Forging Links: African American Children Clinical Developmental Perspectives

by Angela M. Neal-Barnett, Josefina M. Contreras, Kathryn A. Kerns

Overview

This volume focuses on the challenges faced by Black children in the post-modern age. The authors integrate clinical and developmental psychology with history and culture to address contemporary issues in the field. The issues confronting African American children and parents are unique to this era of unparalleled prosperity. Simultaneous patterns of racial inequality and disparities continue to exist in almost all areas of human activity despite these prosperous times. This book offers an in-depth look at issues and challenges affecting African American children in the 21st century. Topics addressed include quantifying normal behavior, racial identity, racial socialization, acting white, teen fatherhood, poverty, violence, and Black males and sports. This book will be of interest to both academics and professionals in clinical development and family psychology and those involved with legal and social services for Black children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275967833
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/2001
Series:	Praeger Applied Psychology
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

ANGELA M. NEAL-BARNETT is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. She is the co-editor of Family and Peers and Latino Children and Families in the United States.

JOSEFINA M. CONTRERAS is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. She is the co-editor of Family and Peers and Latino Children and Families in the United States.

KATHRYN A. KERNS is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. She is the co-editor of Family and Peers and Latino Children and Families in the United States.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction by Angela M. Neal-Barnett
Psychopathology and Assessment in African American Children and Families: A Historical, Ecological, and Strength-Based Perspective by Michael C. Lambert, Faith Markle, and Valerie F. Bellas
A Multi-dimensional Approach to Racial Identity: Implications for African American Children by Robert M. Sellers, Laura M. Morgan, and Tony N. Brown
Parental Characteristics, Racial Stress, and Racial Socialization Processes as Predictors of Racial Coping in Middle Childhood by Deborah J. Johnson
Being Black: New Thoughts on the Old Phenomenon of Acting White by Angela M. Neal-Barnett
Psychological Adjustment of Urban, Inner City, African-American Adolescents by Ronald D. Taylor
Violence and Trauma in the Lives of African American Children by Esther J. Jenkins
Sports and African-American Male Children: What Values and Motives Do They Have? by Robert E. Stadulis, Gary Waters, and Angela M. Neal-Barnett
Young, Unwed African American Fathers: Indicators of their Paternal Involvement by Waldo E. Johnson Jr.
Reflections of the Forum: Graduate Students on the Inside Track by Anita C. Heard, Madinah Ikhlas, and Michelle D. Mitchell
The 1999 Kent State Forum: Take Home Messages and Future Challenges for the Field of Development Psychology by Kathryn A. Kerns

Editorial Reviews

"This is a postmodern book. Its contributors are concerned with the types of issues confronting African American parents and children now, during an era of both unparalleled prosperity. . . and simultaneous and continuing patterns of racial inequality and disparities in almost all arenas" (from Holliday's foreword). Chapters discuss psychological assessments of African American children and families, approaches to racial identity, racial coping in middle childhood, psychological adjustments of urban adolescents, violence and trauma, sports, unwed fathers, and the 1999 Kent State forum. Contributors include scholars of psychology, human ecology, social service administration, and sport studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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