Thriving Among African‐American Adolescents: Religiosity, Religious Support, and Communalism

Gooden, Adia; McMahon, Susan D.

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“…Spencer, Dupree, Swanson, and Cunningham (1996) found that religious engagement and attendant factors were significant supports for the ethnic identity and self-efficacy processes of African American girls. Results from Gooden and McMahon (2016) suggest that religiosity, religious social support, and communalism were significantly associated with thriving outcomes for African American adolescents in predominantly Black churches. Similarly, Brown (2008) found positive associations between the resilience of African American undergraduates who reported receiving positive racial socialization messages and perceiving social support.…”

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“…Religious engagement may provide these adolescent with access to religious social support and its attendant benefits. For example, African American adolescents attending predominantly Black churches who reported greater religious social support tended to have higher levels of thriving (Gooden & McMahon, 2016).…”

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Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Adolescents

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Discrimination is a common experience for Black youth that can jeopardize their mental health. However, research suggests that various dimensions of religion have positive effects on youths' mental health and well-being. Additionally, exposure to discrimination may vary by youths' sociodemographic factors, such as gender and ethnicity. Numerous studies identify the protective effects of emotional and tangible religious social support on the mental health of Black adults reporting discrimination. Conversely, fewer studies address the influence of emotional and tangible religious social support on mental health for Black adolescents experiencing discrimination, while also accounting for socio-demographic heterogeneity among Black adolescents. Historically, religion has played an instrumental role in the diverse narratives of the Black Diaspora in the United States. It is important to account for its potential protective effects for Black youth. Examining these factors using a compensatory risk and resilience model, our study finds that Black adolescents who experience discrimination are also more likely to meet criteria for a psychiatric disorder. Additionally, those who report experiencing religious social support are less likely to meet criteria for a psychiatric disorder. These findings were not moderated by the sociodemographic factors of race or ethnicity. To date, this investigation is one of the first to examine the effect of different types of religious social support in the presence of discrimination on psychiatric illness among African American and Caribbean Black adolescents.

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Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Adolescents

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“…Religiosity and spirituality also support meaning-making, a sense of purpose, effective coping, resilience, and the development of a range of virtues, including humility, compassion, forgiveness, optimism, and prosociality (Gooden and McMahon 2016;Mattis 2002;Mattis et al 2000Mattis et al , 2003Mattis et al , 2017Utsey et al 2007;Yeh et al 2011). However, the mechanisms and processes by which religiosity and spirituality influence positive development for Black children, youth, and adults who reside in urban settings, in particular, remain understudied.…”

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Where Our Bright Star Is Cast: Religiosity, Spirituality, and Positive Black Development in Urban Landscapes

2019

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Social science research offers a particular, narrow view of the lived experiences of Black urban-residing people. When the religious and spiritual lives of Black urban residents are viewed through this narrow lens, the diversity of religious and spiritual experiences and the connections between everyday life and positive outcomes, such as compassion, hope, liberation, joy, etc., become flattened, doing a disservice to the very people whose experiences we aim to understand. We contend that understanding the link between religiosity, spirituality, and positive development among Black urban-residing people requires us to pay attention to the ways that faith helps Black people to navigate the sequelae of five distinct sociopolitical features of urban life. We propose a conceptual framework that links these sociopolitical factors to religiosity, spirituality, and positive development among Black youth and adults residing in urban spaces. We conclude with recommendations applicable to the study of Black urban religiosity and spirituality.

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“…Several factors influence adolescent sexual initiation; one such factor is religiosity. Given that black adolescents are among the most religiously active adolescents in the USA (Gooden and McMahon 2016; Smith 2003), this study seeks to examine the associations between religious socialization, religiosity, and sexual initiation among a nationally representative sample of black adolescents.…”

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The Role of Religious Socialization and Religiosity in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents’ Sexual Initiation

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This study determined the nature of the associations between religious socialization, religiosity, and adolescent sexual initiation. Data originated from the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent (n = 1170), a nationally representative study of black adolescents. Factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and logistic regression were used to evaluate hypotheses. Results indicated that as black adolescents received more messages about religious beliefs and practices, their religiosity was greater and, in turn, they were less likely to report sexual initiation; findings varied by ethnicity, gender, and age. Findings contribute to understanding religious socialization and its association with sexual initiation.

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Thriving Among African‐American Adolescents: Religiosity, Religious Support, and Communalism

Cited by 44 publications

References 63 publications

Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Adolescents

Religious Social Support, Discrimination, and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Adolescents

Where Our Bright Star Is Cast: Religiosity, Spirituality, and Positive Black Development in Urban Landscapes

The Role of Religious Socialization and Religiosity in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents’ Sexual Initiation

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