Department of Psychology.
University of Maryland.
Am Psychol. 2018 Sep;73(6):753-767. doi: 10.1037/amp0000300.
African American boys and young men in the United States face challenges unique to being a male and an ethnic minority in our society. Despite the marginalization of African American boys and young men, this article argues that African American boys and young men, like other individuals, are in large proportion able to overcome adversity and utilize positive youth development assets and resources, and that focusing on capabilities and strengths is worthy of primary emphasis (Lerner, Dowling, & Anderson, 2003; Stevenson, 2016). García Coll and colleagues' (1996) integrative model of developmental competencies in minority children lays the groundwork for conceptualizing the profound influence of racism, economic disadvantage, oppression, segregation, and other trauma-inducing experiences on the development of African American boys and young men. We extend that framework by adding notions of positive development and adaptive calibration to contextual challenges to account for prosocial development of African American boys and young men. We present descriptive and experimental research support for this approach and argue that it has the potential for increasing the validity, sophistication, and utility of developmental research on about African American boys and young men are presented. (PsycINFO Database Record
美国的非裔美国男孩和年轻男性在社会中面临着作为男性和少数民族所特有的挑战。尽管非裔美国男孩和年轻男性被边缘化，但本文认为，非裔美国男孩和年轻男性与其他个体一样，在很大程度上能够克服逆境，利用积极的青年发展资产和资源，关注能力和优势是值得重点强调的（Lerner、Dowling 和 Anderson，2003；Stevenson，2016）。García Coll 及其同事（1996）对少数族裔儿童发展能力的综合模型为理解种族主义、经济劣势、压迫、隔离和其他导致创伤的经历对非裔美国男孩和年轻男性发展的深远影响奠定了基础。我们通过增加积极发展和适应调整的概念来扩展该框架，以应对社会环境挑战，从而解释非裔美国男孩和年轻男性的亲社会发展。我们提出了这一方法的描述性和实验研究支持，并认为它有可能提高关于非裔美国男孩和年轻男性的发展研究的有效性、复杂性和实用性。
