Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) bear an increasingly disproportionate burden of HIV in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends high-impact combination prevention for populations at high risk for HIV infection, such as BMSM. However, few scholars have considered the types of behavioral interventions that…

This study examined mother-child reminiscing about children's experiences with peers and its relation to children's peer-related self-views and social competence. Sixty-three mothers and their preschool-aged children discussed at home two specific past events involving the child and his or her peers, one event being positive and one negative. The…

Family interviews were conducted with 28 7-12-year-old children who had experienced various forms of bullying and relational aggression by their peers, as well as with their parent and with an older sibling. Interviews explored possible supportive strategies of older siblings, parents, and teachers. All bullied children reported negative feelings…

This participatory action research project worked with four street-life-oriented black men to document how a community sample of street-life-oriented black adolescents between the ages of sixteen and nineteen frame street life as a site of resiliency inside schools based on 156 surveys, 10 individual interviews, and 1 group interview. Data…

This study organized a participatory action research team of four street life-oriented Black men to examine attitudes toward opportunity in a community sample of street life-oriented Black men ranging between the ages of 16 and 65. Data were collected in the form of 371 surveys and two group interviews. Most of the data collection took place…

ATTITUDES OF PARENTS OF EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED (EMR) CHILDREN WERE STUDIED IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE IF A RELATIONSHIP EXISTED BETWEEN PARENT ATTITUDE AND SOCIAL CLASS STATUS. THE SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 212 PARENTS OF 106 EMR CHILDREN, 9-14 YEARS OF AGE. FAMILIES WERE RANKED FROM HIGH TO LOW ON A FIVE-POSITION SOCIAL CLASS SCALE. INTERVIEWS WERE…