Ethnic/Racial Identity among Minority Youth

Seaton, Eleanor K.; Gilbert, Adrianne N.

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“…Culturally based factors in achievement motivation processes with our ethnic minority boys were relevant to our preparation (Butler- Barnes, Williams, & Chavous, 2012). Furthermore, we assumed that racial and ethnic identity served as important functions in predicting mental health and academic achievement outcomes (Seaton & Gilbert, 2011). Yet, the development of ethnic and racial consciousness has many levels, is complex, and relates to awareness of racial and ethnic discrimination (Quintana, 1998).…”

Section: Programming Across Cultural Masculinity Boundaries: Racial Amentioning

confidence: 99%

The Boy's Forum: An Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Empower Middle-School Urban Boys

O’Neil¹,

Challenger²,

Renzulli³

et al. 2013

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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Programs for middle-school boys are needed because data suggests that young adolescent males have problems as they grow and develop. Few gender role interventions for boys have been evaluated or published in the professional literature. Conceptual justification for boy's programs is given using psychosocial theory, gender role transitions, multicultural aspects of masculinity, and positive/healthy masculinity. A short term, inexpensive intervention, “The Boy's Forum,” was implemented for middle-school boys who were predominately Hispanic and African American. The Boy's Forum explained the hazards of growing up male (Goldberg, 1977) but also emphasized positive masculinity through empowerment, emotional awareness, and personal problem solving. The use of media, group discussions, empowerment themes, and adult self-disclosure to promote boy's psychosocial growth are described. Evaluation of the program occurred before the program, immediately after the program and three weeks later. Results indicate that a majority of boys attending the Boy's Forum reported that the programming positively affected their thinking, feelings, and to a lesser extent their behaviors over a three-week period. Limitations of the evaluation of this program, recommendations for future research, and the need for future curricular development for boys are discussed.

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Section: Programming Across Cultural Masculinity Boundaries: Racial Amentioning

confidence: 99%

The Boy's Forum: An Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Empower Middle-School Urban Boys

O’Neil¹,

Challenger²,

Renzulli³

et al. 2013

The Journal of Men’s Studies

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“…ERI can be defined as a multidimensional construct that encompasses the beliefs, attitudes, and personal meanings that individuals have about their ethnic/racial group memberships. ERI is an aspect of an individual’s overall identity narrative that develops within the wider socioenvironmental context (Seaton & Gilbert, 2011; Umaña-Taylor et al, 2014). As such, it is possible that Black Caribbean women’s ERI is associated with their African lineage and shared experiences within the Caribbean context.…”

Section: Black Natural Hairmentioning

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“…Research on ERI suggests that changes in one’s perceptions of self vary across the developmental lifespan (Umaña-Taylor et al, 2014). Emerging adulthood, the developmental period that follows adolescence (Arnett, 2000), is a time when individuals expand their focus on exploratory processes that infuse ERI with a sense of personal meaning (Seaton & Gilbert, 2011; Umaña-Taylor et al, 2014). Furthermore, emerging adults start to consider the intersections among their many important identity domains.…”

Section: Black Natural Hairmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the online documentation of Black women’s going natural hair journeys has been presented as displaying “act [s] of self-awareness” (Thomas, 2013; p. 1), and self-acceptance and being who one is as a person (Ellington, 2015). Personal exploration is a key characteristic of emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000) and is critical to the personal understanding of ERI (Seaton & Gilbert, 2011; Umaña-Taylor et al, 2014) and by extension one’s hair identity.…”

Section: Black Natural Hairmentioning

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Exploring Her Roots: Black Caribbean Hair Identity and Going Natural Using Social Media Networks

Maynard

Jules

2020

Journal of Black Psychology

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In spite of the recent popularity of “going natural” among Black Caribbean women of African descent, the wearing of natural hair by these women continues to be a contentious issue in the English-speaking Caribbean. As such, social networking sites (SNS) may provide supportive environments within which some Black Caribbean female emerging adults can explore their hair identity narratives as they embark on their “natural hair journey.” By employing a qualitative case study research design, we found that among the 12 participants of the study, SNS provide an informative and supportive environment for exploration of Black-hair identity for these women. Findings revealed a number of themes that emerged from the narratives of the participants. Most important, that hair provided a means for hair identity self-expression and individual self-classification for Black Caribbean women. SNS also facilitated an online sisterhood, opportunities for personal exploration, and exposure to online models who embraced their natural hair. Study implications, limitations, and recommendations for future research are discussed.

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Ethnic/Racial Identity among Minority Youth

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The Boy's Forum: An Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Empower Middle-School Urban Boys

The Boy's Forum: An Evaluation of a Brief Intervention to Empower Middle-School Urban Boys

Exploring Her Roots: Black Caribbean Hair Identity and Going Natural Using Social Media Networks

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