I am making it without you, dad”

Resilient academic identities of black female university students with absent fathers: An exploratory multiple case study

Bibliographic Data

ID15346286
AuthorsNcamisile Thumile Zulu (0000-0002-6553-0788, Human Sciences Research Council, corresponding author), Nicholas Munro (0000-0002-5952-8358, University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Year2017
Volume27
Issue2
Pages172-179
Publication date2017-04-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Psychology in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1433-0237 • E-ISSN: 1815-5626
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14330237.2017.1303114
OpenAlexW2610195128
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited21

This study explored the resilient academic identity constructions of two black father-absent females who were academically successful postgraduate students at a South African University. Using resilience theory and an African metaphysical framework, the study highlights the conversational devices that these two female students used when constructing a resilient academic identity during in-depth conversational interviews with the primary researcher. The findings highlight how paternal absence and related socio-economic effects can serve as a path towards a resilient academic identity construction and be communicated as opportunities for academic success. The study offers novel insight into the phenomenon of paternal absence among two young black female students, how this absence did not seem to yield negative identity and academic achievement outcomes, and the conversational ways in which a resilient academic identity may be constructed

Black male · Developmental psychology · Exploratory research · Identity (music · Path analysis (statistics · Psychological resilience · Sociology · Family and Disability Support Research · Gender Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology

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