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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"African American male college students"”.
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Cardiovascular reactivity in African American male college students
… is limited in terms of its applicability to African American males' responses to such chronic stressors as racism. The present study set forth to study empirically the cognitive and physiological responsivity of young African American males to racially noxious stimuli. Given that African …
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Examining Intentions to Seek Counseling amongst African American Male College Students
… to be influential to the help-seeking process of college students. However, their particular influence has yet to be explored with African American male college students (AAMCS). The purpose of this dissertation is to explore whether public stigma, self-stigma and mental health literacy will …
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The Effect of Self-Esteem and Racial Identity Attitudes on Academic Performance Among African-American Male College Students
… and graduation data illustrate the status of African-American male college students. Between 1982 and 1984 there was a 5% decline in the enrollment of African-American male college students, while the number of baccalaureate degrees awarded over the past 15 years has decreased by 10%. Research …
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Role models and racial identity for African American males at historically black and predominantly white colleges and universities
… role model selection and racial identity for 104 African American male college students attending historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)and predominantly White institutions (PWIs). Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, a role model measure, and a racial identity …
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From challenge to triumph: the voices of African American male students at Mid-Atlantic University
… this study is to determine the attitudes among African American men concerning issues of retention at a predominantly white college. This study explains issues attendant to the problem of the low numbers of African American males in higher education. Furthermore, this study seeks to identify …
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Academically Gifted, Poor African American Male Undergraduates in Engineering: Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Success in a Historically Black College and University and a Predominantly White Institution Context
… social experiences of academically gifted, poor, African American male college students has been limited. Recent findings on college persistence stress the role of institutions of higher education in providing educational opportunities. However, research on academically gifted, poor, African …
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A study of selected student attitudes toward factors that influence academic achievement
… was to investigate the attitudes of selected African-American male college students and the impact of financing, role-modeling, high school preparation, college/community acceptance, and family support on academic achievement at Rowan University. The study sought to determine if any of these …
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What It Means to Be a Man: Masculinity, Sexual Risk-Taking, and HIV Testing Behavior among Heterosexual African American Males
HIV/AIDS is a growing concern in the African American community. From 2005 to 2008, there was a 12% increase in HIV/AIDS diagnoses among African Americans (CDC, 2010a). African American males have higher rates of HIV/AIDS diagnoses than any other ethnic or racial groups. In 2006, 65% of the …
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Voices of persistence: a case study analysis of African American male community college students participating in a first-year learning community
… forces that impede enrollment and persistence of African American male students (Cuyjet, 1997, 2006: Harper, 2004, 2006a; Pope, 2006; Bush & Bush, 2010; Strayhorn, 2012). While research into the deficits of these male college students continues to underscore cognitive shortcomings and faulty …
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Resilience differences of Black Greek-Lettered Organization members and African-American students at Predominantly White Institutions
Even though the number of African American students has increased on college campuses, particularly Predominately White Institutions (PWIs), over the last century, they are less likely to graduate than their White counterparts are. They face discrimination, hostile environments, adversity, low or …