Three Wishes of Black American Children: Psychosocial Implications

1974 ◽  
Vol 38 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1335-1338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas D. Kokonis
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Normative Data ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Black American ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Developmental Trends ◽  
White American ◽  
Psychosocial Implications ◽  
Material Things ◽  
American Children

The present study investigated the wishes of black American children aged 7 to 12 yr. (63 boys, 74 girls), to obtain normative data and to compare these children with other cultural groups. Ss wished for material things more often than anything else, boys tended to wish for money and material things more strongly than girls, and girls were more interested in personal attributes and skills than boys. No developmental trends were noted. Findings were compared with those of studies dealing with white American and Greek and Greek-American children, emphasizing psychosocial change in human development.

scholarly journals Cultural differences in emotional responses to success and failure

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lewis ◽  
Kiyoko Takai-Kawakami ◽  
Kiyobumi Kawakami ◽  
Margaret Wolan Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Limited Range ◽  
European Ancestry ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Japanese Children ◽  
White American ◽  
American Children

The emotional responses to achievement contexts of 149 preschool children from three cultural groups were observed. The children were Japanese ( N = 32), African American ( N = 63) and White American of mixed European ancestry ( N = 54). The results showed that Japanese children differed from American children in expressing less shame, pride, and sadness, but more of both exposure and evaluative embarrassment. African American and White American children did not differ from one another. American children however showed more evaluative as opposed to exposure embarrassment. This finding supports the idea that success and failure are interpreted differently by Japanese children during the preschool years. The low amount of sadness and shame expression, and the limited range of number of different expressions observed in the Japanese children agree with the general finding that East Asian infants and young children differ from Western infants and children primarily in the display of negative expressions. These results demonstrate that cultural differences, whether due to temperament or direct socialization of cultural values, influence how children respond to achievement situations.

Sickle Cell Anemia in Two White American Children: Essential Laboratory Criteria for Diagnosis

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-246
Author(s):  
Peter A. Noronha ◽  
George R. Honig
Keyword(s):  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Sickle Cell Anemia ◽  
Laboratory Diagnosis ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Cell Disease ◽  
White American ◽  
Precise Diagnosis ◽  
American Children ◽  
Criteria For Diagnosis

A number of hematologic disorders share diagnostic and clinical features of sickle cell anemia but have significantly different genetic implications and prognosis. Because of these differences, the establishment of a precise diagnosis is essential for the child in whom any form of sickle cell disease is identified. To illustrate the requirements for a definitive laboratory diagnosis of sickle cell anemia, this report presents the approach to establishing this diagnosis in two white American patients. From a review of the literature, these patients appear to be the only white Americans with sickle cell anemia in whom this diagnosis has been unequivocally established.

“In a Strange Country”

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucas E. Morel
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Class Conflict ◽  
Black American ◽  
World War ◽  
White American ◽  
Full Participation ◽  
American Citizenship ◽  
The Face ◽  
Racially Mixed

Lucas Morel’s “‘In a Strange Country’: The Challenge of American Inclusion” interprets Ellison’s 1944 short story as a civics lesson for a republic struggling with the legacy of race. The story follows a black Merchant Marine, Mr. Parker, during World War II as he recovers from a mugging by white American servicemen while on shore leave in Wales. Ellison presents a lesson of civic inclusion by showcasing a “black Yank” being rescued by Welshmen. Parker witnesses how his Welsh hosts transcend class conflict through a common devotion to music, which he likened to the racially mixed “jam sessions” back in America. Herein Ellison articulates the obstacles and pathways to black American citizenship—a reminder that “the land of the free” requires one not only to be “brave” in the face of majority tyranny, but also good-humored, self-disciplined, and hopeful as one seeks full participation in the American regime.

scholarly journals Comparison of Attitudes and Behaviors Related to Nutrition, Body Size, Dieting, and Hunger in Russian, Black-American, and White-American Adolescents

1997 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
June Stevens ◽  
A.A. Alexandrov ◽  
S.G. Smirnova ◽  
A.D. Deev ◽  
Yu. B. Gershunskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Black American ◽  
White American ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors

scholarly journals Effects of Cultural and Educational Variables on a Computerized Continuous Performance Task: the EMBRACED CPT

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 1258-1258
Author(s):  
I Ibanez-Casas ◽  
D Jannoo ◽  
D Denardis ◽  
F De la Cruz ◽  
S Santiago ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Educational Level ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Hispanic Americans ◽  
Continuous Performance Test ◽  
Continuous Performance ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Continuous Performance Task ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
American Children ◽  
University Degree

Abstract Objective The continuous performance tests (CPTs) are the gold standard to assess vigilance or sustained attention. Many studies have shown that educational level is significantly associated with performance on the CPTs. However, very few studies have made comparisons that included cultural factors (Miranda et al, 2008). Given the breadth of educational systems in different parts of the world, it could be expected that the effect of educational level will vary depending on the culture of origin. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of education on performance on a CPT task in 3 ethnically diverse groups (Hispanic, Non-Hispanic and Spanish). Participants and Method This study includes 57 participants in the EMBRACED project: 12 Hispanic Americans, 26 non-Hispanics Americans, and 19 Spaniards (8.3%, 30% and 57% with high education respectively). Educational level was defined as high (university degree and above) or low (less than a university degree). The EMBRACED CPT is computerized and demands the participant to touch the iPad screen each time a target is presented. In 3 blocks of 100 stimuli each, the number of hits, omissions, and commissions is recorded. Results A mixed between-within subjects analysis of variance was conducted to compare scores in the three blocks of the CPT in relation to the three cultural groups and by education levels. Results showed no interaction effects between cultural groups and education, and no main effects of education for any of the studied variables. However, there was a significant main effect for cultural group for hits (F = 4.676, P = .014) and omissions (F = 5.614, p = .006). Conclusions The overall results for education in this study were not significant and would need further study. The variability in cultural group revealed a consistent effect across all studied variables. The non-Hispanics scored higher in hits and the Spaniards had more omissions. These results justify the need for cultural adaptation of neuropsychological measures. References Miranda, M. C., Sinnes, E. G., Pompeia, S., & Francisco Amodeo Bueno, O. (2008). A comparative study of performance in the Conners' Continuous Performance Test between Brazilian and North American children. Journal of Attention Disorders, 11(5), 588-598.

scholarly journals THE ABORTION‘S ACT AMONG BLACK AMERICAN IN THE UNITEDSTATES

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Merissa Octora
Keyword(s):  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Black People ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black American ◽  
White American ◽  
Library Research ◽  
History Of ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research focuses on the act of abortion among Black People in the United States based on history, the society environment, and two big major issues regarding the abortion act such as Roe vs Wade, and Pro Choice - Pro Life. Black people become the central point on this research because the fact shows that the largest population which do the abortion act and mostly considered as Black American in the first plce and the second one is from Hispanic American rather  than any other minority groups or even the White American itself and this happened  based on the history of racial discrimination or segregation toward BlackPeople. This research uses library research in term of qualitative method, and applying  descriptive method in analyzing the data. The approaches which are used in this research are the approaches which have a great related with the society and social problem. This approaches well known with the term of interdispliner study which have main purpose to elaborate many perspectives to become primarysources. The different treatment toward Black People based on racial discrimination experienced becomes the trigger why do Black People placed the highest number in doing abortion act in the UnitedStates.    

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