Kira Hudson Banks
Biographic Data
| ID | 83172 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kira Hudson Banks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kira Hudson |
| FAMILY NAME | Banks |
| SIGNATURE | BANKS K H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Saint Louis University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3722-8853 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 406 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Representations of Mental Illness in a Ga Community in Southern Ghana
This study explored lay concepts about and attributions of mental illness in a Ga community in southern Ghana. The study’s sample consisted of 11 Ga men and 12 Ga women, ranging in age from 30-81. Participants completed one-on-one interviews. Participants ascribed to polyphasic attributions of mental illness including biomedical and spiritual explanations. Attributions informed understandings of help-seeking behavior. Stigma was recognized as an …
Examining a community intervention to help White people understand race and racism and engage in anti‐racist behaviours
Uprisings over the past decade have accelerated the search for interventions to support White people in increasing their capacity to understand historical and present‐day racial dynamics. This study investigates the impacts and effectiveness of a community‐led intervention developed to prime White individuals to challenge injustice through increasing knowledge, confidence, and competence related to race, racism, intragroup dialogue, and colour‐bl…
Interrupting internalized racial oppression: A community based ACT intervention
The Daily Life Experiences Scale: Factor Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Measurement Invariance for African American Males and Females
The Daily Life Experiences – Frequency scale (DLE-F) measures the frequency of 18 racial discrimination experiences. Bifactor exploratory and confirmatory analyses indicated that the DLE-F is a unidimensional scale that yields valid and reliable scores. The DLE-F also showed evidence of measurement invariance by gender, convergent evidence, and criterion-related validity
Hope Springs: Moderating the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms for African American Emerging Adults
To better understand the moderating effect of coping mechanisms (distraction and rumination) and internal assets (hope) on the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, a sample of 363 African American students (65.3% female; mean age = 20.25 years; SD = 2.39) from two large Midwestern universities were surveyed using self-report measures. Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships among …
Reframing Internalized Racial Oppression and Charting a way Forward
Experiences of racism, a form of oppression, have lasting negative psychological and physical effects on Black Americans. Identifying underlying mechanisms is necessary to minimize these deleterious outcomes and potentially mitigate health disparities. Internalized racial oppression, the ways in which a member of a target group is in relationship with the dominant group's ideology and the extent to which they accept their subordinate status as de…
Buried hatchets, marked locations: Forgiveness, everyday racial discrimination, and African American men’s depressive symptomatology
Everyday racial discrimination (ERD) is linked to pronounced depressive symptomatology among African American men. Yet, many African American men do not experience depressive symptoms following ERD exposure often because they use positive coping strategies that offset its effects. Granting forgiveness is 1 coping strategy associated with less depression. However, extant findings about the mental health benefits of forgiveness are somewhat mixed a…
The Development and Validation of a Colorism Scale
Two studies were conducted to develop and then validate a scale to measure the construct of Colorism. While colorism is a long discussed phenomena within the Black community in the United States, there have been virtually no attempts to measure the degree to which individuals embrace it. The In-Group Colorism Scale (ICS) was developed to assess the degree to which skin tone variation is important across five essential domains: Self-Concept, Affil…
A Research Agenda for Racial Equity: Applications of the Ferguson Commission Report to Public Health
The Ferguson Commission was an independent body of 16 commissioners in operation from November 2014 to December 2015 and appointed by Missouri governor Jay Nixon to examine the root causes underlying the death of Michael Brown Jr. Its report, “Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity,” raises many issues on racial equity that public health is well suited to address, such as trends in police use of force, the health implications of th…
The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
Racial socialization practices among African American fathers: A profile-oriented approach
Employing a latent profile analytic approach, this investigation identified racial socialization patterns among African American fathers. In addition, this study explored whether profiles varied by father and child sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were 166 African American fathers (M 32.20, SD 8.26) of adolescents (M 12.60, SD 2.20). Analyses revealed that a 5-cluster solution fit the data most optimally. Identified profiles were (a…
Black Women’s Agenda Setting in the Maryland State Legislature
Racial identity mediates the association between ethnic-racial socialization and depressive symptoms
Ethnic-racial socialization has been positively linked with psychological adjustment; however, the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. In this study, the authors examined the mediating role of racial identity in the association between racial socialization and depressive symptoms. Participants were 211 African American young adults (62% female; mean age = 20.73, SD = 1.90) recruited from a predominately White southeastern unive…
Sociology by Any Other Name: Teaching the Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs
This article suggests that the way in to sociology may not always be through the front door. The authors demonstrate how students in a three-day campus diversity program develop a sociological imagination despite not having a formal affiliation with the sociology department. In particular, students demonstrate a move from color blindness into racial consciousness and a shift from individual prejudice into institutional privilege when understandin…
African American College Students’ Experience of Racial Discrimination and the Role of College Hassles
The current study examines the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms. In particular, it investigated whether college hassles moderated or mediated the relationship. Participants included 194 African American students from a large, Midwestern, state university. Participants provided self-report of their experience of daily hassles related to racial discrimination and college life in addition to depressive symptoms and …
A qualitative investigation of white students’ perceptions of diversity
The Influence of Hope on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
This study investigated how hope influences the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms. Results from participants' (N = 318) responses suggest that increased levels of hope were directly related to decreased levels of depressive symptoms. However, increased levels of hope were also related to a stronger relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms.Este estudio investigó cómo la esperanza influye en la relación …
The color and texture of hope: Some preliminary findings and implications for hope theory and counseling among diverse racial/ethnic groups
To clarify and extend Snyder's (1994, 2002) hope theory to a more diverse population, this study examined variations in agentic and pathways thinking, and their relations with social problem solving, affect, and with life satisfaction across a college student sample of 46 European Americans, 30 African Americans, 33 Latinos, and 46 Asian Americans. Although comparative results indicated variations in levels of hope components across the 4 racial/…
The Influence of Racial Identity Profiles on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
This study examined the association between racial identity profiles, discrimination, and mental health outcomes. African American college students (N = 194) completed measures of racial discrimination, racial identity, college hassles, and depressive symptoms. Four meaningful profiles emerged through a cluster analysis of seven dimensions of racial identity assessed using the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI). Results suggested…
Masculinity Ideology and Forgiveness of Racial Discrimination among African American Men: Direct and Interactive Relationships
An Examination of the African American Experience of Everyday Discrimination and Symptoms of Psychological Distress
An Examination of the African American Experience of Everyday Discrimination and Symptoms of Psychological Distress
The Influence of Racial Identity Profiles on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
This study examined the association between racial identity profiles, discrimination, and mental health outcomes. African American college students (N = 194) completed measures of racial discrimination, racial identity, college hassles, and depressive symptoms. Four meaningful profiles emerged through a cluster analysis of seven dimensions of racial identity assessed using the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI). Results suggested…
Racial identity mediates the association between ethnic-racial socialization and depressive symptoms
Ethnic-racial socialization has been positively linked with psychological adjustment; however, the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. In this study, the authors examined the mediating role of racial identity in the association between racial socialization and depressive symptoms. Participants were 211 African American young adults (62% female; mean age = 20.73, SD = 1.90) recruited from a predominately White southeastern unive…
Racial socialization practices among African American fathers: A profile-oriented approach
Employing a latent profile analytic approach, this investigation identified racial socialization patterns among African American fathers. In addition, this study explored whether profiles varied by father and child sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were 166 African American fathers (M 32.20, SD 8.26) of adolescents (M 12.60, SD 2.20). Analyses revealed that a 5-cluster solution fit the data most optimally. Identified profiles were (a…
Reframing Internalized Racial Oppression and Charting a way Forward
Experiences of racism, a form of oppression, have lasting negative psychological and physical effects on Black Americans. Identifying underlying mechanisms is necessary to minimize these deleterious outcomes and potentially mitigate health disparities. Internalized racial oppression, the ways in which a member of a target group is in relationship with the dominant group's ideology and the extent to which they accept their subordinate status as de…
The color and texture of hope: Some preliminary findings and implications for hope theory and counseling among diverse racial/ethnic groups
To clarify and extend Snyder's (1994, 2002) hope theory to a more diverse population, this study examined variations in agentic and pathways thinking, and their relations with social problem solving, affect, and with life satisfaction across a college student sample of 46 European Americans, 30 African Americans, 33 Latinos, and 46 Asian Americans. Although comparative results indicated variations in levels of hope components across the 4 racial/…
African American College Students’ Experience of Racial Discrimination and the Role of College Hassles
The current study examines the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms. In particular, it investigated whether college hassles moderated or mediated the relationship. Participants included 194 African American students from a large, Midwestern, state university. Participants provided self-report of their experience of daily hassles related to racial discrimination and college life in addition to depressive symptoms and …
Black Women’s Agenda Setting in the Maryland State Legislature
The Influence of Hope on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
This study investigated how hope influences the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms. Results from participants' (N = 318) responses suggest that increased levels of hope were directly related to decreased levels of depressive symptoms. However, increased levels of hope were also related to a stronger relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms.Este estudio investigó cómo la esperanza influye en la relación …
The Development and Validation of a Colorism Scale
Two studies were conducted to develop and then validate a scale to measure the construct of Colorism. While colorism is a long discussed phenomena within the Black community in the United States, there have been virtually no attempts to measure the degree to which individuals embrace it. The In-Group Colorism Scale (ICS) was developed to assess the degree to which skin tone variation is important across five essential domains: Self-Concept, Affil…
Hope Springs: Moderating the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms for African American Emerging Adults
To better understand the moderating effect of coping mechanisms (distraction and rumination) and internal assets (hope) on the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, a sample of 363 African American students (65.3% female; mean age = 20.25 years; SD = 2.39) from two large Midwestern universities were surveyed using self-report measures. Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships among …
Masculinity Ideology and Forgiveness of Racial Discrimination among African American Men: Direct and Interactive Relationships
The Daily Life Experiences Scale: Factor Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Measurement Invariance for African American Males and Females
The Daily Life Experiences – Frequency scale (DLE-F) measures the frequency of 18 racial discrimination experiences. Bifactor exploratory and confirmatory analyses indicated that the DLE-F is a unidimensional scale that yields valid and reliable scores. The DLE-F also showed evidence of measurement invariance by gender, convergent evidence, and criterion-related validity
Sociology by Any Other Name: Teaching the Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs
This article suggests that the way in to sociology may not always be through the front door. The authors demonstrate how students in a three-day campus diversity program develop a sociological imagination despite not having a formal affiliation with the sociology department. In particular, students demonstrate a move from color blindness into racial consciousness and a shift from individual prejudice into institutional privilege when understandin…
The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
A qualitative investigation of white students’ perceptions of diversity
Examining a community intervention to help White people understand race and racism and engage in anti‐racist behaviours
Uprisings over the past decade have accelerated the search for interventions to support White people in increasing their capacity to understand historical and present‐day racial dynamics. This study investigates the impacts and effectiveness of a community‐led intervention developed to prime White individuals to challenge injustice through increasing knowledge, confidence, and competence related to race, racism, intragroup dialogue, and colour‐bl…
A Research Agenda for Racial Equity: Applications of the Ferguson Commission Report to Public Health
The Ferguson Commission was an independent body of 16 commissioners in operation from November 2014 to December 2015 and appointed by Missouri governor Jay Nixon to examine the root causes underlying the death of Michael Brown Jr. Its report, “Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity,” raises many issues on racial equity that public health is well suited to address, such as trends in police use of force, the health implications of th…
Masculinity Ideology and Forgiveness of Racial Discrimination among African American Men: Direct and Interactive Relationships
An Examination of the African American Experience of Everyday Discrimination and Symptoms of Psychological Distress
The color and texture of hope: Some preliminary findings and implications for hope theory and counseling among diverse racial/ethnic groups
To clarify and extend Snyder's (1994, 2002) hope theory to a more diverse population, this study examined variations in agentic and pathways thinking, and their relations with social problem solving, affect, and with life satisfaction across a college student sample of 46 European Americans, 30 African Americans, 33 Latinos, and 46 Asian Americans. Although comparative results indicated variations in levels of hope components across the 4 racial/…
The Influence of Racial Identity Profiles on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
This study examined the association between racial identity profiles, discrimination, and mental health outcomes. African American college students (N = 194) completed measures of racial discrimination, racial identity, college hassles, and depressive symptoms. Four meaningful profiles emerged through a cluster analysis of seven dimensions of racial identity assessed using the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI). Results suggested…
The Influence of Hope on the Relationship Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
This study investigated how hope influences the relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms. Results from participants' (N = 318) responses suggest that increased levels of hope were directly related to decreased levels of depressive symptoms. However, increased levels of hope were also related to a stronger relationship between discrimination and depressive symptoms.Este estudio investigó cómo la esperanza influye en la relación …
A qualitative investigation of white students’ perceptions of diversity
African American College Students’ Experience of Racial Discrimination and the Role of College Hassles
The current study examines the relationship between racial discrimination and depressive symptoms. In particular, it investigated whether college hassles moderated or mediated the relationship. Participants included 194 African American students from a large, Midwestern, state university. Participants provided self-report of their experience of daily hassles related to racial discrimination and college life in addition to depressive symptoms and …
Sociology by Any Other Name: Teaching the Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs
This article suggests that the way in to sociology may not always be through the front door. The authors demonstrate how students in a three-day campus diversity program develop a sociological imagination despite not having a formal affiliation with the sociology department. In particular, students demonstrate a move from color blindness into racial consciousness and a shift from individual prejudice into institutional privilege when understandin…
Black Women’s Agenda Setting in the Maryland State Legislature
Racial identity mediates the association between ethnic-racial socialization and depressive symptoms
Ethnic-racial socialization has been positively linked with psychological adjustment; however, the mechanisms underlying this association remain unclear. In this study, the authors examined the mediating role of racial identity in the association between racial socialization and depressive symptoms. Participants were 211 African American young adults (62% female; mean age = 20.73, SD = 1.90) recruited from a predominately White southeastern unive…
The Impact of Feminist Attitudes on the Relation between Racial Awareness and Racial Identity
Racial socialization practices among African American fathers: A profile-oriented approach
Employing a latent profile analytic approach, this investigation identified racial socialization patterns among African American fathers. In addition, this study explored whether profiles varied by father and child sociodemographic characteristics. Participants were 166 African American fathers (M 32.20, SD 8.26) of adolescents (M 12.60, SD 2.20). Analyses revealed that a 5-cluster solution fit the data most optimally. Identified profiles were (a…
A Research Agenda for Racial Equity: Applications of the Ferguson Commission Report to Public Health
The Ferguson Commission was an independent body of 16 commissioners in operation from November 2014 to December 2015 and appointed by Missouri governor Jay Nixon to examine the root causes underlying the death of Michael Brown Jr. Its report, “Forward Through Ferguson: A Path Toward Racial Equity,” raises many issues on racial equity that public health is well suited to address, such as trends in police use of force, the health implications of th…
Buried hatchets, marked locations: Forgiveness, everyday racial discrimination, and African American men’s depressive symptomatology
Everyday racial discrimination (ERD) is linked to pronounced depressive symptomatology among African American men. Yet, many African American men do not experience depressive symptoms following ERD exposure often because they use positive coping strategies that offset its effects. Granting forgiveness is 1 coping strategy associated with less depression. However, extant findings about the mental health benefits of forgiveness are somewhat mixed a…
The Development and Validation of a Colorism Scale
Two studies were conducted to develop and then validate a scale to measure the construct of Colorism. While colorism is a long discussed phenomena within the Black community in the United States, there have been virtually no attempts to measure the degree to which individuals embrace it. The In-Group Colorism Scale (ICS) was developed to assess the degree to which skin tone variation is important across five essential domains: Self-Concept, Affil…
Reframing Internalized Racial Oppression and Charting a way Forward
Experiences of racism, a form of oppression, have lasting negative psychological and physical effects on Black Americans. Identifying underlying mechanisms is necessary to minimize these deleterious outcomes and potentially mitigate health disparities. Internalized racial oppression, the ways in which a member of a target group is in relationship with the dominant group's ideology and the extent to which they accept their subordinate status as de…
Hope Springs: Moderating the Link Between Racial Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms for African American Emerging Adults
To better understand the moderating effect of coping mechanisms (distraction and rumination) and internal assets (hope) on the relationship between perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms, a sample of 363 African American students (65.3% female; mean age = 20.25 years; SD = 2.39) from two large Midwestern universities were surveyed using self-report measures. Hierarchical multiple regressions were used to explore the relationships among …
The Daily Life Experiences Scale: Factor Structure, Reliability, Validity, and Measurement Invariance for African American Males and Females
The Daily Life Experiences – Frequency scale (DLE-F) measures the frequency of 18 racial discrimination experiences. Bifactor exploratory and confirmatory analyses indicated that the DLE-F is a unidimensional scale that yields valid and reliable scores. The DLE-F also showed evidence of measurement invariance by gender, convergent evidence, and criterion-related validity
Interrupting internalized racial oppression: A community based ACT intervention
Examining a community intervention to help White people understand race and racism and engage in anti‐racist behaviours
Uprisings over the past decade have accelerated the search for interventions to support White people in increasing their capacity to understand historical and present‐day racial dynamics. This study investigates the impacts and effectiveness of a community‐led intervention developed to prime White individuals to challenge injustice through increasing knowledge, confidence, and competence related to race, racism, intragroup dialogue, and colour‐bl…
Representations of Mental Illness in a Ga Community in Southern Ghana
This study explored lay concepts about and attributions of mental illness in a Ga community in southern Ghana. The study’s sample consisted of 11 Ga men and 12 Ga women, ranging in age from 30-81. Participants completed one-on-one interviews. Participants ascribed to polyphasic attributions of mental illness including biomedical and spiritual explanations. Attributions informed understandings of help-seeking behavior. Stigma was recognized as an …
Psychology (19 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works)