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An African-centered self-regard scale for Black youth: Development and initial validation.
- Source :
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment; Aug/Sep2021, Vol. 31 Issue 6, p716-728, 13p, 3 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Theorists of the African centered perspective propose that constructs derived from indigenous African frameworks are associated with positive developmental outcomes amongst Black American youth. However, empirical research has not kept pace with the theoretical and conceptual developments of African centered literature. Therefore, the benefits of African centered approaches to youth development remains faintly understood. To advance our understanding of the potential role of African centered constructs of Black youth development, the purpose of this study was to (1) develop an African centered scale of self-regard derived from the indigenous African perspective of the Bantu people and (2) test the African centered hypothesis that self-regard amongst African American youth is associated with perceptions of belonging with other members of their ethnic group. The findings were promising—however, more psychometric work is needed to investigate further the relationship between African centered constructs and subsequent relationship with positive development amongst Black youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EXPERIMENTAL design
ADOLESCENT development
PILOT projects
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH methodology
RESEARCH methodology evaluation
BLACK people
MULTIVARIATE analysis
CONCEPTUAL structures
MULTITRAIT multimethod techniques
FACTOR analysis
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STATISTICAL sampling
JUDGMENT sampling
DATA analysis software
STATISTICAL correlation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10911359
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 151647287
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2020.1806173