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Antre' Marqeul Drummer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
African American males face unique challenges navigating college, where academic rigor is compounded by societal stigmas associated with Black masculinity. Mass media often portrays Black men as hypersexualized, uneducable, and a societal threat (Jackson & Moore, 2006), while Black fathers are depicted as absent or emotionally disconnected…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Social Bias, Masculinity
Davis, Gina R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Father involvement appears to be a significant factor in the success of African American children, resulting in positive psychosocial, behavioral, cognitive, and academic achievement outcomes beginning in toddlerhood and continuing through late adolescence. The present study assessed how involvement of African American fathers influences their…
Descriptors: Fathers, African Americans, Adjustment (to Environment), Academic Achievement
Arm, Jennifer R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Prior research on parents of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) people is significantly dated and has tended to focus on the experiences of parents as they learn they have a GLB child. This study sought to update and extend the research literature on parents of GLB people, by exploring associations between stress, social support, GLB related social…
Descriptors: Mothers, Sexual Orientation, Homosexuality, Social Support Groups