Tennessee Self-Concept Scale Scores of Urban African-American Women

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 915-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maxie P. Kohler ◽  
Gary L. Sapp ◽  
Emmett T. Kohler ◽  
Rebecca Sandoval
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
American Women ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
The Average Range ◽  
Tennessee Self Concept Scale

The Tennessee Self-concept Scale: Second Edition scores of 33 urban, African-American women were compared in a pretest-posttest design. The treatment was exposure to a 3-mo. literacy and social skills training program. Contrary to expectations, scores on just two subscales—Self-criticism and Physical Self—fell outside the average range. Also, Physical Self was the only scale score to change significantly (–3.83). These results suggest that self-esteem scores of urban African Americans were similar to those of women in the general population.

Locus of control and self-esteem in depressed, low-income African-American women

1994 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherryl H. Goodman ◽  
Eileen L. Cooley ◽  
Daniel R. Sewell ◽  
Naomi Leavitt
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
American Women

scholarly journals “Strong Black Women”: African American Women with Disabilities, Intersecting Identities, and Inequality

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-63
Author(s):  
Angel Love Miles
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black Women ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Strong Black Woman ◽  
American Women ◽  
Material Reality ◽  
Intersecting Identities ◽  
Marginalized Women

In a mixed-methods study of the barriers and facilitators to homeownership for African American women with physical disabilities, self-concept emerged among the primary themes. This article discusses how participants in the study perceived themselves and negotiated how they were perceived by others as multiply marginalized women. Using what I call a feminist intersectional disability framework, I suggest that participants’ relationships to care strongly contributed to their self-concept. The “Strong Black Woman” trope and associated expectations had cultural and material relevance for how they interpreted themselves and were interpreted by others as receivers, managers, and providers of care. The material reality of owning or not owning a home did not reveal significant differences in the self-concepts of homeowners versus nonhomeowners. Rather, it was through conversations about homeownership that this data around self-concept in relationship to care was revealed.

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