Deeply Rooted: Maximizing the Strengths of a Historically Black University and Community-based Participatory Research to Understand Environmental Stressors and Trauma among Black Youth.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12452
Abstract: This paper explores a partnership between an HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) and a community to understand trauma given the high rates of reported violence among youth locally. The accumulative stress of living in… read more here.
Keywords: research; environmental stressors; community; university ... See more keywords
"What's going on?" Racism, COVID-19, and centering the voices of Black youth.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12646
Abstract: This study examined the impact of COVID-19 stress and experiences of racism on COVID-19 adaptability and activism among Black youth. The protective role of perceived peer and adult social support were examined. Data were analyzed… read more here.
Keywords: youth; black youth; racism covid; social support ... See more keywords
Elevating community-driven socioecological participation and action: A case study with Black youth.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12679
Abstract: Context is important when considering how racism acts to harm Black youth. Hence, social scientists developed socioecological theories that consider both the individual and the context(s) which shapes them. We used these theories to make… read more here.
Keywords: theory; elevating community; community; make sense ... See more keywords
"If you're in a community together, then you're basically a family": Perceptions of community among a predominantly African-American/Black youth cohort in a semi-rural region in the Southeastern United States.
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DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22945
Abstract: Geographic racism gives rise to health inequities that impact communities in detrimental ways. Southern ethnic minority groups, particularly African American/Black semi-rural communities, are subject to especially unjust outcomes in health, education, and wealth. Asset-based community… read more here.
Keywords: american black; community; black youth; african american ... See more keywords
Racial discrimination predicts depressive symptoms throughout adolescence among Black youth.
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DOI: 10.1037/dev0001456.supp
Abstract: Experiences of racial discrimination are common among Black youth and predict worse mental health cross-sectionally and over time. Additional research is needed to address lingering questions regarding the direction of effect(s) underlying these patterns, differences… read more here.
Keywords: racial discrimination; discrimination; depressive symptoms; adolescence ... See more keywords
America the beautiful and violent: Black youth and neighborhood trauma in Chicago, by Dexter R. Voisin
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DOI: 10.1080/07352166.2020.1847877
Abstract: questioning the role of self in society as both viewer and viewed. Is “two” really better than one . . . in the world dominated by capturing of millions of images every second, perhaps there… read more here.
Keywords: america beautiful; violent black; dialogue; book ... See more keywords
“It’s like this Myth of the Supernegro”: resisting narratives of damage and struggle in the neoliberal educational policy context
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DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2016.1248819
Abstract: Abstract As pathologizing, racialized, and patriarchal rhetoric undergirds neoliberal education reform, deficit narratives characterize the education of Black youth. Such narratives present deep challenges for educational policy and community-based educational spaces. This article explores the… read more here.
Keywords: policy; community based; narratives damage; damage struggle ... See more keywords
“I Thought This Was a Ghost Neighborhood”: How Youth Respond to Neighborhood Change
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DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spad015
Abstract: Relatively little scholarship centers the experiences of Black youth to understand how young people interact with their neighborhood contexts, evaluate the differences between neighborhoods, and adapt to new neighborhoods. Using interviews with 120 Black youth… read more here.
Keywords: youth; suburban neighborhoods; thought ghost; black youth ... See more keywords
Differential Item Functioning of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory Across Race/Ethnicity and Gender Among a Sample of Justice-Involved Youth: An Item Response Theory Analysis
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DOI: 10.1177/10731911221077230
Abstract: Research is yet to examine whether the items of the Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory (YPI) function equally well across race/ethnicity and gender. The current study applies an item response theory analysis to detect differential item… read more here.
Keywords: youth; traits inventory; psychopathic traits; black youth ... See more keywords
Anti-Racist Violence Prevention: Partnering With Black Youth to Identify Intervention Priorities
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DOI: 10.1177/15248399221129542
Abstract: In this study, academic researchers partnered with Black youth to engage in critical analysis of the intersection between racism and community violence to promote anti-racist social action that advances health equity. Through youth participatory action… read more here.
Keywords: youth; black youth; violence prevention; anti racist ... See more keywords