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Peer reviewedPeeke, Patricia A.; Steward, Robbie J.; Ruddock, Judy A. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1998
Researchers identified personality typologies among urban African-American high school junior and seniors. Introverted Sensing Thinking Judging (ISTJ) and the Introverted Sensing Thinking Perceptive (ISTP) were the two most represented typologies. Implications for school counselors, teachers, and teacher and counselor educators are discussed.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Style, Counselors, High School Seniors
Download full textSteward, Robbie J.; Hill, Martin – 1999
The primary objective of this paper is to present the outcome of an evaluation of the effect of the implementation of a learning community on the academic performance and academic involvement (attendance) of 50 urban African American freshmen who had been identified as at highest risk for academic failure. The learning community, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedSteward, Robbie J.; Jo, Han Ik; Murray, Darrick; Fitzgerald, William; Neil, Douglas; Fear, Frank; Hill, Martin – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1998
Studies 208 African-American urban high school students. Grade point average (GPA) and specific strategies for coping with day-to-day stressors were found to be significantly related to psychological adjustment. Students who had higher GPAs tended to use family members as means of solving problems, minimized problems by use of humor, and used…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Black Students, Coping, Family Relationship
Steward, Robbie J.; Jo, Hanik; Murray, Darrick A.; Tovar, Maria A.; Johnson, Mykel L. – 1998
In a study of African-American (n=119) urban high school students, coping with life stressors was positively and negatively associated with the use of substances. This study focused on how grade point average (GPA), psychological adjustment, and coping styles contribute to the reported use of substances as a way of dealing with stress. The results…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Blacks
Steward, Robbie J.; Jo, Hanik – 1998
In a study of 121 African-American urban adolescents, the use of spiritual support as a means of coping was found to be significantly related to psychological well-being and adjustment. The participants were high school freshmen in a midwestern city in an area where the student attrition rate had ranged from 55 to 65% over a 5-year period.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Affective Behavior
