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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Black adolescents."”.
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Academic Achievement Motivation of Black Adolescents
… factors that predict academic motivation for Black adolescents as well as those that inhibit their motivation. This investigation also searched for significant distinctions between Black students who succeed in school and those who do not. The participants in the study were 368 students who …
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Black Protection: Black Social Media Competency and Urban, Black Adolescents on Social Media
<p>While urban, Black adolescents interact with racial identity content on social media, their identity is primarily shaped through offline experiences and later reflected or reinforced online. Through the concept of Black social media competency (B-SMC), this study examined the relationships …
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The Relationship Among Selected Personality, Identity Status, and Academic Achievement Factors Among Black Adolescents
<p>Problem. The academic performance of Blacks has been documented as being much below that of other racial and ethnic groups (Castenell, 1984; Jordan, 1981; Lee, 1985; Mboya, 1986; Mickelson, 1990; Herrnstein & Murray, 1994; White, 1984). This study attempted to determine the relationships among …
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We be talkin': Critical explorations into how Black adolescents experience a Black language book club
Deficit views about Black language have circulated throughout society since before desegregation. However, Black literary societies were used as a way to counter hegemony by developing the language of the Black community and continue to exist (Muhammad, 2021). This single case study sought to …
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Race Matters: Towards a Structural Understanding of the Management of Attention Hyperactivity Deficit Disorder in Black Adolescents
… Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among Black adolescents. This study also examines Black adults' reflection upon adolescent symptoms of ADHD. Drawing on literature from racial/ethnic disparities in diagnosis and treatment of ADHD, health care service utilization, health behaviors, …
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The Longitudinal Association of Neighborhood Stress and Sexual Risk Behaviors and Outcomes among Black Adolescents: Main Effects and Theoretically-Informed Mediation
… risk factor for risky sexual behaviors among adolescents. The present study sought to: 1) characterize the prospective association of neighborhood stress with adolescent sexual risk behaviors; 2) test whether depression and perceived peer risk norms mediate this association, as proposed by the …
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Development of an executive functioning intervention to improve asthma self-management in Black adolescents and young adults: Preliminary feedback and future considerations
… in youth, and it disproportionately affects Black adolescents. Numerous studies document poor asthma self-management for adolescents and young adults (AYAs), which compromises treatment effectiveness and drives up healthcare costs. However, it remains unclear how to increase health-promoting …
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On the front lines of mental health : a descriptive single-case study exploring school-based mental health professionals' perspective of social-ecological factors associated with Black adolescent mental health.
The worsening mental health landscape among Black adolescents highlights the urgent need to understand the specific factors affecting this demographic. Black adolescents face greater challenges in accessing mental health services compared to their White peers, placing them at a higher risk of …
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A study of the relationship of minority adolescents' career maturity to locus of control and selected correlates
… study was concerned with career maturity among black high school seniors. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship of career maturity to locus of control, academic achievement, socioeconomic status and sex. The population from which the sample was taken consisted of black high …
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Resilience Following Adversity: The Role of Religious Coping and Social Support Among Black Youth After Traumatic Events
… impacted more than others such as Black Americans. Research has shown that Black individuals are more susceptible to experiencing traumas such as domestic violence in the home, living in violent neighborhoods, food insecurity, and maltreatment. Religious coping and social support …
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Self-esteem in relation to the educational and occupational aspirations of black South African adolescent girls
… the nature of occupational aspirations of black adolescent girls, (2) to determine the relationship between black adolescents self esteem and occupational aspirations, and (3) to find out whether parents' level of education has an influence on black adolescents' occupational aspirations. …
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Representation in Black Media and How it Affects Generational Mental Health
… examines how negative media portrayals of Black Americans have harmed their mental health. It traces the impact of persistent stereotypes and the lack of recognition for Black achievements in the media. Each chapter explores how media—from social media to movies—reinforces outdated …
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Examining Racial Differences in Sympathetic Activity Assessed During Recovery from Exercise in Obese Adolescent Females
… and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Black adolescents have an increased risk of obesity and CVD later in life, particularly females. PURPOSE: To evaluate differences in SO between black (BOA) and white obese female adolescents (WOA). METHODS: Sixty-one BOA (n=49, 13.7±1.6 yrs, …
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Race, Social Disorganization and Delinquency
… The results show that compared to White adolescents Hispanic adolescents have increased odds of nonviolent and violent delinquency, and Black adolescents have increased odds of violent delinquency. Contrary to expectations, social disorganization factors did not account for the racial and …
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Black adolescent identity development: effects of self-esteem and family structure
Black adolescent identity formation was studied within the frameworks of Erikson's psychosocial theory and structural family systems theory. Ego identity was measured by the Revised Version of the EOM-EIS, an instrument based on Erikson's theoretical formulations. Family structure was measured by …
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Possible Selves of Diverse Adolescents: Implications for Higher Education and Mental Health
… achievement of American youth, with Latino and Black adolescents attaining higher education at vastly lower rates than White adolescents. Though numerous reasons exist for these educational disparities this study examines possible selves as they may relate to educational achievement among …
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The relationship between leisure boredom and substance use amongst high school students in Cape Town
… between leisure boredom and substance use in adolescents attending high school in Cape Town. The degree of leisure boredom experienced by adolescents was investigated, as well as the extent to which boredom is associated with alcohol use, cigarette smoking and cannabis use, gender, grade and …
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Creating a Sustainable Future: Task-shifting for Adolescent Mental Health Care
South African adolescents face many historical, political, social, cultural, and economic influences in their lives that are perpetuated based on race and class. Unfortunately, the availability of mental health treatment for at-risk adolescents is inadequate in the current mental healthcare system …
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