scholarly journals Cultural Identity, Africultural Coping Strategies, and Depression as Predictors of Suicidal Ideations and Attempts Among African American Female College Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara S. Morrison ◽  
Reginald Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
American Women

Suicide prevention is a growing health concern in America for many minority groups. Although experts agree suicide is associated with cultural practices and beliefs, there is limited evidence on how African American women cultural values and practices influence their low rates of suicide. This study explores cultural identity, Africultural coping strategies, and depression as predictors of suicidal ideations and attempts among African American female college students. It was hypothesized that suicidal ideations and attempts are negatively related to cultural identity and Africultural coping styles, but positively related to depression. One hundred and thirty-seven African American female students were administered a battery of measures assessing cultural identity, coping strategies, and suicidal ideations and attempts. Results revealed that Africultural coping strategies and depression emerged as significant predictors of suicidal ideation and attempts. Results are discussed in terms of African American culture as a buffer to possible suicidal behavior in African American women.

Do You See What I See? Effects of Group Consciousness on African American Women's Attributions to Prejudice

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberly R. King
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
European American ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Group Consciousness ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Personal Significance ◽  
Women’S Perceptions

This study examined the effects of three types of group consciousness among African American women ( ethnic, feminist, and womanist) on prejudice attributions and appraised personal significance ( centrality) of a negative intergroup event. African American female college students ( N = 123) imagined themselves in an audiotaped scenario in which they overheard two European American male classmates make negative evaluations of them. The scenario provided no cause for the negative evaluations and no references to race or gender. Multiple regression analyses revealed that higher ethnic and womanist consciousness were related to increased prejudice attributions and greater centrality appraisals ( p < .05), while feminism had no effect. Results suggest that womanist consciousness may be more relevant than traditional feminist consciousness in predicting African American women's perceptions of prejudice.

Career Narratives of African American Female College Students: Insights for College Counselors

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassandra A. Storlie ◽  
Tracy Lara Hilton ◽  
Deborah Duenyas ◽  
Robin Archer ◽  
Kevin Glavin
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
African American Female ◽  
College Counselors ◽  
Female College

scholarly journals The Role of Enculturation, Racial Identity, and Body Mass Index in the Prediction of Body Dissatisfaction in African American Women

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28
Author(s):  
Germine H. Awad ◽  
Susan Kashubeck-West ◽  
Rashanta A. Bledman ◽  
Angela D. Coker ◽  
Rebecca D. Stinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Body Dissatisfaction ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
African American Female ◽  
American Women

The purpose of the current study was to examine the role of enculturation and racial identity in the prediction of body dissatisfaction and weight preoccupation in a sample of African American women. Participants consisted of 278 African American female college students enrolled in a large Midwestern university who completed a racial identity measure, an African American enculturation measure, and body dissatisfaction measures. Simultaneous regression results suggested that preencounter self-hatred attitudes were the only racial identity dimension to significantly predict body dissatisfaction. In addition, the level of enculturation significantly predicted body dissatisfaction, suggesting that African American women who were highly enculturated experienced greater body dissatisfaction. Subsequent mediational analyses found that body mass index fully mediated the relationship between enculturation and body dissatisfaction for African American women. Greater enculturation was associated with a higher body mass index, which in turn predicted greater overweight preoccupation. Study implications are discussed.

scholarly journals The Effect Of Product Involvement On Store Preference And Clothing Benefits Sought For African-American Female Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Johnson ◽  
Lori Banks ◽  
Devonte’ Smith ◽  
Jung-Im Seo
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Consumer Research ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
African American Female ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
Product Involvement ◽  
Female College ◽  
Clothing Store

Clothing is one of the most essential things that human bodies need for the multipurpose reasons. Such clothing has been recognized as the high involvement product for many years, resulting to one of the very interesting subjects in consumer research. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influences of clothing involvement on clothing store preference and clothing benefits sought for African-American female college students. This study demonstrates that African-American female college students are generally satisfied with the current ready-to-wear (RTW) clothing. To purchase such RTW clothing, internet store is revealed as one of very exciting shopping centers. Instead, catalog or mail ordering does not strongly attract to the African-American female college consumers. Compared to other involvement groups, high clothing involvement consumers are actively seeking for the fashion image, one of the factors in clothing benefits sought, as well as actively shopping at department store, specialty stores, outlet stores, and internet in Types of Stores. Interestingly, low involvement consumers are generally less interested in store preference or clothing benefits sought than other involvement groups except for the camouflage benefits.

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