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McClain, Shannon; Beasley, Samuel T.; Jones, Bianca; Awosogba, Olufunke; Jackson, Stacey; Cokley, Kevin – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2016
This study examined ethnic identity, racial centrality, minority status stress, and impostor feelings as predictors of mental health in a sample of 218 Black college students. Ethnic identity was found to be a significant positive predictor of mental health, whereas minority status stress and impostor feelings were significant negative predictors.…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Racial Identification, Ethnicity
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Lowe, Maria R.; Byron, Reginald A.; Ferry, Griffin; Garcia, Melissa – Journal of Higher Education, 2013
This article describes a study that explored factors which influenced undergraduate students' perceptions of the racial climate at a predominantly white liberal arts university in the South. Mixed methods results suggest that race, aspects of the institutional climate, and frequent interracial dining experiences in the campus cafeteria…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Racial Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Townsel, Norman L., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) holds that self-efficacy and outcome expectations are primary predictors of career choice goals and actions, with contextual influences moderating those choices and actions. Racial identity research indicates that African American adolescents perceive more barriers than their White counterparts. The current…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Barriers, Self Efficacy, Social Cognition
Carter, Robert T.; Helms, Janet E. – 1984
To determine whether racial identity attitudes could be predicted from socioeconomic variables, 174 Black college students were asked to respond to items on the Racial Identity Attitude Scale and to complete a personal data sheet. Results indicated that racial identity attitudes and socioeconomic status appear to represent separate constructs.…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, College Students, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
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Spencer, Margaret Beale – Journal of Psychology, 1982
Proposes possible cognitive structures for the development of race awareness and subsequent racial attitude formation and offers a developmental interpretation of this phenomenon in a sample of Black preschool children during a period of preoperational thought. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cultural Awareness, Interpersonal Competence, Predictor Variables
Clark, Maxine L. – 1981
The relationship of racial group concepts (racial preference and racial attitudes) to general and specific self-esteem in black children was examined in this study. A secondary purpose of this study was to assess the validity of Nobles' (1973) theory that racial group attitudes influence the black American's concept of "self." The…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Speight, Suzette L.; And Others – Journal of Black Psychology, 1996
Examined the relationships among racial self-designation, racial identity, attitudes, self-esteem, and demographic variables in a sample of 232 African Americans. Findings show 41% preferred black and 30% preferred African American. Gender, income, and educational level were each significantly correlated with racial identity attitudes. Racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnicity, Income, Minority Groups
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Sanchez, Delida; Carter, Robert T. – Journal of College Student Development, 2005
This study examined the relationships between racial identity attitudes and religious orientation among African American college students. The participants were 270 African American college students from 2- and 4-year colleges in the Northeast. Multiple regression analyses were conducted and the results indicated that racial identity attitudes…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, African American Students, College Students, Religious Factors
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Pillay, Yegan – Journal of Black Psychology, 2005
This study examined racial identity attitudes, acculturation, and gender as predictors of psychological health in a sample of African American college students. The participants were 136 undergraduate students who attended a predominantly White midwestern university. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that gender was a significant…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Psychology, Acculturation, African American Students
Chang, Mitchell J. – 1996
This study examined the racial dynamics of the undergraduate social system of fraternities and sororities. The study sought to determine: (1) how white student participation in social fraternities and sororities was influenced by racial dynamics, (2) under what conditions students of color were accepted by the dominant peer group, (3) what types…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Ethnic Groups, Fraternities