The Relationship Between Racial Identity Cluster Profiles and Psychological Distress Among African American College Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 194-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen A. Neville ◽  
Roderick L. Lilly
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Cluster Profiles ◽  
The Relationship

Racial Identity, Self-Esteem, and the Impostor Phenomenon Among African American College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quiera M. Lige ◽  
Bridgette J. Peteet ◽  
Carrie M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Impostor Phenomenon ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Inverse Association ◽  
The Relationship

The Impostor Phenomenon (IP) is marked by an individual’s persistent perception of incompetency despite contrary evidence. The presence of IP has been found to negatively affect many college students, but literature on IP among African American college students, specifically, is limited. Previous literature has emphasized a positive association between racial identity and self-esteem for African Americans, and an inverse association between self-esteem and IP among non-African American samples. However, few studies have examined these variables in African American undergraduate samples. Objectives: The current study examined the relationships between racial identity, self-esteem, and IP among African American undergraduate students. It was hypothesized that self-esteem would mediate the relationship between racial identity and IP. Method: The participants were 112 (74% female) self-identified African American undergraduate students who completed an online survey. Results: Mediation testing via bootstrapping revealed support for the hypothesis—self-esteem mediated the relationship between racial identity and IP. Conclusion: University initiatives should focus on creating inclusive environments that foster racial identity development and self-esteem for African Americans to reduce experiences of IP.

Examination of the Relationship Among Hypnotized Ability, Gender, and Spiritual Activities for African American College Students

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling-Lun Chien ◽  
Marty Sapp ◽  
Jane P. Liu ◽  
Steve Bernfeld ◽  
Steffanie J. Scholze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
The Relationship

Predictors of Academic Self-Concept for African American College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 636-653
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Franklin ◽  
Scott M. Debb ◽  
Darlene G. Colson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Historically Black University

This study explored the roles of demographic variables, grade point average, centrality (an aspect of racial identity), and student-professor interactions in predicting academic self-concept. A convenience sample of 132 African American students (104 females and 28 males) ranging in age from 18 to 38 ( Mage = 26), attending a historically Black university completed an online questionnaire assessing demographic information, grade point average, an aspect of racial identity from the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity, student-professor interactions, and academic self-concept. Results showed that grade point average and student-professor interactions characterized by faculty’s level of care were significant factors in predicting academic self-concept. These relationships may be important for understanding salient factors that influence the academic self-concept in African American college students.

Disgust Sensitivity and Attitudes toward Organ Donation among African-American College Students

2001 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy C. Sherman ◽  
Robert J. Smith ◽  
Martin F. Sherman ◽  
Patti Rickert-Wilbur
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Behavioral Intention ◽  
Behavioral Measure ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Disgust Sensitivity ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
African American Population ◽  
The Relationship

241 African-American college students (94 men and 147 women, mean age = 20.3 ± 3.4 yr.) completed the 1994 Disgust Scale of Haidt, McCauley, and Rozin and a modified form of Parisi-Rizzo's 1987 Attitudes Toward Organ Donation Scale (negative subscale only) as well as a behavioral measure of intention to donate organs after death. Analyses indicated that the higher the disgust sensitivity, the more negative the attitude toward organ donation and the less likely the student was to indicate intent to donate organs. It was further shown that negative attitudes toward organ donation mediated the relationship between disgust sensitivity and the behavioral intention measure. Results highlight the complexity of the issues surrounding organ donation within an African-American population and provide additional empirical evidence for the development of a theoretical model to explain the organ donation phenomenon.

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