Considering Some Methodological Issues in Racial Identity Counseling Research

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet E. Helms
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Psychology Research ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Racial Ethnic

In this article, it is argued that Nigrescence or Black racial identity theory often interacts with counseling psychology research designs in ways that may lead readers to underestimate the worth of such research as well as misunderstand its meaning. Particular methodological dilemmas resulting from the interactions among theoretical formulations, environmental influences, and research participants' racial identity characteristics are addressed. Possible strategies for addressing these issues as well as those shared with other types of visible racial/ethnic group (VREG) research are offered.

scholarly journals Black entrepreneurship and ethnic beauty salons: possibilities forresistance in the social (re)construction of black identity

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (87) ◽  
pp. 589-609
Author(s):  
Ana Flávia Rezende ◽  
Flávia Luciana Naves Mafra ◽  
Jussara Jéssica Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Racial Identity ◽  
Black Men ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Face ◽  
Black Entrepreneurship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

ABSTRACT This paper addresses the case of five lack entrepreneurs who own businesses a public that for years has denied a esthetic and phenotypic traits. These spaces, branded as ‘ethnic salons’, aim to take care of the curly and / or Afrohair of Black men and women.In the face of this context, we ask: how canBlack entrepreneurs and enterprisesconfront colonialmentality in social relations, by creating businesses aimed at giving value to, and appreciatingthe identity of Black men and women? The field research was conducted via observations and interviews,collecting narratives from both. The narratives went through a process of synthesis and analysisprocesses that allowed us to flag the motivesbehind these enterprises, as well as the racial/ethnic acceptance present in these spaces. Thus, the main contribution of this paper is to discuss ‘hairtype’ as a constitutive element of Black racial identity, and the opportunity for more autonomywhen entering the labor market.

Gender and Racial Issues for New Counseling Psychologists in Academia

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadya A. Fouad ◽  
Robert T. Carter
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Counseling Psychology ◽  
New Professionals ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
Racial Issues ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Counseling Psychologists

Counseling psychology has begun to focus on the concerns of new professionals, but it has not addressed the concerns of women or visible racial/ethnic group members (i.e., Black, Hispanic, Native American, or Asian American) as new counseling psychologists in academia. This article addresses their unique concerns and makes recommendations for new faculty members as well as for the departments that hire them. The article focuses on issues (a) for new professors in counseling psychology, (b) shared by women and visible racial/ethnic group members, and (c) experienced differently by women and visible racial/ethnic group members.

Meta-Ethnography

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Price ◽  
Orisanmi Burton
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Change ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Qualitative Studies ◽  
Psychology Education ◽  
Black Racial Identity ◽  
Specific Analysis ◽  
Context Specific

The authors use meta-ethnography to learn how dissertation researchers have used Black racial identity theory (BRIT) to qualitatively study race and Black racial identity. BRIT has gained increasing currency since the early formulations of the 1970s—nigrescence theory in particular—but mainly in branches of psychology, education, and organizational change. As BRIT has developed, however, researchers have emphasized quantitative analysis of Black racial identity. The authors examine 13 dissertations to meta-ethnographically explore how researchers conduct qualitative studies of Black racial identity that engage BRIT and to determine what researchers learned as a result. An important value of the qualitative approach is how it allows experience-near and context-specific analysis of Black racial identity to address how racial identity intersects with other identifications.

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