Married or Divorced? A Quantitative Assessment of Educational Attainment for a National Sample of Black Students based on Parental Configuration

Positive health benefits of social support: Examining racial differences.

“…The negative association in the model between positive paternal relationship quality and psychological health reported by Black participants may be explained by factors not assessed in the current study, such as attitudes about mental health, beliefs regarding paternal involvement, and resiliency (DeFreitas et al, 2018; Yogman et al, 2016). For example, Black participants attending college may be more likely to live in two-parent households, compared to White participants, and thus report higher positive relationships with both parents (Smiley et al, 2020). Black participants in the current study may also have reported lower psychological health related to other factors such as mental health stigma and discrimination experiences (DeFreitas et al, 2018; Holley et al, 2016)…”