African American Men’s Personal Sense of Mastery: The Consequences of the Adolescent Environment, Self-Concept, and Adult Achievement

Mizell, C. André

doi:10.1177/0095798499025002005

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“…The concept of mastery refers to the individual's perception of being able to gain control over his or her environment (Ben-Zur 2003;Mizell 1999). An at-risk adolescent, whose family environment is characterized by stress and disadvantage, often does not have role models who feel a sense of mastery over their lives and surroundings.…”

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“…An at-risk adolescent, whose family environment is characterized by stress and disadvantage, often does not have role models who feel a sense of mastery over their lives and surroundings. In these circumstances, adolescents may develop a sense of uncertainty regarding their ability to influence and control their environment (Herman-Stahi and Petersen 1996;Mizell 1999).…”

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“…A review of the research literature on emotional adjustment shows that internal resources (mastery and maturity) and external resources (parental and peer support) are likely to contribute to the emotional adjustment of adolescents (Mizell 1999;Smith and Carlson 1997). Similarly, the literature indicates two major background variables that correlate with emotional adjustment: gender and age.…”

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The Contribution of Internal and External Resources to Emotional Adjustment: A Comparison of At-Risk and Normative Adolescents

Lipschitz-Elhawi

Itzhaky

2008

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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The article discusses the differences between normative and at-risk adolescents with regard to the contribution of background variables (gender and age), internal resources (mastery and emotional maturity), and external resources (parental support and peer support) to their emotional adjustment. The results indicate lower levels of mastery, emotional maturity, parental, and peer support among the at-risk adolescents, than the normative adolescents, and the former display more emotional symptoms. The findings also show that gender does not contribute to emotional adjustment in either research group. In the normative group, the age of the adolescent was found to have a small contribution. With regard to internal resources, while both mastery and emotional maturity were found to contribute significantly in the at-risk group, only the emotional maturity of the adolescent was found to contribute in the normative group. Of the external resources, contrary to the research hypotheses, the contribution of peer support was not found to be higher in the normative group. In both groups, and particularly the normative one, parental support contributed to emotional adjustment. The discussion suggests explanations for the research findings and their implications, as well as recommendations for further research.

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The Contribution of Internal and External Resources to Emotional Adjustment: A Comparison of At-Risk and Normative Adolescents

Lipschitz-Elhawi

Itzhaky

2008

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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“…On the other hand, lack of social support will in turn create unhealthy state and delinquent behavior (Cohen & Wills, 1985). All in all, self-esteem and perceived social support have been recognized as the major predictor factors that correlate significantly to various forms of regressive behavior and adjustment of the adolescents (Geuzaine, Debry & Liesens, 2000;Mizell, 1999). In addition, studies (e.g.…”

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Perceived Social Support and Self-Esteem towards Gender Roles: Contributing Factors in Adolescents

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Lee

Har³

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The study aims to examine the relationship between self-esteem and perceived social support among the Malaysian adolescents. Gender differences of perceived social support and self-esteem among the respondents were also investigated. To achieve the objectives of the study, a survey was conducted with a relatively large (n=460) random samples of adolescents, aged 16-20, drawn from schools, colleges and universities in Malaysia. The Self-esteem Rating Scale (SERS) and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used in the study. The results indicated that there were no gender differences in perceived social support and self-esteem among adolescents. However, a positive correlation was found between perceived social support and self-esteem. The study also found peer support was the highest form of perceived social support.

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“…There is considerable evidence of the protective and stress-moderating effects of numerous social and personal resources including: social support (Thomas, 2016), religious beliefs and practices (e.g., belief in the afterlife, church attendance, and prayer; George, Kinghorn, Koenig, Gammon, & Blazer, 2013), mastery (i.e., sense of one's life chances being under one's own control; Mizell, 1999;Pearlin, 1999), and optimism (i.e., view that the future will be pleasant; Rasmussen, Scheier, & Greenhouse, 2009). Importantly, social support, religion, and faith have long been considered key sources of strength and resilience, especially among Blacks (Stack, 1974;Taylor et al, 2004).…”

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Psychosocial Mechanisms Underlying Older Black Men’s Health

Brown

Hargrove

2017

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives: To evaluate the psychosocial mechanisms underlying older Black men's self-rated health, we examined: (a) the individual, cumulative, and collective effects of stressors on health; (b) the direct effects of psychosocial resources on health; and (c) the stress-moderating effects of psychosocial resources. Method: This study is based on a nationally representative sample of Black men aged 51-81 (N = 593) in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models of the psychosocial determinants of self-rated health draw on data from the HRS 2010 and 2012 Core datasets and Psychosocial Modules. Results: Each of the six measures of stressors as well as a cumulative measure of stressors are predictive of worse self-rated health. However, when considered collectively, only two stressors (chronic strains and traumatic events) have statistically significant effects. Furthermore, two of the five psychosocial resources examined (mastery and optimism) have statistically significant protective effects, and prayer moderates the harmful effects of traumatic events on self-rated health. Discussion: Conventional measures of stressors and coping resources-originally developed to account for variance in health outcomes among predominantly white samples-may not capture psychosocial factors most salient for older Black men's health. Future research should incorporate psychosocial measures that reflect their unique experiences.

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African American Men’s Personal Sense of Mastery: The Consequences of the Adolescent Environment, Self-Concept, and Adult Achievement

Cited by 38 publications

References 44 publications

The Contribution of Internal and External Resources to Emotional Adjustment: A Comparison of At-Risk and Normative Adolescents

The Contribution of Internal and External Resources to Emotional Adjustment: A Comparison of At-Risk and Normative Adolescents

Perceived Social Support and Self-Esteem towards Gender Roles: Contributing Factors in Adolescents

Psychosocial Mechanisms Underlying Older Black Men’s Health

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