Effects of Africentric Socialization on Psychosocial Outcomes in Black Girls: The Critical Role of Gender |
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Authors: | Arthur L. Whaley John P. McQueen Lorraine Oudkerk |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas, USA;2. Family Renaissance, Inc., Brooklyn, New York, USA |
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Abstract: | African American social work scholars recommend rigorous research and evaluation of Africentric interventions as one approach to building culturally appropriate, evidence-based treatments for the Black community. Following this approach, this pilot study evaluates the Imani Rites of Passage program, a 15-week Africentric curriculum with 10 Black adolescent females (mean age = 12.40), comparing their pre- and post-intervention data to that of a no-intervention group of 13 Black males (mean age = 12.08). The program evaluation is based on the degree of correspondence between theory and the measurement model spelled out by the cognitive-cultural view of African-American identity. The findings for Black females were consistent with the cognitive-cultural model in some ways but not in others, and they were more complex than the predictions. Future Africentric interventions guided by the cognitive-cultural model must consider gender differences in the outcomes. Implications for social work research and practice are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Academic outcomes African-American youth gender intervention/prevention program evaluation violence |
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