Overview
- Offers a descriptive and comprehensive examination of African American girls from the perspective of someone who has worked with thousands of girls from all walks of life
- Provides recommendations and resources for working with African American adolescent girls in a practical manner
- Focuses on one of the most critical developmental periods - teens in early to mid-adolescence - the period in which life decisions and experiences most likely have the greatest impact on subsequent quality of life
Part of the book series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development (ARAD)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Part 1
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Part 2
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Part 3
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About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Faye Z. Belgrave has developed, implemented, and evaluated cultural programs for African American girls for more than 15 years. These programs have been implemented collaboratively with local community partners. Participants in these programs have shown increases in self attributes, positive values and relationships, and have developed life skills to resist negative behaviors. Dr. Belgrave is professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and co-author of a textbook on African American Psychology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: African American Girls
Book Subtitle: Reframing Perceptions and Changing Experiences
Authors: Faye Z. Belgrave
Series Title: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0090-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0089-0Due: 31 July 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1517-6Published: 17 October 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0090-6Published: 24 July 2009
Series ISSN: 2195-089X
Series E-ISSN: 2195-0903
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 178
Topics: Child and School Psychology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Social Work, Psychotherapy and Counseling