Black youth who experience community violence occupy multiple environments with varying levels of influence on how they display resiliency to prevent adverse mental health outcomes. Considering the recent rise concerns (i.e., increase in suicidal outcomes) among youth, along abundance research illustrating detrimental impact violence, more is needed examine different environmental factors (e.g., family and school) shape protect their while displaying navigating violence. The purpose this...

African American women survivors of intimate partner violence disproportionately experience homicide due, in part, to the racism and racial discrimination they during their help-seeking process. Yet, existing scholarship neglects examine how this multiply-marginalized population navigate sociocultural barriers obtain crisis services supports from domestic service provision system. Fundamental developing culturally-salient interventions is more fully understanding behavior. We conducted 30...

The authors present a conceptual framework for expanding the use of relational theory with African-American women. Relational (RT) informs practice women but is inadequate in addressing all aspects culture and identity. RT presumes that desire or are able to make therapeutic connections, yet race, gender, cultural experiences influence their ability do so. Successful minority must address racism its impact. Critical race (CRT) incorporates solution-focused (SF) approach well-suited limits...

The continued prevalence and severity of stress among social workers, despite previous efforts to address the phenomenon, implies that current prevention intervention strategies are ineffective. This may be partly due a needed shift in research from quantification stress, understanding role individual cognitive, emotional mechanisms play work-related coping behaviours. specific objectives this qualitative study were: (1) understand workers’ perceptions stressors, (2) explore behavioural...

Abstract Research has found that experiences of racial discrimination among Black youth contribute to adverse behavioral health outcomes, including depression and suicide ideation. This study is guided by social support theory the stress buffering model further understand how connectedness can influence effect everyday on symptoms Using survey data from a sample 362 (18 24 years age) in Midwest, current conducted path analyses examine direct indirect effects depressive ideation, mediated...

Studies suggest that religion is a protective factor for substance misuse and mental health concerns among Black/African American youth despite reported declines in their religious involvement. However, few studies have investigated the associations religion, misuse, Black youth. Informed by Critical Race Theory, we evaluated correlations between gender, depression, unprotected sex on health. Using multiple linear regression, assessed self-reported measures of drug use sex, condom use,...

This study explored the relationship between involvement of biological fathers and sexual risk behaviors dating violence/victimization and/or perpetration adolescent girls. The data used in this cross-sectional analysis were drawn from second wave public release National Longitudinal Study Adolescent Health. Only adolescents who reported their sex as female, a history being sexually active, having romantic partner previous 18 months selected (N = 879). focused on overall positive use...

Black girls bear a higher burden of juvenile justice involvement in the United States, relative to other racial/ethnic female groups. Emerging evidence suggests that system is related trauma histories and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study investigated associations between individual, family, peer factors, their relationship PTSD among with involvement. Cross-sectional data were collected from 188 detention. Measures assessed history abuse, negative norms, future orientation,...

This paper offers practical insights for researchers who conduct studies with vulnerable populations, including those using secondary data sources from government entities. The is based on the approval process to secure a Midwestern county juvenile probation department and state courts author's dissertation study. proposes general considerations ten lessons learned successfully research populations and/or their information.

Pregnant and parenting adolescents experience high rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) its sequelae posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) depression. Narrative exposure therapy (NET) is an innovative intervention that has demonstrated strong preliminary evidence in improving mental health. The specific aims this article are 3-fold: (1) provide a brief background about IPV-related PTSD depression among pregnant adolescents; (2) describe NET's theoretical principles, therapeutic process,...

<h3>Importance</h3> More than 50 000 youths are incarcerated in the United States on any given day, and youth incarceration has been linked to lasting adverse outcomes, including early mortality. Improving our understanding of factors associated with mortality among can inform appropriate prevention strategies. <h3>Objective</h3> To examine rates causes death previously juvenile legal system. <h3>Design, Setting, Participants</h3> This retrospective longitudinal population-based cohort study...

Black gay and bisexual male adolescents young adults (BGBMA/YA) are at higher risk for suicidal outcomes given their minoritized stigmatized identities the intersection of race sexual orientation. This study explores key developmental assets, including family support communication, role in preventing depression symptoms among BGBMA/YA. A cross-sectional survey was administered to participants (N = 400, M

The primary aim of this study was to examine gender and racial differences in the association between system involvement types (i.e., child protective services [CPS] only, juvenile justice dual involvement) academic outcomes grade failure, chronic absenteeism). This used records from a linked database public youth-serving institutional within county’s youth court, law enforcement agencies, CPS. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. impact systems on most salient among...

Family-based approaches are critical for improving health outcomes in sexual minority men (SMM) of color. Yet, it is unclear how family context, internalized homophobia, and stress influence mental among From a cross-sectional sample 448 participants, aged 16-24 years, survey data were analyzed to examine rates social support, the perception sexuality by family, stressfulness life events, other contextual variables on depression using linear regression. Our results indicated that an 86%...

In the United States, racial/ethnic and sexual youth young adults (YYA) of color are disproportionately affected by HIV. Subsequently, YYA experience HIV stigma engage in increased risk behaviors reduced testing. communication has been identified as a potential buffer to stigma, resulting health-seeking behaviors, such this study, we respond meaningful gap literature examining different types their impact on testing diverse sample YYA. We analyzed secondary data from Kaiser Family Foundation...

Duoethnography offers the narratives of first-generation Black women scholars who created a virtual community as transformative safe space for peer mentorship and scholarship. Framed through womanist epistemological lens, our provide insight about challenges triumphs navigating academy from female African descent. Unique to this chronicle, development an Accountability Sistah Circle in 2012 became organic personal professional growth. Through components model, which can be implemented with...

This study explored how neighborhood cohesion is related to perceptions of procedural justice in policing, and the moderating role cultural race-related stress among Black adults.We conducted hierarchical regression analyses a US sample adults (N = 604) examine if relate global policing during critical police stop. Moderation were determine strengthens or weakens relationship between policing.Neighborhood was positively at stops. For participants with above average from racism, positive...