Forging Links

This volume focuses on the challenges faced by Black children in the post-modern age. The authors integrate clinical and developmental psychology with history and culture to address contemporary issues in the field. The issues confronting African American children and parents are unique to this era of unparalleled prosperity. Simultaneous patterns of racial inequality and disparities continue to exist in almost all areas of human activity despite these prosperous times. This book offers an in-depth look at issues and challenges affecting African American children in the 21st century. Topics addressed include quantifying normal behavior, racial identity, racial socialization, acting white, teen fatherhood, poverty, violence, and Black males and sports. This book will be of interest to both academics and professionals in clinical development and family psychology and those involved with legal and social services for Black children.

Focuses on the challenges faced by Black children in the post-modern age, integrating clinical and developmental psychology with history and culture to address new issues in the field.

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"This is a postmodern book. Its contributors are concerned with the types of issues confronting African American parents and children now, during an era of both unparalleled prosperity. . . and simultaneous and continuing patterns of racial inequality and disparities in almost all arenas" (from Holliday's foreword). Chapters discuss psychological assessments of African American children and families, approaches to racial identity, racial coping in middle childhood, psychological adjustments of urban adolescents, violence and trauma, sports, unwed fathers, and the 1999 Kent State forum. Contributors include scholars of psychology, human ecology, social service administration, and sport studies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

ANGELA M. NEAL-BARNETT is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University.

JOSEFINA M. CONTRERAS is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kent State University.

KATHRYN A. KERNS is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University.