Craig C Brookins
Biographic Data
| ID | 128143 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig C Brookins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig C |
| FAMILY NAME | Brookins |
| SIGNATURE | BROOKINS C C |
| AFFILIATIONS | North Carolina State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8808-8187 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 143 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Through 2023 and beyond—Dreaming community psychology forward
The Society for Community Research and Action, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association, seeks to advance its commitment to social justice and the elimination of anti‐Blackness. This presidential address focuses on how to envision the organization and field of community psychology well beyond 2023 and what it means to dream community psychology into the future
The Lived Experiences of African American Women in Natural Recovery: Re-Envisioning the Role of Counselors
Recovery from substance misuse is complex and requires an individual’s desire and readiness for change. Specifically, for African Americans, additional factors such as social equity and access to culturally responsive treatments can complicate the recovery process. In this secondary analysis of a transcendental qualitative phenomenological study, researchers explored how eight African-American women navigated their change process in natural recov…
Then and now: A 50‐year retrospective thematic analysis of Society for Community Research and Action presidential addresses
The Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) is the primary professional home for community psychologists in the United States and increasingly around the world. Since the formation of the American Psychological Association Division 27: Community Psychology in 1966, now SCRA, 54 people have served in the Presidential role. Presidential leaders' annual addresses both reflect the current state of the field and have the ability to shape the …
Coming to Get and Needing to Keep: Participation Within a Membership Association for Black Scholars
Membership associations for African-centered scholars, activists, and practitioners are viewed as relational communities that respond to the dynamic interplay of the needs and talents of its members. In this case study, quantitative methods examined, at the individual level, the role of psychological sense of community (PSOC),worldview, professional self-growth potential (PsGP), and participation of members in one membership association that espo…
Toward the Development of a Measure of Sociopolitical Consciousness: Listening to the Voices of Salvadoran Youth
A mixed methods approach was used to explore dimensions of sociopolitical development of youth in El Salvador. Photovoice was used to engage 2 groups of adolescents from a rural village to document and discuss their community. Using previous theory and models of sociopolitical development as a guide, themes were identified to inform the development of a quantitative measure we call sociopolitical consciousness. New and preexisting items were comb…
Anansi and How the Moon Got Put in the Sky
Ethnic identity and its relationship to self-esteem, perceived efficacy and prosocial attitudes in early adolescence
Toward the Development of an Ethnic Identity Measure for African American Youth
This article describes the preliminary researchfindings on the Multi-Construct African American Identity Questionnaire, an instrument designed to measure several proposed components of racial/ethnic identity in African American adolescents. Data are presented on African American youth, ranging from 11 to 18 years of age, at two urban sites in the midwestern and southeastern United States. The psychometric properties of the instrument are examined…
Exploring the Links Between Racial Identity Attitudes and Psychological Feelings of Closeness in African American College Students
The relationship between racial identity attitudes and psychological closeness to various African American groups was examined in 171 African American college students at a predominantly White southeastern university. The data were collected using the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Helms & Parham, 1985), and a scale measuring Perceived Psychological Closeness to African Americans. The closeness scale is a 14‐item instrument that was found to rep…
Promoting Ethnic Identity Development in African American Youth: The Role of Rites of Passage
Contemporary adolescent rites-of-passage interventions within the African American community are designed to positively influence the ethnic identity of African American youth through activities that provide historical and cultural information, teach intellectual and social skills, and promote values that are consistent with African American culture and community needs. Unfortunately, it is unclear how consistent these interventions are with curr…
The Relationship between Afrocentric Values and Racial Identity Attitudes: Validation of the Belief Systems Analysis Scale on African American College Students
The Belief Systems Analysis Scale (BSAS) was administered to 171 African American college students attending Black studies classes at a predominantly White institution to provide further evidence on the psychometric properties of the instrument. The Racial Identity Attitude Scale (RIAS) and the African Self-Consciousness Scale (ASCS) were used to provide construct validity and determine the relationship between an optimalAfrocentric belief system…
Ethnic identity and its relationship to self-esteem, perceived efficacy and prosocial attitudes in early adolescence
Toward the Development of an Ethnic Identity Measure for African American Youth
This article describes the preliminary researchfindings on the Multi-Construct African American Identity Questionnaire, an instrument designed to measure several proposed components of racial/ethnic identity in African American adolescents. Data are presented on African American youth, ranging from 11 to 18 years of age, at two urban sites in the midwestern and southeastern United States. The psychometric properties of the instrument are examined…
The Relationship between Afrocentric Values and Racial Identity Attitudes: Validation of the Belief Systems Analysis Scale on African American College Students
The Belief Systems Analysis Scale (BSAS) was administered to 171 African American college students attending Black studies classes at a predominantly White institution to provide further evidence on the psychometric properties of the instrument. The Racial Identity Attitude Scale (RIAS) and the African Self-Consciousness Scale (ASCS) were used to provide construct validity and determine the relationship between an optimalAfrocentric belief system…
Promoting Ethnic Identity Development in African American Youth: The Role of Rites of Passage
Contemporary adolescent rites-of-passage interventions within the African American community are designed to positively influence the ethnic identity of African American youth through activities that provide historical and cultural information, teach intellectual and social skills, and promote values that are consistent with African American culture and community needs. Unfortunately, it is unclear how consistent these interventions are with curr…
Toward the Development of a Measure of Sociopolitical Consciousness: Listening to the Voices of Salvadoran Youth
A mixed methods approach was used to explore dimensions of sociopolitical development of youth in El Salvador. Photovoice was used to engage 2 groups of adolescents from a rural village to document and discuss their community. Using previous theory and models of sociopolitical development as a guide, themes were identified to inform the development of a quantitative measure we call sociopolitical consciousness. New and preexisting items were comb…
Exploring the Links Between Racial Identity Attitudes and Psychological Feelings of Closeness in African American College Students
The relationship between racial identity attitudes and psychological closeness to various African American groups was examined in 171 African American college students at a predominantly White southeastern university. The data were collected using the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Helms & Parham, 1985), and a scale measuring Perceived Psychological Closeness to African Americans. The closeness scale is a 14‐item instrument that was found to rep…
Coming to Get and Needing to Keep: Participation Within a Membership Association for Black Scholars
Membership associations for African-centered scholars, activists, and practitioners are viewed as relational communities that respond to the dynamic interplay of the needs and talents of its members. In this case study, quantitative methods examined, at the individual level, the role of psychological sense of community (PSOC),worldview, professional self-growth potential (PsGP), and participation of members in one membership association that espo…
Then and now: A 50‐year retrospective thematic analysis of Society for Community Research and Action presidential addresses
The Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) is the primary professional home for community psychologists in the United States and increasingly around the world. Since the formation of the American Psychological Association Division 27: Community Psychology in 1966, now SCRA, 54 people have served in the Presidential role. Presidential leaders' annual addresses both reflect the current state of the field and have the ability to shape the …
The Relationship between Afrocentric Values and Racial Identity Attitudes: Validation of the Belief Systems Analysis Scale on African American College Students
The Belief Systems Analysis Scale (BSAS) was administered to 171 African American college students attending Black studies classes at a predominantly White institution to provide further evidence on the psychometric properties of the instrument. The Racial Identity Attitude Scale (RIAS) and the African Self-Consciousness Scale (ASCS) were used to provide construct validity and determine the relationship between an optimalAfrocentric belief system…
Exploring the Links Between Racial Identity Attitudes and Psychological Feelings of Closeness in African American College Students
The relationship between racial identity attitudes and psychological closeness to various African American groups was examined in 171 African American college students at a predominantly White southeastern university. The data were collected using the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Helms & Parham, 1985), and a scale measuring Perceived Psychological Closeness to African Americans. The closeness scale is a 14‐item instrument that was found to rep…
Promoting Ethnic Identity Development in African American Youth: The Role of Rites of Passage
Contemporary adolescent rites-of-passage interventions within the African American community are designed to positively influence the ethnic identity of African American youth through activities that provide historical and cultural information, teach intellectual and social skills, and promote values that are consistent with African American culture and community needs. Unfortunately, it is unclear how consistent these interventions are with curr…
Toward the Development of an Ethnic Identity Measure for African American Youth
This article describes the preliminary researchfindings on the Multi-Construct African American Identity Questionnaire, an instrument designed to measure several proposed components of racial/ethnic identity in African American adolescents. Data are presented on African American youth, ranging from 11 to 18 years of age, at two urban sites in the midwestern and southeastern United States. The psychometric properties of the instrument are examined…
Ethnic identity and its relationship to self-esteem, perceived efficacy and prosocial attitudes in early adolescence
Anansi and How the Moon Got Put in the Sky
Toward the Development of a Measure of Sociopolitical Consciousness: Listening to the Voices of Salvadoran Youth
A mixed methods approach was used to explore dimensions of sociopolitical development of youth in El Salvador. Photovoice was used to engage 2 groups of adolescents from a rural village to document and discuss their community. Using previous theory and models of sociopolitical development as a guide, themes were identified to inform the development of a quantitative measure we call sociopolitical consciousness. New and preexisting items were comb…
Coming to Get and Needing to Keep: Participation Within a Membership Association for Black Scholars
Membership associations for African-centered scholars, activists, and practitioners are viewed as relational communities that respond to the dynamic interplay of the needs and talents of its members. In this case study, quantitative methods examined, at the individual level, the role of psychological sense of community (PSOC),worldview, professional self-growth potential (PsGP), and participation of members in one membership association that espo…
Then and now: A 50‐year retrospective thematic analysis of Society for Community Research and Action presidential addresses
The Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) is the primary professional home for community psychologists in the United States and increasingly around the world. Since the formation of the American Psychological Association Division 27: Community Psychology in 1966, now SCRA, 54 people have served in the Presidential role. Presidential leaders' annual addresses both reflect the current state of the field and have the ability to shape the …
The Lived Experiences of African American Women in Natural Recovery: Re-Envisioning the Role of Counselors
Recovery from substance misuse is complex and requires an individual’s desire and readiness for change. Specifically, for African Americans, additional factors such as social equity and access to culturally responsive treatments can complicate the recovery process. In this secondary analysis of a transcendental qualitative phenomenological study, researchers explored how eight African-American women navigated their change process in natural recov…
Through 2023 and beyond—Dreaming community psychology forward
The Society for Community Research and Action, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association, seeks to advance its commitment to social justice and the elimination of anti‐Blackness. This presidential address focuses on how to envision the organization and field of community psychology well beyond 2023 and what it means to dream community psychology into the future
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Anthropology (5 works) · Community Health and Development (5 works) · Identity (music (5 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)