Comparing Associations Between Puberty, Ethnic–Racial Identity, Self‐Concept, and Depressive Symptoms Among African American and Caribbean Black Boys

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 2019-2041
Author(s):  
Rona Carter ◽  
Eleanor K. Seaton ◽  
Janelle L. Blazek
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Black Boys ◽  
Caribbean Black

Predictors of Academic Self-Concept for African American College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 636-653
Author(s):  
Andrew S. Franklin ◽  
Scott M. Debb ◽  
Darlene G. Colson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Grade Point Average ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Historically Black University

This study explored the roles of demographic variables, grade point average, centrality (an aspect of racial identity), and student-professor interactions in predicting academic self-concept. A convenience sample of 132 African American students (104 females and 28 males) ranging in age from 18 to 38 ( Mage = 26), attending a historically Black university completed an online questionnaire assessing demographic information, grade point average, an aspect of racial identity from the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity, student-professor interactions, and academic self-concept. Results showed that grade point average and student-professor interactions characterized by faculty’s level of care were significant factors in predicting academic self-concept. These relationships may be important for understanding salient factors that influence the academic self-concept in African American college students.

Analysis of Self-Concept in Older Adults in Different Contexts

2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 262-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel de Gracia Blanco ◽  
Josep Garre Olmo ◽  
María Marcó Arbonès ◽  
Pilar Monreal Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Aging Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Discriminatory Capacity

Summary: Self-concept is a construct consisting of a group of specific self-perceptions that are hierarchically organized. Age-associated changes of self-concept are related to the individual's perception of the changes occurring throughout the aging process. The authors examined external validity and internal consistency of an instrument that has been developed to assess self-concept in older adults and examined self-concept's characteristics in two different contexts. Results confirm the multidimensionality of the scale and show a satisfactory external validity, indicating good discriminatory capacity. Findings support the hypothesis that older people who live in a nursing home have a poor self-esteem, self-concept, and psychological well-being and have a greater presence of depressive symptoms than people who live in their own home.

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