial identity and psychological well-being, effects on parents and children, physical health, and related educational behavior. From these vantage points, Sullivan and Esmail provide a unique opportunity to further our understanding, extend our knowledge, and continue the debate.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2012
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-7174-5
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-7175-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 441
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. Figures No access
3. Tables No access
4. Foreword No access
5. Preface No access
6. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1 Forty Years of Cross’s Nigrescence Theory: From Stages to Profiles, From African Americans to All Americans No access
2. 2 The Conceptualization and Measurement of Racial Identity and Racial Identification within Psychology No access
3. 3 African American Racial Identity Research in Political Science: The Need for a Multidimensional Measure No access
1. 4 The Effects of Racial Identity on African- American Youth Well-Being: A Clarification of the Research and Meta-analysis No access
2. 5 Black Identity and Well-Being: Untangling Race and Ethnicity No access
3. 6 Black Racial/Ethnic Identity and Its Impact on Well-Being: Bridging Identity Theory and Racial/Ethnic Identity Research No access
4. 7 When Racial Identity Matters: Stressful Events and Mental Health in Rural African American Adolescents No access
1. 8 The Role of African American Racial Identification in Health Behavior No access
2. 9 Vascular Depression and African Americans: A Population at Risk No access
1. 10 Black Like Me: The Race Socialization of African American Boys by Nonresident Fathers No access
2. 11 Toward a Model of Racial Identity and Parenting in African Americans No access
3. 12 African American Children’s Racial Identifications and Identity: Development of Racial Narratives No access
1. 13 Racial Identity as a Buffer to Discrimination among Low Income African American Adolescents: An Examination of Academic Performance No access
2. 14 The Congruence between African American Students’ Racial Identity Beliefs and Their Academic Climates: Implications for Academic Motivation and Achievement No access
3. 15 The Influence of African American Racial Identity on Standardized Test Performance No access
4. 16 An Exploration of Racial Identity among Black Doctoral Students Involved in Cross-Race Advising Relationships No access
5. 17 The Relationship between African American Males’ Collegiate Peer Support Groups and Their Racial Identity Development No access
Index No access Pages 425 - 430
About the Editors No access Pages 431 - 432
About the Contributors No access Pages 433 - 441