A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Strengths of Black Youths Export

@article{citeulike:3255741, abstract = {The strengths of Black youths lie in their abilities to resist the barriers that they encounter in the various environments in which they exist. Yet the media and social science literature have defined the youths in terms of the pathology of their environments rather than focusing on the assets that Black youths use in such environments. Thus, terms such as inner city, urban, and at-risk are used as proxies for the youths' personality attributes and themes, such as violence, substance abuse, school underachievement, and family instability are used to define their life experiences. In doing so, the literature suggests that the negative behaviors that it ascribes to Black youths are normative in actuality. In this article, a new framework for understanding the assets of Black youths is provided. The framework highlights the role of racial socialization in the youths' development of strengths that allow them to cope effectively with barriers. 10.1177/0095798408316794}, author = {Nicolas, Guerda and Helms, Janet E. and Jernigan, Maryam M. and Sass, Theresa and Skrzypek, Adrienne and DeSilva, Angela M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3255741}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095798408316794}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jbp.sagepub.com/content/34/3/261.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://jbp.sagepub.com/content/34/3/261.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://jbp.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/3/261}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0095798408316794}, journal = {Journal of Black Psychology}, keywords = {african, americans, coping, strategies}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {261--280}, posted-at = {2009-10-09 20:38:41}, priority = {2}, title = {A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Strengths of Black Youths}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095798408316794}, volume = {34}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3255741 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3255741 N2 - The strengths of Black youths lie in their abilities to resist the barriers that they encounter in the various environments in which they exist. Yet the media and social science literature have defined the youths in terms of the pathology of their environments rather than focusing on the assets that Black youths use in such environments. Thus, terms such as inner city, urban, and at-risk are used as proxies for the youths' personality attributes and themes, such as violence, substance abuse, school underachievement, and family instability are used to define their life experiences. In doing so, the literature suggests that the negative behaviors that it ascribes to Black youths are normative in actuality. In this article, a new framework for understanding the assets of Black youths is provided. The framework highlights the role of racial socialization in the youths' development of strengths that allow them to cope effectively with barriers. 10.1177/0095798408316794 IS - 3 JF - Journal of Black Psychology EP - 280 TI - A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Strengths of Black Youths VL - 34 SP - 261 KW - african KW - americans KW - coping KW - strategies AU - Nicolas, Guerda AU - Helms, Janet AU - Jernigan, Maryam AU - Sass, Theresa AU - Skrzypek, Adrienne AU - DeSilva, Angela PY - 2008/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0095798408316794 ER -