Thomas A Parham
Biographic Data
| ID | 197920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas A Parham |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas A |
| FAMILY NAME | Parham |
| SIGNATURE | PARHAM T A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Irvine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 192 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Bakari(c) Project
The Bakari(c) Project is an African-centered, community-based, educational, and mentoring program for adolescent youth. The program is designed to address the challenges Black youth and other youth of color face in negotiating the community terrain between the home, school, and community, including the contact young people often encounter with law enforcement and the criminal justice systems. We assert that there is a nexus between critical eleme…
Joseph White (1932–2017)
Presents an obituary of Joseph White (1932-2017), often called "the godfather of Black psychology." During a distinguished 56-year career, White held many professional roles, perhaps none more profound than that of mentor. Additionally, White served as a (supervising) psychologist to five hospitals and three clinical practices. He served as chairman of the California State Psychology Licensing Board for 3 years. He was also a member of the Board …
Psychology of Blacks
Derald Wing Sue
The personal and professional accomplishments of one of psychology’s most accomplished and prolific scholars are profiled in this article. Dr. Derald Wing Sue is a familiar name to many who traverse the landscape of multicultural counseling and Asian American psychology issues. Yet this article affords the reader a rare glimpse into the mindset of a contemporary figure considered by many to be a cultural icon. In chronicling a career spanning fou…
Toward a Meaningful Spirituality for People of Color
This article attempts to capture a significant aspect of the counseling process for people of color: the spiritual dimension. It is argued that spirit and spirituality are relevant dimensions that should be integrated in counseling because spirituality is a key ingredient in the cultural upbringing and socialization of many people of color. Further, religious and spiritual beliefs are affected by experiences of racism and oppression, which then a…
African American Students' Ratings of Caucasian and African American Counselors Varying in Racial Consciousness
African American college students (63 female, 30 male) rated vignettes of counselors varying in racial consciousness (high vs. low) and race (African American vs. Caucasian). Participants then completed a counselor rating scale and the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Short Form; T. A. Parham & J. E. Helms, 1981). African American counselors were rated more favorably than White counselors, and high racially conscious counselors were rated more fav…
Understanding African American Mental Health
Psychological Nigrescence Revisited
Invisibility Syndrome in African Descent People
The changing face of work in the United States
Changes in the world of work are posing major challenges to workers, institutions, and society. Not only has the nature of work been affected by the changing work environment, increased global competition, and technological revolutions, but the characteristics of the workforce can only be described as revolutionary. Societal forces have resulted in what the authors call the "changing complexion of the workforce", the "feminization of the workforc…
Misunderstandings of multiculturalism
White Researchers Conducting Multicultural Counseling Research
Own-Group Preferences as a Function of Self-Affirmation
The Relationship of Demographic and Background Factors to Racial Identity Attitudes
During the previous decade, the explosion of research articles in the nigrescence area has contributed significantly to the understanding of the relationship between racial identity attitudes and other psychological constructs. In some respects, research that attempts to further develop the theoretical constructs of the nigrescence models has yielded to those studies that attempt to apply the modeL Using the Cross model of psychological nigrescen…
Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence
This article is an attempt to expand the descriptive characteristics of the Cross model by discussing a theory of psychological Nigrescence that hypothesizes the changes in racial identity that a Black person can experience at various points in the life-cycle process. In this discussion, I will attempt to describe how various stages of racial identity are manifest at three periods of life: late adolescence/early adulthood, middle adulthood, and l…
Relation of racial identity attitudes to self-actualization and affective states of Black students.
The influence of Black students' racial identity attitudes on preferences for counselor's race.
Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence
This article is an attempt to expand the descriptive characteristics of the Cross model by discussing a theory of psychological Nigrescence that hypothesizes the changes in racial identity that a Black person can experience at various points in the life-cycle process. In this discussion, I will attempt to describe how various stages of racial identity are manifest at three periods of life: late adolescence/early adulthood, middle adulthood, and l…
The Relationship of Demographic and Background Factors to Racial Identity Attitudes
During the previous decade, the explosion of research articles in the nigrescence area has contributed significantly to the understanding of the relationship between racial identity attitudes and other psychological constructs. In some respects, research that attempts to further develop the theoretical constructs of the nigrescence models has yielded to those studies that attempt to apply the modeL Using the Cross model of psychological nigrescen…
White Researchers Conducting Multicultural Counseling Research
Toward a Meaningful Spirituality for People of Color
This article attempts to capture a significant aspect of the counseling process for people of color: the spiritual dimension. It is argued that spirit and spirituality are relevant dimensions that should be integrated in counseling because spirituality is a key ingredient in the cultural upbringing and socialization of many people of color. Further, religious and spiritual beliefs are affected by experiences of racism and oppression, which then a…
Invisibility Syndrome in African Descent People
African American Students' Ratings of Caucasian and African American Counselors Varying in Racial Consciousness
African American college students (63 female, 30 male) rated vignettes of counselors varying in racial consciousness (high vs. low) and race (African American vs. Caucasian). Participants then completed a counselor rating scale and the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Short Form; T. A. Parham & J. E. Helms, 1981). African American counselors were rated more favorably than White counselors, and high racially conscious counselors were rated more fav…
The Bakari(c) Project
The Bakari(c) Project is an African-centered, community-based, educational, and mentoring program for adolescent youth. The program is designed to address the challenges Black youth and other youth of color face in negotiating the community terrain between the home, school, and community, including the contact young people often encounter with law enforcement and the criminal justice systems. We assert that there is a nexus between critical eleme…
Psychological Nigrescence Revisited
Own-Group Preferences as a Function of Self-Affirmation
Misunderstandings of multiculturalism
The influence of Black students' racial identity attitudes on preferences for counselor's race.
Relation of racial identity attitudes to self-actualization and affective states of Black students.
Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence
This article is an attempt to expand the descriptive characteristics of the Cross model by discussing a theory of psychological Nigrescence that hypothesizes the changes in racial identity that a Black person can experience at various points in the life-cycle process. In this discussion, I will attempt to describe how various stages of racial identity are manifest at three periods of life: late adolescence/early adulthood, middle adulthood, and l…
White Researchers Conducting Multicultural Counseling Research
Own-Group Preferences as a Function of Self-Affirmation
The Relationship of Demographic and Background Factors to Racial Identity Attitudes
During the previous decade, the explosion of research articles in the nigrescence area has contributed significantly to the understanding of the relationship between racial identity attitudes and other psychological constructs. In some respects, research that attempts to further develop the theoretical constructs of the nigrescence models has yielded to those studies that attempt to apply the modeL Using the Cross model of psychological nigrescen…
Misunderstandings of multiculturalism
The changing face of work in the United States
Changes in the world of work are posing major challenges to workers, institutions, and society. Not only has the nature of work been affected by the changing work environment, increased global competition, and technological revolutions, but the characteristics of the workforce can only be described as revolutionary. Societal forces have resulted in what the authors call the "changing complexion of the workforce", the "feminization of the workforc…
Invisibility Syndrome in African Descent People
Psychological Nigrescence Revisited
Understanding African American Mental Health
African American Students' Ratings of Caucasian and African American Counselors Varying in Racial Consciousness
African American college students (63 female, 30 male) rated vignettes of counselors varying in racial consciousness (high vs. low) and race (African American vs. Caucasian). Participants then completed a counselor rating scale and the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Short Form; T. A. Parham & J. E. Helms, 1981). African American counselors were rated more favorably than White counselors, and high racially conscious counselors were rated more fav…
Toward a Meaningful Spirituality for People of Color
This article attempts to capture a significant aspect of the counseling process for people of color: the spiritual dimension. It is argued that spirit and spirituality are relevant dimensions that should be integrated in counseling because spirituality is a key ingredient in the cultural upbringing and socialization of many people of color. Further, religious and spiritual beliefs are affected by experiences of racism and oppression, which then a…
Derald Wing Sue
The personal and professional accomplishments of one of psychology’s most accomplished and prolific scholars are profiled in this article. Dr. Derald Wing Sue is a familiar name to many who traverse the landscape of multicultural counseling and Asian American psychology issues. Yet this article affords the reader a rare glimpse into the mindset of a contemporary figure considered by many to be a cultural icon. In chronicling a career spanning fou…
Psychology of Blacks
Joseph White (1932–2017)
Presents an obituary of Joseph White (1932-2017), often called "the godfather of Black psychology." During a distinguished 56-year career, White held many professional roles, perhaps none more profound than that of mentor. Additionally, White served as a (supervising) psychologist to five hospitals and three clinical practices. He served as chairman of the California State Psychology Licensing Board for 3 years. He was also a member of the Board …
The Bakari(c) Project
The Bakari(c) Project is an African-centered, community-based, educational, and mentoring program for adolescent youth. The program is designed to address the challenges Black youth and other youth of color face in negotiating the community terrain between the home, school, and community, including the contact young people often encounter with law enforcement and the criminal justice systems. We assert that there is a nexus between critical eleme…
Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 works) · Multiculturalism (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)