Cultural Value Differences: Implications for the Experiences of African-American Men

Harris, Shanette M.; Majors, Richard

doi:10.3149/jms.0103.227

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“…Unlike their European American counterparts, African American male adolescents are more likely to deny, devalue, and actually forgo intellectual interests to avoid the ridicule and shame that arise from academic success (Fordham & Ogbu, 1986;Harris & Majors, 1993;Mickelson, 1990). Although adolescent boys in general disparage feminine qualities, the intensity of this disdain appears to have a greater impact upon the completion of tasks that are essential for African American male youth's adjustment to adult roles.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Alternative masculine behaviors moderate stressful conditions and provide a basis for personal achievement and self-respect (Harris, 1992;Harris & Majors, 1993;Majors, 1989;Majors & Billson, 1992;Wilson, 1991); however, these behaviors have been hypothesized to lead to even more negative consequences than those linked with the traditional European American male role (David & Brannon, 1976;Doyle, 1983Doyle, , 1989Fasteau, 1975;O'Neil, 1982;Pleck, 1981). Alternative masculine behaviors moderate stressful conditions and provide a basis for personal achievement and self-respect (Harris, 1992;Harris & Majors, 1993;Majors, 1989;Majors & Billson, 1992;Wilson, 1991); however, these behaviors have been hypothesized to lead to even more negative consequences than those linked with the traditional European American male role (David & Brannon, 1976;Doyle, 1983Doyle, , 1989Fasteau, 1975;O'Neil, 1982;Pleck, 1981).…”

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Psychosocial Development and Black Male Masculinity: Implications for Counseling Economically Disadvantaged African American Male Adolescents

Harris

1995

Jour of Counseling & Develop

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Psychosocial Development and Black Male Masculinity: Implications for Counseling Economically Disadvantaged African American Male Adolescents

Harris

1995

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“…One experience that is expected to contribute to the development of a hostile attribution bias is being raised in a culture that "values self-defense, personal honor, and retaliation" (Dodge 2006, p. 793). African-American cultures have been reported to value confrontation and assertiveness (Harris and Majors 1993), which may lead to the development of a hostile attribution bias and high rates of aggression. Additionally, Hispanic cultures value machismo, a male honor code that has sometime been associated with aggression (Andres-Hyman et al 2006).…”

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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescents

McLaughlin

Hilt

Nolen–Hoeksema

2007

J Abnorm Child Psychol

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The prevalence of most adult psychiatric disorders varies across racial/ethnic groups and has important implications for prevention and intervention efforts. Research on racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of internalizing and externalizing symptoms and disorders in adolescents has been less consistent or generally lacking. The current study examined the prevalence of these symptom groups in a large sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in which the three major racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. (White, Black, and Hispanic/Latino) were well-represented. Hispanic females reported experiencing higher levels of depression, anxiety, and reputational aggression than other groups. Black males reported the highest levels of overtly aggressive behavior and also reported higher levels of physiologic anxiety and disordered eating than males from other racial/ethnic groups. Hispanic females also exhibited higher levels of comorbidity than other racial/ethnic groups. KeywordsRacial/ethnic differences; Adolescence; Anxiety; Depression; Eating pathology; Aggression Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of symptoms of depression (Blazer et al. 1994;Kessler et al. 1994), anxiety (Brown et al. 1990), and eating disorders (Striegel-Moore et al. 2003) have been documented in a number of studies utilizing adult samples. There has been substantially less work examining racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of psychopathology in adolescents. Large epidemiologic studies of adolescent psychopathology have typically not focused on racial/ethnic group differences in symptoms or have not included substantial numbers of ethnic minorities. For example, in the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project (Lewinsohn et al. 1993) over 90% of participants were White. Similarly, in the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study the vast majority of participants were White (e.g., McGee et al. 1990). Understanding racial/ethnic differences in psychopathology is important for the identification of at-risk groups and targets for prevention efforts, improvement of mental health services, and as a first step in understanding the mechanisms by which risk factors confer vulnerability to psychopathology differentially on various segments of the population.The research that has been conducted examining race/ethnicity differences in adolescent psychopathology has yielded inconsistent findings about differences in the prevalence of symptoms of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and aggression. Some studies document significant group differences (e.g., Roberts and Chen 1995;Austin and Chorpita 2004) while others have reported no differences in symptoms across groups (e.g., Cole et al. 1998).Correspondence to: Katie A. McLaughlin, katie.mclaughlin@yale.edu. Another explanation for disparate findings in studies comparing rates of symptoms in different racial/ethnic groups involves the inclusion of children and adolescents from different age groups (e.g., Kistner et al. 2003;Ollendick et al. 1996). The prevalence of inte...

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“…Harris and colleagues [17] [18] found that notions of masculinity vary within any one society according to different types of ethnic groups. For men from historically subordinated ethnic groups, masculinity is influenced by both the dominant culture and by experiences related to a myriad of factors including structural inequalities in education and employment, racial barriers and stereotypes.…”

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Understanding underrepresentation in IT through intersectionality

Trauth

Cain

Joshi

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Proceedings of the 2012 iConference

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Results of an investigation of the effect of intersectionality on perceptions of university students about IT careers are presented. This analysis deepens the discussion began at the 2011 iConference by presenting an examination of responses of African American males and females on the topic of gender norms and stereotypes about IT professionals. The findings provide evidence of the influence of race on gender stereotypes that individuals hold about the IT field. Gender differences in stereotypes reveal within-race variation in perceptions about the IT field. IT skills perceived by African American females as feminine are nearly identical to those found across all participants in the study. In contrast, African American males did not identify any skills as feminine. These results suggest that finer grained analysis of under representation in the IT field can be achieved by pursuing the intersectionality of gender and race.

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Cultural Value Differences: Implications for the Experiences of African-American Men

Cited by 15 publications

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Psychosocial Development and Black Male Masculinity: Implications for Counseling Economically Disadvantaged African American Male Adolescents

Psychosocial Development and Black Male Masculinity: Implications for Counseling Economically Disadvantaged African American Male Adolescents

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescents

Understanding underrepresentation in IT through intersectionality

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