The Impact of Ethnic/Racial Identity and Social Support on the Acting White Accusation Among a Clinical Sample of Black Adolescents
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The Impact of Ethnic/Racial Identity and Social Support on the Acting White Accusation Among a Clinical Sample of Black Adolescents
Yazar:
Pugh, Dana Maurice, author.
ISBN:
9780438091368
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Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic resource (50 pages)
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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-06M(E).
Advisors: Angela Neal-Barnett Committee members: John Dunlosky; Josefina Grau; Robert Stadulis.
Özet:
It is during adolescence many youth are subject to close scrutiny by peers. This scrutiny sometimes results in negative evaluations. The acting White accusation, which is operationally defined here as an interpersonal indictment made against a Black adolescent, asserting that the adolescent is not Black enough, has been documented as early as elementary school. However, existing research indicates it is most salient and first likely to occur during early adolescence. "Acting White" is one of the most negative accusations a Black adolescent can hurl at or receive from another (Neal-Barnett, Stadulis, Singer, Murray, & Demmings, 2010). After nearly 30 years of sparse research, particularly in the area of quantitative research, we still know very little about the psychological impact of the accusation. As such, this study seeks to investigate the association between being accused of "acting White" and the experience of bother among a clinical sample of adolescents. Additionally, this study investigates potential relationships between the level of bother associated with the accusation, internalizing or bottling-up behaviors (e.g., anxiety and mood disorders) and externalizing or acting out behaviors (e.g., disruptive, impulse-control and conduct disorders). Lastly, the current study explores the potential for ethnic-racial identity and social support to act as protective or risk factors relative to this association. Data from a sample of Black adolescents are evaluated using paired t-tests to examine whether or not adolescents endorsed social items of the AWA more frequently and as more bothersome than academic items. Additionally, bivariate correlational and linear regression analyses are used to examine relationships between bother and psychopathology, ethnic/racial identity and social support.
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School code: 0101
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