Armon R Perry
Biographic Data
| ID | 4227014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Armon R Perry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Armon R |
| FAMILY NAME | Perry |
| SIGNATURE | PERRY A R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Louisville |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5033-6886 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religiosity, Intimacy, and Fatherhood: A Path Analysis of African American Men's Marriage Attitudes
This study examines how religiosity, fear of intimacy, relationship with one's father, and relationship planning predict marriage attitudes among African American men. Using a cross-sectional design, 67 participants—recruited from community organizations, a university, and barbershops—completed validated scales measuring the four predictors and marriage attitudes. Path analysis revealed a strong positive association between religiosity and favora…
“Defying the odds”: Black couples' motivation to abstain from sex until marriage
Group-Based Parent Education Intervention for Nonresident Fathers
Research indicates that children with involved fathers fare better than children with disengaged fathers. In response, 4 Your Child provides fatherhood-specific parent education and solution-focused case management services aimed at helping nonresident fathers increase their capacity for taking more active roles in their children’s lives. The purpose of this study was to present the results of preliminary analyses from a sample of 508 nonresident…
Black Love Matters: Authentic Men's Voices on Marriages and Romantic Relationships
Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis that focuses on a diverse group of adult black men and their attitudes towards behavior in marriage and romantic relationships. To give voice to the men’s narratives, Black Love Matters follows the men for four years, chronicling the experiences and the circumstances shaping their relationship trajectories. Highlights include discussions related to the roles that sex, infidelity, intimacy, tr…
Book Reviewsocial Work Practice With African Americans in Urban Environments
Mothers’ and Fathers’ Report of Coparenting Relationship Quality, Attitudes Toward Father Involvement, and Paternal Prioritized Roles
Little is known about mothers’ and fathers’ opinions related to the roles that fathers should prioritize in their parenting. To fill this gap, this study analyzes data collected from parents receiving services from an urban Healthy Start program related to coparenting relationship quality, attitudes toward fathers’ involvement, and the roles that fathers should prioritize in their parenting. The results revealed that mothers had divergent opinion…
It’s Simply Because We’re Black Men”: Black Men’s Experiences and Responses to the Killing of Black Men
Given the recent attention to high-profile cases of unarmed Black men being killed by law enforcement officials and the subsequent #BlackLivesMatter movement, additional work is needed to more fully understand how African American men make meaning of their own personal realities and how they connect with and within the larger narrative of Black life in the United States. To contribute to this literature, the current study analyzes qualitative int…
You Ain’t No Denzel”: African American Men’s Use of Popular Culture to Narrate and Understand Marriage and Romantic Relationships
African American Men’s Attitudes Toward Marriage
This study examines the factors associated with African American men’s attitudes toward marriage as well as the circumstances and experiences that helped shape their attitudes. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, survey and in-depth interview data were collected from a diverse sample of African American men. Quantitative results revealed that men’s report of religiosity, their parents’ family structure, and not having a fear of intimacy predicted…
A Package Deal? African American Men’s Perspectives on the Intersection of Marriage and Fatherhood
In response to decreasing marriage rates among childbearing couples, public policy has sought to reinforce the notion that marriage and fatherhood are a package deal. However, what remains unclear is whether the ideology and values of the policymakers promoting marriage and fatherhood as a package deal represent the values of the men targeted by the policy initiatives. In an attempt to respond to this question, this preliminary study presents the…
Resident Black Fathers' Involvement: A Comparative Analysis of Married and Unwed, Cohabitating Fathers
Increasing fathers' involvement with their children has become a priority in recent years. Marriage promotion programs have been offered as the primary vehicles for increasing paternal involvement. Although marriage is likely to provide fathers with increased access and opportunity for paternal involvement, much less is known about the ways in which cohabitation, an increasingly popular coresident family formation, serves to facilitate paternal i…
It’s Simply Because We’re Black Men”: Black Men’s Experiences and Responses to the Killing of Black Men
Given the recent attention to high-profile cases of unarmed Black men being killed by law enforcement officials and the subsequent #BlackLivesMatter movement, additional work is needed to more fully understand how African American men make meaning of their own personal realities and how they connect with and within the larger narrative of Black life in the United States. To contribute to this literature, the current study analyzes qualitative int…
Resident Black Fathers' Involvement: A Comparative Analysis of Married and Unwed, Cohabitating Fathers
Increasing fathers' involvement with their children has become a priority in recent years. Marriage promotion programs have been offered as the primary vehicles for increasing paternal involvement. Although marriage is likely to provide fathers with increased access and opportunity for paternal involvement, much less is known about the ways in which cohabitation, an increasingly popular coresident family formation, serves to facilitate paternal i…
You Ain’t No Denzel”: African American Men’s Use of Popular Culture to Narrate and Understand Marriage and Romantic Relationships
Resident Black Fathers' Involvement: A Comparative Analysis of Married and Unwed, Cohabitating Fathers
Increasing fathers' involvement with their children has become a priority in recent years. Marriage promotion programs have been offered as the primary vehicles for increasing paternal involvement. Although marriage is likely to provide fathers with increased access and opportunity for paternal involvement, much less is known about the ways in which cohabitation, an increasingly popular coresident family formation, serves to facilitate paternal i…
African American Men’s Attitudes Toward Marriage
This study examines the factors associated with African American men’s attitudes toward marriage as well as the circumstances and experiences that helped shape their attitudes. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, survey and in-depth interview data were collected from a diverse sample of African American men. Quantitative results revealed that men’s report of religiosity, their parents’ family structure, and not having a fear of intimacy predicted…
A Package Deal? African American Men’s Perspectives on the Intersection of Marriage and Fatherhood
In response to decreasing marriage rates among childbearing couples, public policy has sought to reinforce the notion that marriage and fatherhood are a package deal. However, what remains unclear is whether the ideology and values of the policymakers promoting marriage and fatherhood as a package deal represent the values of the men targeted by the policy initiatives. In an attempt to respond to this question, this preliminary study presents the…
You Ain’t No Denzel”: African American Men’s Use of Popular Culture to Narrate and Understand Marriage and Romantic Relationships
It’s Simply Because We’re Black Men”: Black Men’s Experiences and Responses to the Killing of Black Men
Given the recent attention to high-profile cases of unarmed Black men being killed by law enforcement officials and the subsequent #BlackLivesMatter movement, additional work is needed to more fully understand how African American men make meaning of their own personal realities and how they connect with and within the larger narrative of Black life in the United States. To contribute to this literature, the current study analyzes qualitative int…
Book Reviewsocial Work Practice With African Americans in Urban Environments
Mothers’ and Fathers’ Report of Coparenting Relationship Quality, Attitudes Toward Father Involvement, and Paternal Prioritized Roles
Little is known about mothers’ and fathers’ opinions related to the roles that fathers should prioritize in their parenting. To fill this gap, this study analyzes data collected from parents receiving services from an urban Healthy Start program related to coparenting relationship quality, attitudes toward fathers’ involvement, and the roles that fathers should prioritize in their parenting. The results revealed that mothers had divergent opinion…
Black Love Matters: Authentic Men's Voices on Marriages and Romantic Relationships
Black Love Matters is an in-depth qualitative analysis that focuses on a diverse group of adult black men and their attitudes towards behavior in marriage and romantic relationships. To give voice to the men’s narratives, Black Love Matters follows the men for four years, chronicling the experiences and the circumstances shaping their relationship trajectories. Highlights include discussions related to the roles that sex, infidelity, intimacy, tr…
Group-Based Parent Education Intervention for Nonresident Fathers
Research indicates that children with involved fathers fare better than children with disengaged fathers. In response, 4 Your Child provides fatherhood-specific parent education and solution-focused case management services aimed at helping nonresident fathers increase their capacity for taking more active roles in their children’s lives. The purpose of this study was to present the results of preliminary analyses from a sample of 508 nonresident…
“Defying the odds”: Black couples' motivation to abstain from sex until marriage
Religiosity, Intimacy, and Fatherhood: A Path Analysis of African American Men's Marriage Attitudes
This study examines how religiosity, fear of intimacy, relationship with one's father, and relationship planning predict marriage attitudes among African American men. Using a cross-sectional design, 67 participants—recruited from community organizations, a university, and barbershops—completed validated scales measuring the four predictors and marriage attitudes. Path analysis revealed a strong positive association between religiosity and favora…
Psychology (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · African american (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)