Perceived Support for Challenging Racism, Sexism, and Social Injustice Questionnaire

An experimental examination of two career interventions for battered women.

“…The strengths of this study are use of an experimental design in a community setting, use of a manualized intervention, and what may be a first attempt to define, operationalize, and measure critical consciousness in a career intervention study with adult domestic violence survivors. Diemer and colleagues have made great strides in exploring critical consciousness development with urban adolescents and the role of critical consciousness on adolescents' career development and decisions to challenge perceived racism, sexism, and social injustice (Diemer & Blustein, in press; Diemer, Kauffman, Koenig, Trahan, & Hsieh, in press). The ACCESS interventions were not only designed for a specific, underserved population but a population with complex and multifaceted needs and that is extremely difficult to access.…”

Black and Latinx Adolescents’ Developing Commitment to Antiracist Activism Over Four Years of High School

“…Yet, comparatively less work has examined the role of family and peers in providing adolescents with opportunities for analysis of, and action against, oppressive social forces such as racism (for a review, see Heberle et al., 2020). Although research has identified positive links between adolescents’ social analysis skills and their relationships with family and peers (e.g., Bañales, Marchand, et al., 2020; Diemer, Kauffman, Koenig, Trahan, & Hsieh, 2006), quantitative findings connecting family and peers to adolescents’ commitment to activism have been mixed (e.g., Diemer et al., 2006; Diemer & Li, 2011). Qualitative work, however, consistently demonstrates that family and peers can be crucial influencers of some youths’ commitment to action (e.g., Maher & Earl, 2017; O’Connor, 1997; Rubin, 2007).…”