Dawn Thurman

Biographic Data

ID169431
NAMEDawn Thurman
GIVEN NAMESDawn
FAMILY NAMEThurman
SIGNATURETHURMAN D
AFFILIATIONSMorgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT4
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • The Disproportionate Use of Corporal Punishment on African American Children in U.S. Schools

    Open AccessKahlil Green, Devron Dickens et al.ARTICLEJournal of African American Studies2024References: 2

    The United States Supreme Court ruled School Corporal Punishment (SCP) constitutional, legalizing the practice in 19 states. Annually, approximately 163,333 students are subject to this practice, and 57,000 incidents involve African American students. Moreover, the lack of Federal advocacy and public knowledge of this social problem is more likely linked to SCP mainly practiced in southern states. Through the lens of Critical Race Theory, a conte…

  • Nonorganizational Religious Involvement and Psychosocial Well-Being Among African American and Caribbean Black Youth

    Open AccessTheda Rose, Meredith O Hope et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Psychology2020Cited by: 6References: 100

    Often cited as a developmental and cultural resource, religion has been widely studied. However, few studies have explored the relationship between nonorganizational religious involvement (NRI) and psychosocial well-being among Black youth or within ethnic groups of Black youth. This study examined this relationship among 1,170 African American and Caribbean Black youth who participated in the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent Supplemen…

  • Psychosocial Correlates of Depressive Symptoms Among Preadolescent African American Youth

    Dawn ThurmanARTICLEUrban Social Work2018References: 43

    The present study seeks to explore the correlations of depressive symptoms among African American youth. The sample included 118 African American preadolescents (age range: 9–12, M = 10.54; SD = 1.02) living in an urban environment. The sample was primarily female (64.4%, n = 76) and in the 4th grade (43.2%, n = 51). Depressive symptoms were negatively associated with spiritual well-being, self-esteem and positively associated with exposure to vi…

  • Examining the role of parental factors on depression among Urban African American youth living in public housing

    Anthony T Estreet, Dawn Thurman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Human Behavior in the…2018Cited by: 3References: 50

    This study examined the potential risk and protective parental factors associated with depression among African American youth living in public housing. Utilizing a community-based participatory research approach, 239 African-American youth surveys were collected during 2013–2014 in two urban public housing developments with low socioeconomic profiles. Over half (52.3%) of the sample was in high school and female (58%). 65.3% reported living with…