The Unique Coping Strategies of African American Families With a Loved One With Schizophrenia: The Use of the Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Guada
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Personal Evaluation ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Family Crisis ◽  
The Family ◽  
American Families

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Libra R. Hilde
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
White Men ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Black Fathers ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
The Family ◽  
Slave Quarters ◽  
Patriarchal Power ◽  
American Families

The introduction presents an overview of the literature on the family and masculinity within slavery, arguing that in order to appreciate the adaptability and multiplicity of enslaved families, scholars should focus on how kin units functioned rather than on the form of households. To fully understand fatherhood within slavery, it is critical to recognize multilocal kin networks and to assess the contributions of non-resident, but engaged fathers. This book builds on recent scholarship that posits multiple masculinities in enslaved communities and explores the masculine hierarchy of slavery. In the Old South, masculinity took on a public and private dichotomy with public expressions of manhood available only to white men. Enslaved men could at times exhibit masculinity privately and within the bounds of the plantation and slave quarters. One consistent ideal of manhood in African American communities was that of caretaker. The introduction refutes misperceptions of African American families and missing Black fathers, arguing that because enslaved and postwar freedmen lacked access to recognized patriarchal power, their hidden caretaking behavior has long been obscured.

Decisions, Decisions

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma C. Potter ◽  
Karen A. Roberto ◽  
Nancy Brossoie ◽  
Rosemary Blieszner
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Qualitative Interview ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Life Course Perspective ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Role Changes ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Decision Making ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
American Families

African American families’ experiences with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have received little attention in the research literature. Guided by the life-course perspective, we analyzed qualitative interview data from members of 27 African American families including the person with MCI (PwMCI), a relative or friend who was highly involved in the PwMCI’s daily life, and if available, a relative or friend who had at least monthly contact with the PwMCI. Findings uncovered variability in families’ MCI awareness, assessment, and need for role changes; the importance of reaching out to trusted others; and honoring PwMCI’s care preferences (e.g., who should provide care). Families held varying beliefs about engaging outside support; some families insisted on keeping all care within the family while others were open to the use of external services. We showcase how diagnosis acceptance and family decision-making are at the heart of how African American families respond to MCI.

Economic pressure in African American families: A replication and extension of the family stress model.

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rand D. Conger ◽  
Lora Ebert Wallace ◽  
Yumei Sun ◽  
Ronald L. Simons ◽  
Vonnie C. McLoyd ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Family Stress ◽  
African American Families ◽  
Stress Model ◽  
Economic Pressure ◽  
Family Stress Model ◽  
The Family ◽  
American Families
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