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EMBRacing Racial Stress and Trauma

Preliminary Feasibility and Coping Responses of a Racial Socialization Intervention

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ID7309944
AuthorsRiana E Anderson (0000-0002-5645-1738, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, corresponding author), Monique Mckenny (0000-0001-6627-3640, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA), Amari Mitchell (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Lydia Koku (Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA), Howard C Stevenson (0000-0001-8991-0059, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
Year2017
Volume44
Issue1
Pages25-46
Publication date2017-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Black Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-7984 • E-ISSN: 1552-4558
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095798417732930
OpenAlexW2765319487
LanguageEN
Citations received69
References cited46

The goal of this article is to report initial feasibility and coping response data from a pilot study of a new five-session intervention (Engaging, Managing, and Bonding through Race [EMBRace]) for Black families utilizing racial socialization to address stress and trauma from racial encounters. Ten caregiver and youth dyads were enrolled and completed the EMBRace intervention. Feasibility was based on a closed-option survey for therapists as well as open-ended participant responses to program satisfaction post-intervention. Responses to stress management were assessed via repeated measures of self-reported coping strategies throughout the sessions. EMBRace was deemed to be acceptable by the majority of therapists and participants with regard to discussing racial encounters. Participant responses were categorized into five primary codes, including advice, clinician approach, program changes, likes, and dislikes. Participants’ coping data throughout the intervention indicates changes in the hypothesized direction (e.g., increased attention to and identification of stressor and decreased stress). The pilot data indicate the desirability of the intervention as well as useful participant feedback for future iterations of EMBRace

Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Socialization · Stress management · Stressor · Applied Psychology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology

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