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Harris, Diane J. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 1992
Presents Afrocentric model, an approach to identify problems and develop strategies to enhance the sense of belonging, identity, and control in African-American females. Describes three areas of experience (sense of belonging, identity, and control) and demonstrates application of model by discussing preliminary study of African-American females.…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Females
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Jackson, Anita P.; Sears, Susan J. – Journal of Counseling and Development, 1992
Explores idea of an Africentric worldview as means for reducing stress among African-American women. Suggests that restructuring worldview can alter the cognitive appraisals of potential stressful situations. Proposes that Africentric worldview framework has potential to counter negative images that often result in stressful appraisals of…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, Cognitive Style, Females
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Burgess, Norma J. – Journal of Black Studies, 1994
Examines the black female's role in U.S. society, particularly with regard to working outside the home, and argues that one cannot understand what African American women are today without having a historical perspective for what their ancestors and their ancestors' roles, functions, and responsibilities were. An Afrocentric perspective is…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Blacks, Employed Women, Females