Jessica Pitts
Biographic Data
| ID | 9552971 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jessica Pitts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jessica |
| FAMILY NAME | Pitts |
| SIGNATURE | PITTS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Talking gender, ethnicity race, and change
Early adolescence is marked by intensified identity exploration, yet little research has examined how meanings of gender and ethnic‐racial identity are co‐constructed within family relationships during the pubertal transition. The present qualitative study investigated how mothers and daughters construct and negotiate meanings of gender, ethnic‐racial identity, and their intersection through dyadic conversation, and how these processes vary by da…
Gender messages in girls' puberty books
INTRODUCTION: This study provides an ethnographic lens to understand gender messages in girls' puberty books, focusing on the representation of parents in both text and images. METHODS: A content and thematic analysis was performed on 22 children's books on girls' pubertal development drawn from Amazon bestselling books on Children's Health & Maturing. RESULTS: Content analysis results demonstrated an imbalance in the representation of parents in…
Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons
In negotiating the anti-Black oppression, Black mothers communicate lessons of resistance in their racial socialization messages to their Black adolescent boys. We investigate whether distinct strategies of resistance for survival, characterized by individual-focused immediate strategies of resistance, and resistance for liberation, strategies of resistance that disrupt systems of anti-Black oppression rooted in furthering collective Black empowe…
Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons
In negotiating the anti-Black oppression, Black mothers communicate lessons of resistance in their racial socialization messages to their Black adolescent boys. We investigate whether distinct strategies of resistance for survival, characterized by individual-focused immediate strategies of resistance, and resistance for liberation, strategies of resistance that disrupt systems of anti-Black oppression rooted in furthering collective Black empowe…
Lessons of Resistance from Black Mothers to their Black Sons
In negotiating the anti-Black oppression, Black mothers communicate lessons of resistance in their racial socialization messages to their Black adolescent boys. We investigate whether distinct strategies of resistance for survival, characterized by individual-focused immediate strategies of resistance, and resistance for liberation, strategies of resistance that disrupt systems of anti-Black oppression rooted in furthering collective Black empowe…
Gender messages in girls' puberty books
INTRODUCTION: This study provides an ethnographic lens to understand gender messages in girls' puberty books, focusing on the representation of parents in both text and images. METHODS: A content and thematic analysis was performed on 22 children's books on girls' pubertal development drawn from Amazon bestselling books on Children's Health & Maturing. RESULTS: Content analysis results demonstrated an imbalance in the representation of parents in…
Talking gender, ethnicity race, and change
Early adolescence is marked by intensified identity exploration, yet little research has examined how meanings of gender and ethnic‐racial identity are co‐constructed within family relationships during the pubertal transition. The present qualitative study investigated how mothers and daughters construct and negotiate meanings of gender, ethnic‐racial identity, and their intersection through dyadic conversation, and how these processes vary by da…
Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Thematic analysis (2 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (1 work) · Black female (1 work) · Black women (1 work) · Children's literature (1 work)