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Full-Text Articles in Social Work
Friends, Family, And Neighborhood: Understanding Academic Outcomes Of African American Youth, Trina Williams, Larry Davis, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Jeanne Saunders, James Herbert Williams
Friends, Family, And Neighborhood: Understanding Academic Outcomes Of African American Youth, Trina Williams, Larry Davis, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Jeanne Saunders, James Herbert Williams
Center for Social Development Research
Friends, Family, and Neighborhood: Understanding Academic Outcomes of African American Youth
Gender Differences In Self-Perceptions And Academic Outcomes: A Study Of African American High School Students, Jeanne Saunders, Larry Davis, Trina Williams, Julie Miller Cribbs
Gender Differences In Self-Perceptions And Academic Outcomes: A Study Of African American High School Students, Jeanne Saunders, Larry Davis, Trina Williams, Julie Miller Cribbs
Center for Social Development Research
There is increasing divergence in the academic outcomes of African American males and females. By most accounts, males are falling behind their female peers educationally as African American females are graduating from high schools at higher rates and are going on to college and graduate school in greater numbers. Some have suggested that school completion and performance is associated with how students feel about themselves. The purpose of this study was to explore gender differences in the relationship between self-perceptions and two academic outcomes among a sample of 243 African American high school sophomores. The results suggest that, overall; females …
Depression And Poverty Among African-American Women At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes, Mary De Groot, Wendy Auslander, James Herbert Williams, Michael Sherraden, Debra Haire-Joshu
Depression And Poverty Among African-American Women At Risk For Type 2 Diabetes, Mary De Groot, Wendy Auslander, James Herbert Williams, Michael Sherraden, Debra Haire-Joshu
Center for Social Development Research
Poverty is associated with negative health outcomes, including depression. Little is known about the specific elements of poverty that contribute to depression, particularly among African- American women at risk for type 2 diabetes. This study examined the relationships of economic and social resources to depression among African-American women at high risk for the development of type 2 diabetes (N=181) using the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory as a conceptual framework. Women were assessed at three time points in conjunction with a dietary change intervention. At baseline, 40% of women reported clinically significant depression and 43.3% were below the poverty line. …
Listening To African-American Students: An Exploratory Analysis Of Factors That Foster Academic Success, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Larry Davis, Stephanie Cronen, Sharon Johnson
Listening To African-American Students: An Exploratory Analysis Of Factors That Foster Academic Success, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Larry Davis, Stephanie Cronen, Sharon Johnson
Center for Social Development Research
This exploratory study assessed African-American freshman and sophomore students’ decisions to remain in school and their opinions regarding specific dropout prevention programs. Results indicated that students believed that school completion would prepare them for the future. the opinion of family members was consistently ranked as most important in supporting students' decisions to remain in school, and the primary barriers to completing school were related to family issues, academic problems and personal issues. Overall, students were most interested in intervention programs having to do with preparation for their futures—jobs and goals. The importance of tailoring education to meet the needs of …
Factors Influencing African American Youths' Decisions To Stay In School, Larry E. Davis, Sharon Johnson, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Stephen Cronen, Leslie Scheuler-Whitaker
Factors Influencing African American Youths' Decisions To Stay In School, Larry E. Davis, Sharon Johnson, Julie Miller-Cribbs, Stephen Cronen, Leslie Scheuler-Whitaker
Center for Social Development Research
Little attention has been given to the non-problematic development and positive life decisions of African American youth. This paper reports findings of 231 African American students. The goal of the study was to assess factors which contribute to their academic grade point averages and intentions to stay in school. The conceptual model employed in this study was the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) which contends that intentions to carryout a behavior is a function of Attitude towards the behavior, Social Normative support for undertaking the behavior, and the Perceived Control of being able to carry out the behavior. In addition …
Brief Study Of Working Conditions Of Colored Citizens In New Orleans Louisiana, Ernest J. Wright
Brief Study Of Working Conditions Of Colored Citizens In New Orleans Louisiana, Ernest J. Wright
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation
The following report is the result of a study of the Colored worker during the present cataclysm in political and industrial affairs. The present panic has helped the laborer from many angles. It has given him a realization of the value of money and the necessity of sane action in the distribution of it.