Building Emotional Resilience in Black Boys

Building Social Assets to Overcome Racism and Adversity

Oscar A. Barbarin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2025
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
9780197747490 (ISBN)

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Racism and poverty cause unspeakable hardship and pain for Black boys and youth. After following a typical pattern of development in early childhood, this pain comes to the surface and is reflected in misbehavior that masks sadness, fear, and anger. This misbehavior traditionally begins with minor infractions and rule-breaking and can escalate over time to more serious transgressions. Furthermore, because of adversity and adultification, Black boys appear to grow up too fast and lose a presumption of innocence that is accorded to most groups of children. Additionally, their capacity to navigate adversity and alleviate emotional pain is impeded by a hyper-masculine socialization, which instructs them to suppress pain and conceal emotions not only from others but often from themselves.

In Emotional Resilience in Black Boys, Oscar A. Barbarin offers insight as to why some Black boys succumb to this pain while others are able to overcome it. Barbarin examines this central question and provides strategies for what families, schools and communities can do to increase the likelihood of emotional resilience, specifically by embracing social assets which foster self-awareness, social awareness, and social control. Chapters highlight the benefits of affirmation and support, control structures that rein in problematic behavior through limit-setting and correcting misbehavior; and interpretive frameworks that instill cultural and spiritual values, personal efficacy, preparation for racism, and positive racial identities. Barbarin reveals how with the support of concerned adults in their homes, schools, and communities, Black boys can acquire the necessary tools to cope with loss, mitigate the impact of racism, and cultivate the social competencies that allow them to flourish.

Oscar A. Barbarin, PhD is Professor of African American Studies and Psychology at the University of Maryland. He has served on the faculties of the Universities of Michigan and has held Endowed chairs at the University of North Carolina and Tulane University and is a former chair of the US National Committee for Psychology at the National Academy of Sciences. His scholarly work has sought to illuminate how families, schools and communities moderate the effects of adversity on the development of children of color.

Introduction: Fear and Worry About Black Boys
Part I. Facing Adversity
Chapter 1: Less Than Human
Chapter 2: Barely Making It
Chapter 3: Racism and Poverty Matter
Part II. Foundations of Emotional Resilience
Chapter 4: Early Emotional Development
Chapter 5: Social Competence
Part III. Divergent Development
Chapter 6: The Golden Age of Childhood
Chapter 7: Growing Up Fast
Part IV. Origins of Serious Problem Behavior
Chapter 8: Loss, Trauma and Problem Behavior
Chapter 9: Emotional Distress
Part V. Lives in Distress
Chapter 10: Denying Emotions and Losing Self
Chapter 11: Becoming a Knucklehead
Part VI. Social Assets and Emotional Resilience
Chapter 12: Emotional Resilience
Chapter 13: Social Assets Build Resilience
Part VII. How Families, Schools and Neighborhoods Help
Chapter 14: Preparation for Racism and Adversity
Chapter 15: Schools and Neighborhoods as Social Assets
Conclusion: Re-Imagining Black Boys and Youth

Erscheinungsdatum	22.05.2025
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 226 mm
Gewicht	386 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9780197747490 / 9780197747490
Zustand	Neuware