K Jill Kiecolt
Biographic Data
| ID | 120700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | K Jill Kiecolt |
| GIVEN NAMES | K Jill |
| FAMILY NAME | Kiecolt |
| SIGNATURE | KIECOLT K J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3861-0619 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 333 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
The Combat Stress Process: Evidence from the American Soldier Study in World War II
Most research on combat exposure and mental health focuses on outcomes most soldiers do not experience, such as posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide. We focus instead on psychological distress using data from World War II. We find that more than 60 percent of Pacific Theater combat soldiers had very high psychological distress, which likely would have disqualified them for military service for psychiatric reasons in 1944. Their symptoms were…
Racial Identity Among Blacks and Whites in the U.S
Racial identity and the quality of life among blacks and whites in the U.S
Racial Identity and Well-Being among African Americans
How racial identity influences self-esteem and psychological well-being among African Americans remains unresolved due to unexplained inconsistencies in theoretical predictions and empirical findings. Using data from the National Survey of American Life (N = 3,570), we tested hypotheses derived from social identity theory and the internalized racism perspective. Findings support social identity theory in showing that African Americans strongly id…
How Racial Identity Moderates the Impact of Financial Stress on Mental Health among African Americans
Financial stress, which is common among African Americans, has been linked to higher psychological distress. This study examines whether racial identity moderates the association of financial stress with depressive symptoms. If so, through what mechanisms does it operate? We investigated these questions in a moderated mediation analysis, using data from the National Survey of American Life ( N = 3,570). Of the two racial identity dimensions exami…
Long-Term Influences of Intergenerational Ambivalence on Midlife Parents' Psychological Well-being
We investigated changes in midlife parents' intergenerational ambivalence toward a focal child and its influence on their psychological well-being over 14 years, as the focal child moved from adolescence into young adulthood. We estimated growth curve models using three waves of data from the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 1,510 parents aged 35–54 years at Time 1). Parental ambivalence declined over time, equally among mothers an…
Can A High Sense of Control and John Henryism be Bad for Mental Health
Social stratification profoundly affects mental health. Specifically, substantial empirical evidence finds that higher status promotes mental health via a higher sense of control and a propensity to cope actively with problems. An unresolved issue, though, is whether the effects of sense of control and active coping on mental health are uniformly beneficial across levels of socioeconomic status. Perceived control and John Henryism, an active copi…
Race, social relationships, and mental health
Researchers often assume that the extent, quality, and effectiveness of personal relationships explain why African Americans have relatively good mental health despite experiencing high levels of stress. This study tests this assumption using data from the 1990–1992 National Comorbidity Survey. Few racial differences emerge in patterns of social relationships, and the nature and quality of social relationships do not explain African Americans’ re…
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Physical Violence Between Siblings A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
This study develops and tests a theoretical model to explain sibling violence based on the feminist, conflict, and social learning theoretical perspectives and research in psychology and sociology. A multivariate analysis of data from 651 young adults generally supports hypotheses from all three theoretical perspectives. Males with brothers have significantly higher levels of sibling violence than the other three types of sibling pairs. As predic…
Anger in Black and White: Race, Alienation, and Anger
Using data from the 1996 General Social Survey and the 1973 Chicago Crowding Study, we test the hypotheses that African Americans feel and express more anger than whites, that sense of control (versus powerlessness) lessens anger and mistrust increases anger, and that these indicators of alienation affect anger differently for African Americans and whites. We find that when age and gender are controlled, African Americans neither feel nor express…
Satisfaction With Work and Family Life: No Evidence of a Cultural Reversal
Hochschild (1997) argued that in recent decades the rewards of work have increased relative to those of family life and that this cultural reversal has aggravated the time bind that families face by increasing working hours. To the contrary, pooled data from the 1973-1994 General Social Surveys indicate that in working families, women have shifted away from finding work more satisfying than home toward finding home a haven. Moreover, were it not …
Mate Availability and African American Family Structure in the U. S. Nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990
Cynthia M. Cready, Mark A. Fossett, K. Jill Kiecolt, Mate Availability and African American Family Structure in the U. S. Nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 192-203
Mate Availability, Women's Marriage Prevalence, and Husbands' Education
We predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education for Black women vary directly with mate availability. We also predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education will be lower for Black women with less than a high school education than for other Black women. We test these predictions using data on marriage and husbands' education for a national sample of individuals and data on aggregate-level marriage prevalence and husbands' ed…
Social class and wilderness use
Using social class and social inequality theories and concepts, we reexamine previous studies of recreation participation in designated wilderness. We suggest that members of the semiautonomous class—highly educated professional‐technical and craft employees who have limited control over what work they do but a great deal of control over how they do it (Wright, 1978)—appropriated wilderness and continue to dominate wilderness use. We propose an e…
Stress and the Decision to Change Oneself: A Theoretical Model
This paper presents a model, drawn from research on stress and on self and identity, of the decision to change oneself. In this model, the impetus for intentional self-change can be provided by a stressor-chronic role strain, a life event, or both. Stressors can implicate the self by generating unfavorable reflected appraisals, threatening competent identity performance, and generating unfavorable social comparisons. Any of these effects can redu…
Mate Availability and Family Structure among African Americans in U. S. Metropolitan Areas
Census and vital statistics data for U.S. metropolitan areas in 1980 were analyzed to investigate the effects of mate availability mens and womens levels of socioeconomic status and employment level of public assistance population size and region on several aspects of family formation and family structure among African Americans. As predicted by theory mate availability as measured by the sex ratio had a positive effect on marriage prevalence for…
A Methodological Review of the Sex Ratio: Alternatives for Comparative Research
In this paper we examine conceptual methodological and practical issues associated with measuring the sex ratio in comparative research. We give particular attention to measuring sex ratios for the black population. Census data are used to develop empirical measures for U.S. metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan areas of Louisiana.... The impact of the sex ratio on community-level variation in marriage patterns and family formation for the black…
Mate Availability, Family Formation, and Family Structure Among Black Americans in Nonmetropolitan Louisiana 1970-19801
This paper assesses the effects of the community sex ratio on black family formation and family structure in nonmetropolitan parishes in Louisiana. As predicted, the sex ratio is found to have strong positive effects on marriage prevalence for black women, the prevalence of husband and wife families for black families, and the percentage of black children residing in husband and wife families and strong negative effects on the nonmarital fertilit…
Childhood family structure and adult psychological well-being of black Americans
This study investigates the long‐term effects of childhood family structure on self‐esteem (self‐confidence and self‐deprecation), personal efficacy, and life satisfaction in black adults, using data from the National Survey of Black Americans. Respondents from various family types (e.g., single‐parent, mother‐headed families) are compared, taking into account whether other adults also were present in the family. We find that childhood family str…
Is It Family Structure or Socioeconomic Status? Family Structure during Adolescence and Adult Adjustment
This study investigates the long-term effects of family structure during adolescence on adult adjustment, using data from the 1972–1986 General Social Surveys. Men and women from intact families, mother-headed single-parent families, and reconstituted families are compared, taking into account whether parents' marital disruption resulted from divorce or the father's death. We find that the long-term effects of family disruption on adult adjustmen…
Television and the cultivation of attitudes toward subordinate groups
This study examines the relationship between frequency of viewing television news and crime dramas, and adherence to an ideology of individualism. Attitudes toward women, blacks, and the poor were examined among members of these groups and among white males. Among women and blacks, exposure to television news increases group consciousness, while viewing crime dramas decreases personal efficacy. Among white males, we find an association between ex…
The Long-Term Effects of Family Structure on Gender-Role Attitudes
Using data from the 1972-1986 General Social Surveys this study investigates whether family structure during adolescence has long-term effects on adult gender-role attitudes. Hypotheses are that 1) adults from intact families those from reconstitued families and those who lived only with their mother would have progressively less traditional gender-role attitudes: 2) adults whose families were disrupted by divorce would have less traditional atti…
The Structuring of Political Attitudes among Liberal and Conservative Protestants
Twenty years ago Johnson (1967) found that conservative Protestant clergy took less consistent stands than their liberal Protestant counterparts on a variety of political issues. Later research, however, suggests that members of conservative Protestant denominations may have become a politicized mass public. We approach this question by comparing conservative and liberal Protestants on their level of abstract political conceptualization and polit…
Recent Developments in Attitudes and Social Structure
A large body of research in social psychology has investigated the links between attitudes and social structure. Efforts have focused on (a) relating attitudes to aspects of the social context and to indicators of location in the social structure; (b) investigating how social structure affects attitudes via such intervening mechanisms of influence as social networks and roles; and (c) identifying the psychological processes through which persons …
Racial Identity and Well-Being among African Americans
How racial identity influences self-esteem and psychological well-being among African Americans remains unresolved due to unexplained inconsistencies in theoretical predictions and empirical findings. Using data from the National Survey of American Life (N = 3,570), we tested hypotheses derived from social identity theory and the internalized racism perspective. Findings support social identity theory in showing that African Americans strongly id…
Mate Availability and Family Structure among African Americans in U. S. Metropolitan Areas
Census and vital statistics data for U.S. metropolitan areas in 1980 were analyzed to investigate the effects of mate availability mens and womens levels of socioeconomic status and employment level of public assistance population size and region on several aspects of family formation and family structure among African Americans. As predicted by theory mate availability as measured by the sex ratio had a positive effect on marriage prevalence for…
Anger in Black and White: Race, Alienation, and Anger
Using data from the 1996 General Social Survey and the 1973 Chicago Crowding Study, we test the hypotheses that African Americans feel and express more anger than whites, that sense of control (versus powerlessness) lessens anger and mistrust increases anger, and that these indicators of alienation affect anger differently for African Americans and whites. We find that when age and gender are controlled, African Americans neither feel nor express…
Stress and the Decision to Change Oneself: A Theoretical Model
This paper presents a model, drawn from research on stress and on self and identity, of the decision to change oneself. In this model, the impetus for intentional self-change can be provided by a stressor-chronic role strain, a life event, or both. Stressors can implicate the self by generating unfavorable reflected appraisals, threatening competent identity performance, and generating unfavorable social comparisons. Any of these effects can redu…
Recent Developments in Attitudes and Social Structure
A large body of research in social psychology has investigated the links between attitudes and social structure. Efforts have focused on (a) relating attitudes to aspects of the social context and to indicators of location in the social structure; (b) investigating how social structure affects attitudes via such intervening mechanisms of influence as social networks and roles; and (c) identifying the psychological processes through which persons …
Can A High Sense of Control and John Henryism be Bad for Mental Health
Social stratification profoundly affects mental health. Specifically, substantial empirical evidence finds that higher status promotes mental health via a higher sense of control and a propensity to cope actively with problems. An unresolved issue, though, is whether the effects of sense of control and active coping on mental health are uniformly beneficial across levels of socioeconomic status. Perceived control and John Henryism, an active copi…
The Long-Term Effects of Family Structure on Gender-Role Attitudes
Using data from the 1972-1986 General Social Surveys this study investigates whether family structure during adolescence has long-term effects on adult gender-role attitudes. Hypotheses are that 1) adults from intact families those from reconstitued families and those who lived only with their mother would have progressively less traditional gender-role attitudes: 2) adults whose families were disrupted by divorce would have less traditional atti…
How Racial Identity Moderates the Impact of Financial Stress on Mental Health among African Americans
Financial stress, which is common among African Americans, has been linked to higher psychological distress. This study examines whether racial identity moderates the association of financial stress with depressive symptoms. If so, through what mechanisms does it operate? We investigated these questions in a moderated mediation analysis, using data from the National Survey of American Life ( N = 3,570). Of the two racial identity dimensions exami…
Mate Availability, Women's Marriage Prevalence, and Husbands' Education
We predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education for Black women vary directly with mate availability. We also predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education will be lower for Black women with less than a high school education than for other Black women. We test these predictions using data on marriage and husbands' education for a national sample of individuals and data on aggregate-level marriage prevalence and husbands' ed…
Long-Term Influences of Intergenerational Ambivalence on Midlife Parents' Psychological Well-being
We investigated changes in midlife parents' intergenerational ambivalence toward a focal child and its influence on their psychological well-being over 14 years, as the focal child moved from adolescence into young adulthood. We estimated growth curve models using three waves of data from the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 1,510 parents aged 35–54 years at Time 1). Parental ambivalence declined over time, equally among mothers an…
Mate Availability and African American Family Structure in the U. S. Nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990
Cynthia M. Cready, Mark A. Fossett, K. Jill Kiecolt, Mate Availability and African American Family Structure in the U. S. Nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 192-203
Mate Availability, Family Formation, and Family Structure Among Black Americans in Nonmetropolitan Louisiana 1970-19801
This paper assesses the effects of the community sex ratio on black family formation and family structure in nonmetropolitan parishes in Louisiana. As predicted, the sex ratio is found to have strong positive effects on marriage prevalence for black women, the prevalence of husband and wife families for black families, and the percentage of black children residing in husband and wife families and strong negative effects on the nonmarital fertilit…
Satisfaction With Work and Family Life: No Evidence of a Cultural Reversal
Hochschild (1997) argued that in recent decades the rewards of work have increased relative to those of family life and that this cultural reversal has aggravated the time bind that families face by increasing working hours. To the contrary, pooled data from the 1973-1994 General Social Surveys indicate that in working families, women have shifted away from finding work more satisfying than home toward finding home a haven. Moreover, were it not …
Physical Violence Between Siblings A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
This study develops and tests a theoretical model to explain sibling violence based on the feminist, conflict, and social learning theoretical perspectives and research in psychology and sociology. A multivariate analysis of data from 651 young adults generally supports hypotheses from all three theoretical perspectives. Males with brothers have significantly higher levels of sibling violence than the other three types of sibling pairs. As predic…
Is It Family Structure or Socioeconomic Status? Family Structure during Adolescence and Adult Adjustment
This study investigates the long-term effects of family structure during adolescence on adult adjustment, using data from the 1972–1986 General Social Surveys. Men and women from intact families, mother-headed single-parent families, and reconstituted families are compared, taking into account whether parents' marital disruption resulted from divorce or the father's death. We find that the long-term effects of family disruption on adult adjustmen…
Telephone Sampling Bias in Surveying Disability
Results of the California Disability Survey indicate that telephone interviewing is well suited for undertaking disability studies that provide (1) estimates of subgroups of the disabled population, including those that are statistically rare: (2) information on current and anticipated areas of policy concern; and (3) information for geographic areas important in rehabilitation program planning. Although these objectives necessitated a large samp…
Racial identity and the quality of life among blacks and whites in the U.S
Television and the cultivation of attitudes toward subordinate groups
This study examines the relationship between frequency of viewing television news and crime dramas, and adherence to an ideology of individualism. Attitudes toward women, blacks, and the poor were examined among members of these groups and among white males. Among women and blacks, exposure to television news increases group consciousness, while viewing crime dramas decreases personal efficacy. Among white males, we find an association between ex…
Social class and wilderness use
Using social class and social inequality theories and concepts, we reexamine previous studies of recreation participation in designated wilderness. We suggest that members of the semiautonomous class—highly educated professional‐technical and craft employees who have limited control over what work they do but a great deal of control over how they do it (Wright, 1978)—appropriated wilderness and continue to dominate wilderness use. We propose an e…
Childhood family structure and adult psychological well-being of black Americans
This study investigates the long‐term effects of childhood family structure on self‐esteem (self‐confidence and self‐deprecation), personal efficacy, and life satisfaction in black adults, using data from the National Survey of Black Americans. Respondents from various family types (e.g., single‐parent, mother‐headed families) are compared, taking into account whether other adults also were present in the family. We find that childhood family str…
The Structuring of Political Attitudes among Liberal and Conservative Protestants
Twenty years ago Johnson (1967) found that conservative Protestant clergy took less consistent stands than their liberal Protestant counterparts on a variety of political issues. Later research, however, suggests that members of conservative Protestant denominations may have become a politicized mass public. We approach this question by comparing conservative and liberal Protestants on their level of abstract political conceptualization and polit…
Telephone Sampling Bias in Surveying Disability
Results of the California Disability Survey indicate that telephone interviewing is well suited for undertaking disability studies that provide (1) estimates of subgroups of the disabled population, including those that are statistically rare: (2) information on current and anticipated areas of policy concern; and (3) information for geographic areas important in rehabilitation program planning. Although these objectives necessitated a large samp…
Secondary Analysis of Survey Data
Television and the cultivation of attitudes toward subordinate groups
This study examines the relationship between frequency of viewing television news and crime dramas, and adherence to an ideology of individualism. Attitudes toward women, blacks, and the poor were examined among members of these groups and among white males. Among women and blacks, exposure to television news increases group consciousness, while viewing crime dramas decreases personal efficacy. Among white males, we find an association between ex…
The Long-Term Effects of Family Structure on Gender-Role Attitudes
Using data from the 1972-1986 General Social Surveys this study investigates whether family structure during adolescence has long-term effects on adult gender-role attitudes. Hypotheses are that 1) adults from intact families those from reconstitued families and those who lived only with their mother would have progressively less traditional gender-role attitudes: 2) adults whose families were disrupted by divorce would have less traditional atti…
The Structuring of Political Attitudes among Liberal and Conservative Protestants
Twenty years ago Johnson (1967) found that conservative Protestant clergy took less consistent stands than their liberal Protestant counterparts on a variety of political issues. Later research, however, suggests that members of conservative Protestant denominations may have become a politicized mass public. We approach this question by comparing conservative and liberal Protestants on their level of abstract political conceptualization and polit…
Recent Developments in Attitudes and Social Structure
A large body of research in social psychology has investigated the links between attitudes and social structure. Efforts have focused on (a) relating attitudes to aspects of the social context and to indicators of location in the social structure; (b) investigating how social structure affects attitudes via such intervening mechanisms of influence as social networks and roles; and (c) identifying the psychological processes through which persons …
Is It Family Structure or Socioeconomic Status? Family Structure during Adolescence and Adult Adjustment
This study investigates the long-term effects of family structure during adolescence on adult adjustment, using data from the 1972–1986 General Social Surveys. Men and women from intact families, mother-headed single-parent families, and reconstituted families are compared, taking into account whether parents' marital disruption resulted from divorce or the father's death. We find that the long-term effects of family disruption on adult adjustmen…
Mate Availability, Family Formation, and Family Structure Among Black Americans in Nonmetropolitan Louisiana 1970-19801
This paper assesses the effects of the community sex ratio on black family formation and family structure in nonmetropolitan parishes in Louisiana. As predicted, the sex ratio is found to have strong positive effects on marriage prevalence for black women, the prevalence of husband and wife families for black families, and the percentage of black children residing in husband and wife families and strong negative effects on the nonmarital fertilit…
Childhood family structure and adult psychological well-being of black Americans
This study investigates the long‐term effects of childhood family structure on self‐esteem (self‐confidence and self‐deprecation), personal efficacy, and life satisfaction in black adults, using data from the National Survey of Black Americans. Respondents from various family types (e.g., single‐parent, mother‐headed families) are compared, taking into account whether other adults also were present in the family. We find that childhood family str…
A Methodological Review of the Sex Ratio: Alternatives for Comparative Research
In this paper we examine conceptual methodological and practical issues associated with measuring the sex ratio in comparative research. We give particular attention to measuring sex ratios for the black population. Census data are used to develop empirical measures for U.S. metropolitan areas and nonmetropolitan areas of Louisiana.... The impact of the sex ratio on community-level variation in marriage patterns and family formation for the black…
Mate Availability and Family Structure among African Americans in U. S. Metropolitan Areas
Census and vital statistics data for U.S. metropolitan areas in 1980 were analyzed to investigate the effects of mate availability mens and womens levels of socioeconomic status and employment level of public assistance population size and region on several aspects of family formation and family structure among African Americans. As predicted by theory mate availability as measured by the sex ratio had a positive effect on marriage prevalence for…
Stress and the Decision to Change Oneself: A Theoretical Model
This paper presents a model, drawn from research on stress and on self and identity, of the decision to change oneself. In this model, the impetus for intentional self-change can be provided by a stressor-chronic role strain, a life event, or both. Stressors can implicate the self by generating unfavorable reflected appraisals, threatening competent identity performance, and generating unfavorable social comparisons. Any of these effects can redu…
Social class and wilderness use
Using social class and social inequality theories and concepts, we reexamine previous studies of recreation participation in designated wilderness. We suggest that members of the semiautonomous class—highly educated professional‐technical and craft employees who have limited control over what work they do but a great deal of control over how they do it (Wright, 1978)—appropriated wilderness and continue to dominate wilderness use. We propose an e…
Mate Availability and African American Family Structure in the U. S. Nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990
Cynthia M. Cready, Mark A. Fossett, K. Jill Kiecolt, Mate Availability and African American Family Structure in the U. S. Nonmetropolitan South, 1960-1990, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 192-203
Mate Availability, Women's Marriage Prevalence, and Husbands' Education
We predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education for Black women vary directly with mate availability. We also predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education will be lower for Black women with less than a high school education than for other Black women. We test these predictions using data on marriage and husbands' education for a national sample of individuals and data on aggregate-level marriage prevalence and husbands' ed…
Satisfaction With Work and Family Life: No Evidence of a Cultural Reversal
Hochschild (1997) argued that in recent decades the rewards of work have increased relative to those of family life and that this cultural reversal has aggravated the time bind that families face by increasing working hours. To the contrary, pooled data from the 1973-1994 General Social Surveys indicate that in working families, women have shifted away from finding work more satisfying than home toward finding home a haven. Moreover, were it not …
Special Reviewers
Physical Violence Between Siblings A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis
This study develops and tests a theoretical model to explain sibling violence based on the feminist, conflict, and social learning theoretical perspectives and research in psychology and sociology. A multivariate analysis of data from 651 young adults generally supports hypotheses from all three theoretical perspectives. Males with brothers have significantly higher levels of sibling violence than the other three types of sibling pairs. As predic…
Anger in Black and White: Race, Alienation, and Anger
Using data from the 1996 General Social Survey and the 1973 Chicago Crowding Study, we test the hypotheses that African Americans feel and express more anger than whites, that sense of control (versus powerlessness) lessens anger and mistrust increases anger, and that these indicators of alienation affect anger differently for African Americans and whites. We find that when age and gender are controlled, African Americans neither feel nor express…
Race, social relationships, and mental health
Researchers often assume that the extent, quality, and effectiveness of personal relationships explain why African Americans have relatively good mental health despite experiencing high levels of stress. This study tests this assumption using data from the 1990–1992 National Comorbidity Survey. Few racial differences emerge in patterns of social relationships, and the nature and quality of social relationships do not explain African Americans’ re…
Can A High Sense of Control and John Henryism be Bad for Mental Health
Social stratification profoundly affects mental health. Specifically, substantial empirical evidence finds that higher status promotes mental health via a higher sense of control and a propensity to cope actively with problems. An unresolved issue, though, is whether the effects of sense of control and active coping on mental health are uniformly beneficial across levels of socioeconomic status. Perceived control and John Henryism, an active copi…
Long-Term Influences of Intergenerational Ambivalence on Midlife Parents' Psychological Well-being
We investigated changes in midlife parents' intergenerational ambivalence toward a focal child and its influence on their psychological well-being over 14 years, as the focal child moved from adolescence into young adulthood. We estimated growth curve models using three waves of data from the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 1,510 parents aged 35–54 years at Time 1). Parental ambivalence declined over time, equally among mothers an…
How Racial Identity Moderates the Impact of Financial Stress on Mental Health among African Americans
Financial stress, which is common among African Americans, has been linked to higher psychological distress. This study examines whether racial identity moderates the association of financial stress with depressive symptoms. If so, through what mechanisms does it operate? We investigated these questions in a moderated mediation analysis, using data from the National Survey of American Life ( N = 3,570). Of the two racial identity dimensions exami…
Racial Identity and Well-Being among African Americans
How racial identity influences self-esteem and psychological well-being among African Americans remains unresolved due to unexplained inconsistencies in theoretical predictions and empirical findings. Using data from the National Survey of American Life (N = 3,570), we tested hypotheses derived from social identity theory and the internalized racism perspective. Findings support social identity theory in showing that African Americans strongly id…
Racial identity and the quality of life among blacks and whites in the U.S
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