Author: Michelle Pia AlbertiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Impact of Racial Identity Attitudes on Life Satisfaction Among the Black Elderly
Author: Michelle Pia AlbertiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Black Elderly
Author: Marguerite M. CokePublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9781560249146
Category : African American aged
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
In The Black Elderly: Satisfaction and Quality of Later Life, authors Marguerite Coke and James Twaite present the results of an empirical study of factors that influence the well-being of older black Americans. Like all older individuals in industrial nations, elderly blacks are confronted with negative attitudes toward old people. But in spite of their minority status in society, with its economic and social disadvantages, elderly blacks have effective coping strategies for dealing with growing old. It is the success of these coping strategies that the authors reveal to readers and upon which they build recommendations to encourage healthy aging in the black community.Through comprehensive research into the subject, the authors provide readers with a theoretical framework which identifies the variables that are most closely associated with subjective well-being among older Blacks. An empirical test of the model is described and the questionnaire is included.Professionals and scholars in social work, gerontology, African-American studies, and anthropology will find The Black Elderly a positive approach to supporting the elderly black community. Readers with interests in cross-cultural aspects of counseling and gerontology will find much enlightenment in this book with its research and insight on: history: overviews West African culture and the role of history in the development of the black American family church: analyzes the function and importance of this institution on the black community family: explores the importance of family and how it affects life satisfaction health: determines how perceived health status affects individuals'feelings of life satisfactionThe authors'findings on the strong and diverse support systems of this group assist professionals, students, and policymakers in better understanding how to continue to effect healthy aging for black Americans. The Black Elderly is of particular interest to social workers, students in social work programs, and professionals who deal with aging persons or the black community and can benefit from historical background knowledge of blacks in this country and how societal institutions affect the well-being of this group.
Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping
Author: Paul T. P. WongPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387262385
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 641
Book Description
The only book currently available that focuses and multicultural, cross-cultural and international perspectives of stress and coping A very comprehensive resource book on the subject matter Contains many groundbreaking ideas and findings in stress and coping research Contributors are international scholars, both well-established authors as well as younger scholars with new ideas Appeals to managers, missionaries, and other professions which require working closely with people from other cultures
Racial Identity Attitudes, Africentrism, Self-esteem and Psychological Wellbeing in Black Men
Author: Laura FontaineAn Examination of the Racial Identity Attitudes Scale and African American Psychological Functioning
Author: Aaronson Y. ChewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The present study examined the reliability, validity, and theoretical consistency of the Racial Identity Attitudes Scale (RIAS) on African American psychological functioning over the past 25+ years. The RIAS and its alternate forms are the most utilized instruments in the African American racial identity literature, which operationalizes Cross' theory of nigrecense. Fifty- seven studies, including dissertations and published articles, were meta-analyzed yielding alpha generalizability estimates (Rodriguez & Maeda, 2006; Vacha-Haase, 1998), omnibus effect sizes with psychological criterion variables (i.e., psychological distress and psychological well-being), aggregated intercorrelations among RIAS subscales, and average item RIAS subscale means. Meta-analytic regression methods (Viechtbauer, 2007) were utilized to test for multiple moderating effects of demographic and study variables. The results identified small-to-medium correlations between RIAS subscales and psychological criterion variables with only the Internalization subscale being positively correlated with psychological well-being. Although some of the RIAS subscales' internal consistencies were moderated by RIAS version, all RIAS subscales met acceptable internal consistency standards with the exception of the Encounter subscale. Percent of African American in the sampled context, cohort year of the sample, and recruitment from college settings, as compared to community settings, were significant moderators in the RIAS and psychological adjustment relationships. Furthermore, RIAS subscale average item means were non-centered and skewed. Overall, the present study raises important theoretical and empirical issues related to the RIAS in the examination of psychological functioning among African Americans.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
An Examination of the Racial Identity Attitudes Scale and African American Psychological Functioning
Author: Aaronson Y. ChewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
The present study examined the reliability, validity, and theoretical consistency of the Racial Identity Attitudes Scale (RIAS) on African American psychological functioning over the past 25+ years. The RIAS and its alternate forms are the most utilized instruments in the African American racial identity literature, which operationalizes Cross' theory of nigrecense. Fifty- seven studies, including dissertations and published articles, were meta-analyzed yielding alpha generalizability estimates (Rodriguez & Maeda, 2006; Vacha-Haase, 1998), omnibus effect sizes with psychological criterion variables (i.e., psychological distress and psychological well-being), aggregated intercorrelations among RIAS subscales, and average item RIAS subscale means. Meta-analytic regression methods (Viechtbauer, 2007) were utilized to test for multiple moderating effects of demographic and study variables. The results identified small-to-medium correlations between RIAS subscales and psychological criterion variables with only the Internalization subscale being positively correlated with psychological well-being. Although some of the RIAS subscales' internal consistencies were moderated by RIAS version, all RIAS subscales met acceptable internal consistency standards with the exception of the Encounter subscale. Percent of African American in the sampled context, cohort year of the sample, and recruitment from college settings, as compared to community settings, were significant moderators in the RIAS and psychological adjustment relationships. Furthermore, RIAS subscale average item means were non-centered and skewed. Overall, the present study raises important theoretical and empirical issues related to the RIAS in the examination of psychological functioning among African Americans.
Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly
Author: N. Terry GarlingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Older African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Racial Identity, Spirituality and Health Attitudes Among African Americans
Author: Dorrett Y. BlackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Communities in Action
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309452961
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in factors that impact health status, so-called determinants of health. Only part of an individual's health status depends on his or her behavior and choice; community-wide problems like poverty, unemployment, poor education, inadequate housing, poor public transportation, interpersonal violence, and decaying neighborhoods also contribute to health inequities, as well as the historic and ongoing interplay of structures, policies, and norms that shape lives. When these factors are not optimal in a community, it does not mean they are intractable: such inequities can be mitigated by social policies that can shape health in powerful ways. Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity seeks to delineate the causes of and the solutions to health inequities in the United States. This report focuses on what communities can do to promote health equity, what actions are needed by the many and varied stakeholders that are part of communities or support them, as well as the root causes and structural barriers that need to be overcome.