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Historical Hostility in the African American Client: Implications for Counseling.
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Vontress, Clemmont E.; Epp, Lawrence R. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1997
Examines "historical hostility" (a pattern of responses that many African Americans exhibit) and how it may stem from prolonged subjection to inferior treatment in American society. Explores the impact of historical hostility on the counseling relationship, offers suggestions for diagnosing it, and presents some intervention strategies.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Blacks, Client Attitudes (Human Services), Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Academics, Self-Esteem, and Race: A Look at the Underlying Assumptions of the Disidentification Hypothesis.
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Osborne, Jason W. – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Tested hypothesis that African American children protect themselves from failure by detaching their self-esteem from academic outcomes. Analyses revealed a pattern of weakening correlations between self-esteem and academic outcomes from 8th to 10th grade for African American students. Correlations for white students remained stable or increased.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Blacks, Comparative Analysis