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Chung, He Len; Probert, Stephanie – Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2011
The present study examined civic engagement--volunteering and political activism--among 129 African American young adults from an urban community. The proposed model considered factors that motivate young adults to participate in civic activities as well as barriers that might inhibit involvement. Drawing upon social cognitive theory, this study…
Descriptors: Activism, Young Adults, Epistemology, African Americans
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Gilbert, Dorie J.; Harvey, Aminifu R.; Belgrave, Faye Z. – Social Work, 2009
For over a decade, a number of social work scholars have advocated for an Africentric paradigm shift in social work practice with African Americans; yet the paradigm shift has been slow in coming with respect to infusing Africentric theory and interventions into social work practice, education, and research. Interventions that infuse Africentric…
Descriptors: Models, Social Work, Afrocentrism, African Americans