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African American Girls

Reframing Perceptions and Changing Experiences

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Faye Z. Belgrave

    1. Dept. Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.

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  • Offers a descriptive and comprehensive examination of African American girls from the perspective of someone who has worked with thousands of girls from all walks of life
  • Provides recommendations and resources for working with African American adolescent girls in a practical manner
  • Focuses on one of the most critical developmental periods - teens in early to mid-adolescence - the period in which life decisions and experiences most likely have the greatest impact on subsequent quality of life

Part of the book series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development (ARAD)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Part 1

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Description and Demographics

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      Pages 3-9

    3. Self and Identity

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      Pages 11-29

  3. Part 2

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 30-30
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    2. Family and Kin

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      Pages 33-50

    3. Peers and Friends

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      Pages 51-67

    4. Communities and Neighborhoods

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      Pages 69-87

    5. Expectations and Achievement

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      Pages 89-105

  4. Part 3

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 108-108
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    2. Health and Wellness

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      Pages 109-122

    3. Sexual Behavior and Consequences

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      Pages 123-140

    4. Prosocial Behavior and Aggression

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      Pages 141-155

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 157-178
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About this book

Over the past 15 years, I have had the opportunityto conduct research and interv- tion programming with African American girls. Several of my graduate students, mostly African American women, pursuing their doctorates in psychology worked closely with me in this work. We have conducted hundreds of literature reviews, read many journal articles and reports, published many papers, and engaged over a thousand African American adolescent girls in a cultural curriculum speci?cally designed for them. This book was written to summarize this work and was c- ceived to be an educational resource for diverse audiences who work with African American girls including: (1) researchers who conduct research and intervention programming; (2) professionals who work with African American adolescent girls such as teachers, social workers, prevention specialists, therapists and counselors, and mental health workers; and (3) a general audience of persons with an interest in African American adolescent female’s well-being and developmentsuch as parents, community leaders, girl’s group leaders (i. e. , Girl Scout leaders), and church and spiritual leaders. This book is both descriptive and practical. Each chapter covers the most current literature on African American adolescent girls, and reviews and discusses ways in which they are similar to and unique from girls in other ethnic groups and from African American boys. An understanding of who they are and how they function allows us to make recommendations about ways to support these girls and to re- cus and/or strengthen already positive attributes.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.

    Faye Z. Belgrave

About the author

Faye Z. Belgrave has developed, implemented, and evaluated cultural programs for African American girls for more than 15 years. These programs have been implemented collaboratively with local community partners. Participants in these programs have shown increases in self attributes, positive values and relationships, and have developed life skills to resist negative behaviors. Dr. Belgrave is professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and co-author of a textbook on African American Psychology.

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