This postscript challenges researchers to address the fundamental question, how do we define Black women? Changes in various aspects of Blackness--the Black family, the Black community, the Black experience--are highlighted. Taking into consideration these changes, clarification of how the intersection of gender and ethnicity together with other…

Social capital may be particularly important for the well-being and future opportunities of African American adolescents living in low income families. In this study, linkages between interpersonal identity formation and adolescents' perceptions of social capital quality were examined in a cross-sectional study of 374 low income, rural, African…

This study examined maternal racial identity and its relations to maternal depression, maternal age, maternal parenting behavior, and 5-year-old children's social and cognitive outcomes. Participants included 62 African American mother-child dyads enrolled in the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project. Mothers completed measures on their…