scholarly journals Being Better Than My Dad

SAGE Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824401769716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seanna Leath
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
African American Fathers ◽  
Intergenerational Change ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Present Case Study

Fatherhood is a turning point in the life of many men, but for men who lacked a father figure while growing up, the birth of a child may be the catalyst for a fresh start. Researchers have called for qualitative investigations into African American fathers’ parenting beliefs and practices that consider their social contexts within the broader research discourse on parenthood. Such investigations can inform the way we frame African American fathers in research, thereby improving theoretical suggestions for better supporting Black men in their roles as caretakers. The present case study details the experiences of a young African American man, Tron, who was participating in a larger church-based intervention program focused on strengthening father–child relationships among African American families. Findings highlight how Tron’s story serves as a positive counternarrative against the prevailing negative stereotype of African American men as absentee parents. Thematic coding analysis revealed several major themes, and the current article focuses on Tron’s decisions to transform his experience growing up without a father into a dedicated resolve to remain actively present in his son’s life, a process that the author refers to as “intergenerational change.” Finally, this case study helps to mitigate the dearth of positive research on African American fathers by challenging deficit-based research narratives.

African American men who become mental health advocates

2021 ◽  
pp. 002076402110127
Author(s):  
Sandra Yaklin ◽  
Miyong Kim ◽  
Jacklyn Hecht
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tailored Messages ◽  
Promote Mental Health

Using a narrative approach, this study explored how African American men became mental health advocates. This ancillary study is part of a formative within an ongoing community based intervention program that was designed to promote mental health of African Americans (AMEN) project within an ongoing community based intervention program that was designed to promote mental health of African Americans (AMEN) project. Narrative research techniques were used to analyze and synthesize the data. Analysis generated one major theme (interdependence) with four supporting sub-themes (credibility, social depression, stigma, and calling). These findings and insights through this qualitative study guided the AMEN project team to formulate effective communication strategies in establishing working relationships with community partners and wider stakeholders as well as crafting culturally tailored messages for African American participants.

scholarly journals Resilience and Creativity in Teenagers with High Intellectual Abilities. A Middle School Enrichment Experience in Vulnerable Contexts

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7670
Author(s):  
Gabriela López-Aymes ◽  
Santiago Roger Acuña ◽  
Gabriela Ordaz Villegas
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Intellectual Abilities ◽  
Public Middle School ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
And Coping

This article presents and describes an extracurricular enrichment intervention program to promote the development of resilience factors, aimed at teenagers with high abilities from vulnerable social contexts. In addition, its effects on aspects related to creativity and resilience are explored. This program proposes a series of creative and meaningful activities so that students can explore, experiment, express their emotions and analytically contrast their own identity characteristics with their surrounding reality. A comparative case study was carried out with a mixed methodological approach. Three students (two male and one female) of 13 and 14 years of age and with high abilities, who attended a public middle school located in a disadvantaged sector of the Mexican capital, participated. The program was developed over nine sessions (90 min each), over two months. The quantitative analysis did not show significant differences in the creativity and resilience factors. However, the qualitative analysis of the tasks and products created by the participants has provided positive evidence about the program’s contribution to enhancing their self-knowledge and coping skills, considering the adversities of their family, school and social contexts.

Measurement Validation of the Jamaican Macho Scale Among African American Males

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina W. Ramkissoon ◽  
Patricia Anderson ◽  
Junior Hopwood
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Males ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Eastern United States ◽  
Content Domain ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Measurement Validation

Measures of masculinities have expanded in recent decades to reflect greater diversity. A comparative reading of the literature suggests that African American men may endorse the same macho ideology shared by Afro-Jamaican men, which is captured by the Jamaican Macho Scale. The current article examines whether the Macho Scale is relevant to explaining masculinity among African American males using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis techniques. A sample of 203 African American male college students from a large university in the Eastern United States participated in a self-administered survey, which included the Macho Scale items. Results supported a two-factor model of macho ideology, specifically sexual dominance and virility, and procreative need, in the American context. Future research should examine understudied masculinity ideology constructs in the American setting and attempt to map the full content domain of African American masculinity ideologies.

Barriers to and Facilitators of Recruitment of Adult African American Men for Colorectal Cancer Research: An Instrumental Exploratory Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. e686-e694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles R. Rogers ◽  
Phung Matthews ◽  
Ellen Brooks ◽  
Nathan Le Duc ◽  
Chasity Washington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Medical Mistrust ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Crc Screening ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Culturally Tailored ◽  
Marketing Materials ◽  
Research Studies

PURPOSE: Racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented in research and clinical trials. Better understanding of the components of effective minority recruitment into research studies is critical to understanding and reducing health disparities. Research on recruitment strategies for cancer-specific research—including colorectal cancer (CRC)—among African American men is particularly limited. We present an instrumental exploratory case study examining successful and unsuccessful strategies for recruiting African American men into focus groups centered on identifying barriers to and facilitators of CRC screening completion. METHODS: The parent qualitative study was designed to explore the social determinants of CRC screening uptake among African American men 45-75 years of age. Recruitment procedures made use of community-based participatory research strategies combined with built community relationships, including the use of trusted community members, culturally tailored marketing materials, and incentives. RESULTS: Community involvement and culturally tailored marketing materials facilitated recruitment. Barriers to recruitment included limited access to public spaces, transportation difficulties, and medical mistrust leading to reluctance to participate. CONCLUSION: The use of strategies such as prioritizing community relationship building, partnering with community leaders and gatekeepers, and using culturally tailored marketing materials can successfully overcome barriers to the recruitment of African American men into medical research studies. To improve participation and recruitment rates among racial and ethnic minorities in cancer-focused research studies, future researchers and clinical trial investigators should aim to broaden recruitment, strengthen community ties, offer incentives, and use multifaceted approaches to address specific deterrents such as medical mistrust and economic barriers.

IVCF Rhetoric

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A. Bramadat
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Prince Edward Island ◽  
Rap Music ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Figures Of Speech ◽  
Group I ◽  
Mainstream Culture

Anthropologist James Clifford asserts that “the return of rhetoric to an important place in many fields of study . . . has made possible a detailed anatomy of conventional expressive modes.” This new focus on rhetoric, Clifford continues, “is less about how to speak well than about how to speak at all, and to act meaningfully, in a world, of public cultural symbols” (1986:10). Even when groups use the same official language as the mainstream culture in which they exist, a distinctive pattern of communication usually emerges within each group. In various ways, this new pattern separates the group’s members from nonmembers. This pattern of speech is often unique in terms of its characteristic intonation (cf. Tedlock 1983), or a group may distinguish itself through the rhetorical medium of song by virtue of the use of archaic language, as in the case of Roman Catholic monastic chanting, or through the employment of slang, as in the case of rap music. As anthropologist James Fernandez has observed, a sensitivity to local figures of speech is necessary for any good ethnography (1974:119). The most obvious distinguishing feature of a group’s mode of communication is the array of insider’s words — for example, words such as “outing” among gays and lesbians, “fly” among young inner-city African American men, and “away” among residents of Prince Edward Island. These words are not always incomprehensible to people outside of the group; I am neither homosexual, African American, nor an Islander, but I know what many of these group-specific terms mean. However, these terms originate in local communities and have a special significance within them that casual observers cannot always fully appreciate. In this chapter, I introduce and interpret the IVCF’s insider words, phrases, and gestures and the broader rhetorical and social contexts that give these phenomena their meanings. My experiences with non-IVCF evangelicals lead me to believe that the majority of IVCF rhetoric is shared by believers in the wider evangelical community. Therefore, the strategies manifested in IVCF students’ uses of distinctive rhetoric may shed some light on the role of the same or similar terms and gestures in North American evangelicalism in general.

African American Fathers and Sons: Social, Historical, and Psychological Considerations

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (9) ◽  
pp. 561-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jay C. Wade
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Men ◽  
African American Fathers ◽  
Male Development ◽  
Cultural Forces ◽  
Fathers And Sons

The author examines the father–son relationship from both ecological and psychodynamic perspectives. The sociohistorical and cultural forces influencing African American men and their families are explored with regard to the role of fathers. The author presents theory and research to challenge the view that African American fathers are absent or uninvolved and that such absence has pathological consequences for male development. Suggestions for counseling and psychotherapy with African American men and their families are provided.

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