Guided by ecological and integrative theories of child development, this article examined the associations between multiple systems of influence (school and family) and the educational aspirations of Black Bermudian adolescent boys. This study used qualitative data gleaned from semistructured interviews with students in their senior year at a…

On the basis of a cultural coping framework, the present study examined coping responses to racial discrimination among 190 Black Canadians. The study assessed the respondents' coping with both general (i.e., problem- and emotion-focused coping) and Africultural coping strategies (i.e., spiritual-centered, collective, and ritual-centered coping)…

Clinical case data, psychological theory and empirical data were employed to demonstrate both useful action models and techniques, that may assist in addressing problems of blacks involved with the criminal justice system. (Author/AM)

Concludes that the concerned black scholar should not shy away from empirical research on the psychological affairs of Afro-Americans because of its attendant vulnerability to presuppositions and biases. Instead he should use a presuppositional infrastructure that is heuristically viable and ethnographically sensitive. (Author/AM)

The backlash theory in mental health is discussed in terms of its cultural antecedents and its contemporary applications to mental health research. (Author/RLV)

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a psycho-social model of behavior which can be used to yield insight into solutions of the socio-economic problems of African people in America. (Author/AM)

Provides a historical survey of the 10 years of existence of the Association of Black Psychologists, an independent, autonomous, black professional organization. (Author/AM)

The major elements of this model includes collaborative problem solving by community residents and an external agent, creation of feedback loops within community; and a collection of formal and informal data related to community functioning to be used as the basis for change efforts. (Author)

Explored components of group identification for 2,107 adult blacks from the National Study of Black America. Structural equation modeling revealed three dimensions to identity (identification with masses, elites, and rebels) variously associated with sociodemographic and residential variables. These results support at least three reference groups…

Describes the Oshodi (J. Oshodi) Empty-Pot Healing Approach (OEPHA), an African-based psychotherapeutic approach that aims to create balance and foster achievement motivation. Illustrates the 11 phases of the OEPHA through the case study of an adult psychotherapeutic client. (SLD)

Examines racial identity attitudes that characterize African-American people at different stages of life and the relationship of these attitudes to several demographic variables, using the model of psychological nigrescence of W. E. Cross with 37 male and 77 female adults. Findings suggest that the model may require expansion. (SLD)

Adult Black identity change that took place within the context of the recent Black sociopolitical movement is the focus of this literature review. (Author/WI)

Contends that by first recognizing that black psychology exists as a unique entity, and then comparing the elements of the psychology of the East, West, and Africa, we might construct a "universal psychology" for all men. (Author/AM)

Pilot tested the Africentric Home Environment Inventory (AHEI), an observational measure for racial socialization features of the home environment, collecting data during home visits with socioeconomically diverse, urban, African American families with preschoolers. There was a strong association between AHEI scores and family socioeconomic…

Surveyed the clinic records of U.S. and Jamaican children of African descent with behavior and emotional problems to investigate cultural and social differences that influenced their problems. Results reveal significantly more problems for African-American than for Jamaican youth, though the converse was true for severe problems. Implications for…