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Showing 1 to 20 of 54 for “"African American youth"”.
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The Decline in Baseball Participation Amongst African American Youth
… the decline in baseball participation amongst African American youth through the lens of social learning theory. This was done in conjunction with interviews with 10 young African American non-baseball players, ages 11-13, who resided in an urban setting in a northeastern city. Because of the …
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A MULTIPLE CASE STUDY OF TWO PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH CHORAL ORGANIZATIONS
… stakeholders’ perspectives of two predominantly African American community youth choral organizations. My research questions included: (1) How do participants describe their experiences with the organization?, (2) What benefits and challenges do participants illuminate inside the organization and …
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Community Violence, Protective Factors, and Resilience: Gender Differences in African American Youth
<h1><br /></h1> <p>African American youth are exposed to community violence in varying degrees. Over the last few decades, much research has focused on the negative implications of such exposure. While it is helpful to explore the detrimental effects of community violence on this population, the …
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Hope Is the Ticket to Life: Insights From Disadvantaged African American Youth
… and compassion are positive qualities inner-city African American youth can possess, and further research on these constructs with this population is needed. This exploratory, mixed methods study included both quantitative measures of hope and compassion and qualitative interviews with inner-city …
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Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Heart Rate Variability, and Fitness in Obese African American Youth
… components of the Metabolic Syndrome in obese African American youth participating in a supervised weight management program, (2) examine the effect of change in severity of obesity on these variables, and (3) identify predictors of weight loss.</p> <p> <strong>Method</strong>. This study …
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The Stares to Achievement: African American Youth Resist Risk and Rhetoric to Achieve Academic Success
For African American students, academic achievement is often discussed in terms of student deficits and cultural deficiencies. Citing high dropout rates and the achievement gap, focus is often centered on understanding African American achievement in terms of school failures. As such, African …
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"""We don't call it Bristol Park"": engaging African American youth in urban neighborhood redevelopment planning"
This youth participatory action research project was conceptualized in an effort to include the voices of youth residents in a process of neighborhood redevelopment underway in their community. Four youth collaborators partnered with a graduate student and an adult community partner to design, …
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A Phenomenological Study To Engage African-American Youth Voice In Deliberations Regarding Their Response To Schooling
… utilized a naturalistic approach to uncover how youth think, talk, and feel about their response to schooling. Findings are based on in-depth conversations with 12 inner city African-American kids enrolled in Urban, USA middle and high schools, rarely heard from in the scholarly literature. …
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Coping styles of African American youth living in poverty: Understanding the role of coping in resiliency
Coping styles of African American youth living in poverty is investigated in order to understand which coping styles are associated with resiliency for the population and expand on previous findings of Gaylord-Harden and colleagues' (2008) coping style cluster analysis of urban African American …
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ETHNIC EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOSOCIAL AND DISEASE CARE FACTORS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUTH WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES
… psychosocial and disease care factors in youth with type 1 diabetes. Additionally, diabetes knowledge was evaluated as a potential mediator of SES effects on HbA1c and disease care. The sample included 349 youth, age 9-17 years (79.9% Caucasian, 71.3% lived with two biological parents, M …
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Familial Influences on the Coping Strategies of African American Youth From Foster Care Families and Biological Families
… (i.e. parent support) on coping strategies of African American youth in foster care and those who reside with at least on biological parent. Approximately, 110 African American children and adolescents and their caregivers reported on coping strategies used to manage stressors and …
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Growing Up Gay in Black America: An Exploration of the Coming Out Process of Queer African American Youth
… and racial marginalization influence queer African American male youth, there is very little research to back up this belief. Due to the paucity of information for clinicians, families, and communities on the relational dynamics of queer African American male youth and their parents, queer …
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Reframing AgriCULTURAL Experiences, Narratives, and Careers for African American Youth: A Study of Community-based Programs Leaders' Motivations and Educational Space
To uncover experiences specific to African Americans youth in agricultural and STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) career explorations and to understand why African Americans are missing from agriculture and STEM, a systematic literature review and empirical study were conducted. …
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An ecological approach on the role of nondisclosure in urban African American youth exposed to community violence: using mediation and moderated mediation approaches
African American youth residing in high risk neighborhoods, characterized by violence, crime, and poverty have been shown to be at increased risk for exposure to violence and psychological symptoms, and there has been little investigation of mediating processes that might explain these association. …
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The Black Church and African -American Youth: The Black Church as a Socializing Institution for African -American Male Youth Living in Low -Income Communities
… the key roles played by the Black church in poor African-American communities. Specifically, the results suggested that the increased involvement of male youth in church-sponsored activities is associated with the number of Educational Definers to whom youth are exposed and that the church affords …
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Race and Neighborhood SES Differences in the Development Trajectories of Type 1 Diabetes Management of Caucasian and Ethnic Minority Youth
… difficult period of time for Caucasian youth as they evidence characteristic declines in metabolic control. There is some cross-sectional evidence that racial disparities in pediatric diabetes exist. However, only one study has evaluated racial disparities longitudinally and no studies …
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Minority over-representation in the juvenile justice system
… minority over-representation, particularly of African-American youth, seems to occur at various stages of juvenile justice processing. It is my belief that once arrested, minority youth are more likely to be certified as an adult than white youth. This paper examines the certification process …
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Integrated Lives, Isolated Living: The Black Suburban Experience, Teen Peer Relationships, and the Role of Jack and Jill, Incorporated
… of same-race peer relationships for their youth. Data suggest that Jack and Jill has a history of elitism that sometimes overshadows its broader purpose and goals. Nevertheless, current and former members relate that by providing a socializing context for African American youth with similar …
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Peer Ethnic Socialization: Prevalence, Predictors, and Outcomes Among African-American Adolescents
The current study used a sample of 75 African-American adolescents to examine the role of peers as agents of ethnic socialization. Results indicated that peer ethnic socialization messages were prevalent among African-American youth, and that adolescents reported more messages related to cultural …
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