Husain Lateef
Biographic Data
| ID | 908118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Husain Lateef |
| GIVEN NAMES | Husain |
| FAMILY NAME | Lateef |
| SIGNATURE | LATEEF H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Washington University in St. Louis |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3935-8718 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 35 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Strength-based and culturally grounded approaches to supporting young Black men’s mental health
Research on young Black men’s mental health has often been shaped by deficit-oriented frameworks that emphasize pathology while obscuring cultural strengths and structural context. This paper advances a strength-based, culturally grounded perspective by synthesizing interdisciplinary literature on the social, cultural, and ecological factors shaping young Black men’s mental health. Rather than positioning young Black men as problems to be managed…
Performing Strength: Racialized Masculinity in the Lived Experiences of Black Men at Risk of Suicide
Suicide rates among Black men in the United States have increased significantly in recent decades, yet limited research explores how intersecting systems of oppression contribute to this trend. This study examines how racial identity and gender norms intersect to shape suicide risk among Black men with lived experiences of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with Black adult men ( n = 15) in Maryla…
Investigating the Association between Afrocentric Worldview and Substance Use Behaviors among Black American Emerging Adults
“I feel like people would look at me like I’m dirty or like I’m a thief: ” A Qualitative Exploration of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Experiences That Influence Recovery Among Adults at Risk of Opio…
Objective: Due to the nature of early termination of treatment and the transient lifestyles of many people who use substances, many providers are unaware of the factors that may have contributed to their client's engagement in treatment. Treatment providers and researchers need a better understanding of intrapersonal and interpersonal factors that impact recovery from the clients' perspective. This study uses qualitative methods to explore these …
Sentenced Arizona Juvenile Lifers: A Case Study of the Intersectionality of Sentencing, Race, and Prison-Misconduct Profiles
A Strengths Based Exploration of the Role of Afrocentric Socialization and College Racial Climates in Shaping Black Students’ Post-pandemic Career Aspirations
Afrocentric Norms and Substance Use Behaviors Among Black Young Adults
Despite not displaying higher overall rates of substance use compared to White Americans, the social consequences of substance use disorders for Black Americans, particularly among Black American men, are more damaging. Furthermore, recent data suggest an uptick in substance use-related deaths among Black Americans, raising serious concerns about a growing health disparity that warrants the need for studies to identify factors associated with pre…
Measuring Afrocentrism: A Review of Existing Instruments
Measurement of Afrocentrism and investigation of Afrocentricity’s significance in the lives of Black Americans has gained momentum, given the current evidence suggesting that cultural factors matter in the lives of diverse populations. In particular, factors associated with African philosophical constructs may have significant relationships with improved mental health and overall well-being among African and African diaspora populations. However,…
Understanding the Multiple Influences on Black Parents’ School Involvement: A Longitudinal Perspective
This study explores longitudinal influences of various factors on Black parents’ involvement in their children’s education. Guided by Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler’s Model of Parent Involvement, this research examines whether parents’ school climate perceptions, attitudes about involvement, self-efficacy, and children’s academic performance predict parent involvement over time. Utilizing data from the Maryland Adolescence in Context Study with a sampl…
Black Girl Well-Being: A Scoping Review of Culturally and Gender Responsive Interventions
Purpose: Few interventions focus on the unique developmental contexts specific to Black adolescent girls living in the United States. This article conducts a scoping review to identify interventions targeted at the well-being of Black adolescent girls. Method: The authors conducted a comprehensive search using electronic databases to identify peer-reviewed journal articles that center interventions to address the well-being of Black adolescent gi…
A Review of School-Based Interventions for Black Boys’ School Success
Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale: A Validation Study in a Sample of Young Black American Adults
The Parental Afrocentric Socialization Scale: A development and validation study with Black emerging adults
Support for the validity of the PASS was found in correlations with measures of ethnic identity, flourishing, career aspirations, and collectivism. The PASS provides a new measurement of specific strengths of Afrocentric socialization. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The Belief to Aspire”: The Association Between Afrocentric Values in the Educational and Career Aspirations of Young Black Males
Psychometric properties of the Afrocentric Self-Regard Scale (ASRS): A validation study with Black emerging adults
This study aimed to cross-validate the Afrocentric Self-Regard Scale (ASRS), which was previously developed and assessed in a sample of Black American adolescents. However, this study was conducted with a representative sample of 619 emerging Black adults aged 18-29 years. Participants completed a survey that included the ASRS and measured African heritage connections, Afro-cultural orientation norms, internalized negative stereotypes, career asp…
We're growing leaders here: Preliminary findings from providers on the importance of Afrocentric education
Although recent literature has emphasized the value of African-centered schools among Black youth, little is known about the factors that make Afrocentric schools successful. The current study examined experienced educators' perceptions of their PK − 8 Afrocentric schools using a qualitative focus group interview (n = 7). Drawing from care ethics and the Integrative Model for the Study of Stress in Black American Families, researchers identified …
Masculinity and Afrocentric Worldview: Assessing Risk and Protective Factors of Self-Reliance and Ubuntu on Young Black Men's Suicide Ideation
Mental Health Treatment-Seeking Appraisal, Afrocentric Cultural Norms, and Mental Health Functioning: Buffering Factors of Young Black Men's Externalizing Behavior
Do We Belong? Examining the Associations Between Adolescents' Perceptions of School Belonging, Teacher Discrimination, Peer Prejudice and Suicide
Afrocentric Cultural Norms, Mental Health Functioning, and the Perception of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Black Men
Adherence to African-Centered Norms and Help Seeking for Emotional Distress Among Black Men
Research demonstrates that Black American men are significantly less likely to seek help for mental distress than other gendered or racial groups. Yet, Afrocentric theorists propose that African cultural norms of interdependence may serve as important facilitators in promoting mental health in Black populations. This study explored how Ubuntu— an African construct expressing adherence to principles of compassion, interdependence, and humanism — i…
Afrocentrism: A Perspective of Positive Development Among Black Youth
“Doing Something”: African American Male Adolescent/Parent Experiences and Perceptions About Bullying
This was an exploratory phenomenological study regarding experiences and perceptions about bullying among African American male adolescents (AAMAs) and their parents. The sample for this study included 16 AAMAs and 16 parents (one AAMA and one matched parent per family; N = 32). This study was designed to understand what AAMAs and their parents gleaned from their experiences with bullying. The findings were organized into three themes: interperso…
Black American Muslims: A study of religious identity and mental health
Racism is a salient societal-level factor that adversely impacts the mental health of Black Americans. Although religiosity and racial identity have been studied in this population as protective factors, few studies have specifically considered Black American Muslims. We assessed the relationship between religious and racial identity on mental health-related factors among 499 Black American Muslims, utilising data from a cross-sectional study of …
The Mental Health of Black Youth Affected by Community Violence: Family and School Context as Pathways to Resilience
Black youth who experience community violence occupy multiple environments with varying levels of influence on how they display resiliency to prevent adverse mental health outcomes. Considering the recent rise of mental health concerns (i.e., increase in suicidal outcomes) among Black youth, along with the abundance of research illustrating the detrimental impact of community violence, more research is needed to examine how different environmenta…
Frameworks for African-centered youth development: A critical comparison of the Nguzo Saba and the five Cs
Several African-centered theoretical models have been developed to conceptualize the process of healthy development among members of the African-American community. Within prevention-based research, African-centered perspectives are not often utilized as the basis of prevention efforts for African-American youth populations. However, given the distinct experiences of African-American youths, the purpose of this article is to critically compare th…
Do We Belong? Examining the Associations Between Adolescents' Perceptions of School Belonging, Teacher Discrimination, Peer Prejudice and Suicide
The Belief to Aspire”: The Association Between Afrocentric Values in the Educational and Career Aspirations of Young Black Males
What is African-centered youth development? A content analysis of Bantu perspectives
African-centered approaches play a significant role in many Black communities’ efforts to improve outcomes for their youth. For youth developmental researchers in social work, questions regarding how an African-centered approach applies to youth development remain. Using interpretive content analysis, this study sought to identify elements of a Bantu-derived model of youth development and how the determined elements relate in their cross-cultural…
Children Can’t Learn on an Empty Stomach”: The Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program
The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party and their revolutionary approach to urban Black suffering in America. However, like many other social welfare contributions of the Black American community, the Black Panther Party’s social programs remain largely unexamined within the social work literature. To reclaim the social welfare contribution of the Black Panther Party, this paper examines the Free Breakf…
We're growing leaders here: Preliminary findings from providers on the importance of Afrocentric education
Although recent literature has emphasized the value of African-centered schools among Black youth, little is known about the factors that make Afrocentric schools successful. The current study examined experienced educators' perceptions of their PK − 8 Afrocentric schools using a qualitative focus group interview (n = 7). Drawing from care ethics and the Integrative Model for the Study of Stress in Black American Families, researchers identified …
Affective Orientation and School Persistence Among African American Youth: Implications for Afrocentric Youth Research and Practice
African-Centered Social Work in the 21st Century: A Content Analysis
Endorsement of African-centered theory and practice are widespread within Black communities across the United States. The usage of African-centered frameworks is also common among many Black social workers. However, past research suggests that African-centered theory and subsequent models of practice are marginalized within social work literature and curricula. Since advocacy began for the inclusion of African-centered approaches to practice duri…
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Vol. 44 No. 4
“Children Can’t Learn on an Empty Stomach”: The Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program - Husain Lateef and David Androff Do We Know What We Think We Know About Payday Loan Borrowers? Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances - Mary Caplan, Peter A. Kindle, and Robert B. Nielsen “I Play Golf With My Kids, Not My Colleagues:” Politicians, Parenting, and Unpaid Work as a Choice? - Cheryl Najarian Souza The Influence of Socio-cultural Facto…
Children Can’t Learn on an Empty Stomach”: The Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program
The year 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party and their revolutionary approach to urban Black suffering in America. However, like many other social welfare contributions of the Black American community, the Black Panther Party’s social programs remain largely unexamined within the social work literature. To reclaim the social welfare contribution of the Black Panther Party, this paper examines the Free Breakf…
Frameworks for African-centered youth development: A critical comparison of the Nguzo Saba and the five Cs
Several African-centered theoretical models have been developed to conceptualize the process of healthy development among members of the African-American community. Within prevention-based research, African-centered perspectives are not often utilized as the basis of prevention efforts for African-American youth populations. However, given the distinct experiences of African-American youths, the purpose of this article is to critically compare th…
Exploring the Impact of Skin Tone Perception on Race-Related Outcomes and Familial Functioning Among African American Youth: Implications for African-Centered Interventions
Racism and its ramifications are salient societal-level factors that detrimentally affect African American youth and families. Few studies have investigated how African American youth experience discrimination within families and society and colorism’s impact on racial identity, despite extensive racial discrimination research. We assessed whether the perceptions of African American youth of their skin tone affected their racial identity, familia…
African-Centered Frameworks of Youth Development: Nuanced Implications for Guiding Social Work Practice with Black Youth
An African-centered self-regard scale for Black youth: Development and initial validation
Theorists of the African centered perspective propose that constructs derived from indigenous African frameworks are associated with positive developmental outcomes amongst Black American youth. However, empirical research has not kept pace with the theoretical and conceptual developments of African centered literature. Therefore, the benefits of African centered approaches to youth development remains faintly understood. To advance our understan…
What is African-centered youth development? A content analysis of Bantu perspectives
African-centered approaches play a significant role in many Black communities’ efforts to improve outcomes for their youth. For youth developmental researchers in social work, questions regarding how an African-centered approach applies to youth development remain. Using interpretive content analysis, this study sought to identify elements of a Bantu-derived model of youth development and how the determined elements relate in their cross-cultural…
“Doing Something”: African American Male Adolescent/Parent Experiences and Perceptions About Bullying
This was an exploratory phenomenological study regarding experiences and perceptions about bullying among African American male adolescents (AAMAs) and their parents. The sample for this study included 16 AAMAs and 16 parents (one AAMA and one matched parent per family; N = 32). This study was designed to understand what AAMAs and their parents gleaned from their experiences with bullying. The findings were organized into three themes: interperso…
Black American Muslims: A study of religious identity and mental health
Racism is a salient societal-level factor that adversely impacts the mental health of Black Americans. Although religiosity and racial identity have been studied in this population as protective factors, few studies have specifically considered Black American Muslims. We assessed the relationship between religious and racial identity on mental health-related factors among 499 Black American Muslims, utilising data from a cross-sectional study of …
The Mental Health of Black Youth Affected by Community Violence: Family and School Context as Pathways to Resilience
Black youth who experience community violence occupy multiple environments with varying levels of influence on how they display resiliency to prevent adverse mental health outcomes. Considering the recent rise of mental health concerns (i.e., increase in suicidal outcomes) among Black youth, along with the abundance of research illustrating the detrimental impact of community violence, more research is needed to examine how different environmenta…
Black Youth and African-Centered Interventions: A Systematic Review
Affective Orientation and School Persistence Among African American Youth: Implications for Afrocentric Youth Research and Practice
African-Centered Social Work in the 21st Century: A Content Analysis
Endorsement of African-centered theory and practice are widespread within Black communities across the United States. The usage of African-centered frameworks is also common among many Black social workers. However, past research suggests that African-centered theory and subsequent models of practice are marginalized within social work literature and curricula. Since advocacy began for the inclusion of African-centered approaches to practice duri…
Adherence to African-Centered Norms and Help Seeking for Emotional Distress Among Black Men
Research demonstrates that Black American men are significantly less likely to seek help for mental distress than other gendered or racial groups. Yet, Afrocentric theorists propose that African cultural norms of interdependence may serve as important facilitators in promoting mental health in Black populations. This study explored how Ubuntu— an African construct expressing adherence to principles of compassion, interdependence, and humanism — i…
Afrocentrism: A Perspective of Positive Development Among Black Youth
Afrocentric Norms and Substance Use Behaviors Among Black Young Adults
Despite not displaying higher overall rates of substance use compared to White Americans, the social consequences of substance use disorders for Black Americans, particularly among Black American men, are more damaging. Furthermore, recent data suggest an uptick in substance use-related deaths among Black Americans, raising serious concerns about a growing health disparity that warrants the need for studies to identify factors associated with pre…
Measuring Afrocentrism: A Review of Existing Instruments
Measurement of Afrocentrism and investigation of Afrocentricity’s significance in the lives of Black Americans has gained momentum, given the current evidence suggesting that cultural factors matter in the lives of diverse populations. In particular, factors associated with African philosophical constructs may have significant relationships with improved mental health and overall well-being among African and African diaspora populations. However,…
Understanding the Multiple Influences on Black Parents’ School Involvement: A Longitudinal Perspective
This study explores longitudinal influences of various factors on Black parents’ involvement in their children’s education. Guided by Hoover-Dempsey & Sandler’s Model of Parent Involvement, this research examines whether parents’ school climate perceptions, attitudes about involvement, self-efficacy, and children’s academic performance predict parent involvement over time. Utilizing data from the Maryland Adolescence in Context Study with a sampl…
Black Girl Well-Being: A Scoping Review of Culturally and Gender Responsive Interventions
Purpose: Few interventions focus on the unique developmental contexts specific to Black adolescent girls living in the United States. This article conducts a scoping review to identify interventions targeted at the well-being of Black adolescent girls. Method: The authors conducted a comprehensive search using electronic databases to identify peer-reviewed journal articles that center interventions to address the well-being of Black adolescent gi…
A Review of School-Based Interventions for Black Boys’ School Success
Benevolent Childhood Experiences Scale: A Validation Study in a Sample of Young Black American Adults
The Parental Afrocentric Socialization Scale: A development and validation study with Black emerging adults
Support for the validity of the PASS was found in correlations with measures of ethnic identity, flourishing, career aspirations, and collectivism. The PASS provides a new measurement of specific strengths of Afrocentric socialization. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
The Belief to Aspire”: The Association Between Afrocentric Values in the Educational and Career Aspirations of Young Black Males
Psychometric properties of the Afrocentric Self-Regard Scale (ASRS): A validation study with Black emerging adults
This study aimed to cross-validate the Afrocentric Self-Regard Scale (ASRS), which was previously developed and assessed in a sample of Black American adolescents. However, this study was conducted with a representative sample of 619 emerging Black adults aged 18-29 years. Participants completed a survey that included the ASRS and measured African heritage connections, Afro-cultural orientation norms, internalized negative stereotypes, career asp…
We're growing leaders here: Preliminary findings from providers on the importance of Afrocentric education
Although recent literature has emphasized the value of African-centered schools among Black youth, little is known about the factors that make Afrocentric schools successful. The current study examined experienced educators' perceptions of their PK − 8 Afrocentric schools using a qualitative focus group interview (n = 7). Drawing from care ethics and the Integrative Model for the Study of Stress in Black American Families, researchers identified …
Psychology (27 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Clinical Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Youth Development and Social Support (11 works) · Gender Studies (10 works)