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Racial Identity and Psychological Symptoms Among African Americans Attending a Historically Black University

✍ Scribed by Stefanie C. Gilbert; Dominicus So; Tina Maria Russell; Thomas R. Wessel

Publisher: American Counseling Association
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 78 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 1099-0399
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1882.2006.tb00098.x

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✦ Synopsis

Previous research found racial identity predictive of psychological distress among African American students at predominantly White colleges. This study examined these relationships among 154 African American undergraduates attending a historically Black university. Racial identity was independent of psychological distress, suggesting that African American students' racial identity predicts psychological distress only in settings in which they are the minority.

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