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“I Didn’t Know Who to Talk to”: Black College Men’s Sources and Descriptions of Social Support

dc.contributor.authorGoodwill, Janelle R.
dc.contributor.authorMattis, Jacqueline S.
dc.contributor.authorWatkins, Daphne C.
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-03T21:08:00Z
dc.date.available2023-02-03T21:08:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-04
dc.identifier.citationPsychology of Men & Masculinities, Vol. 23, no. 2, 2022, pp. 197-208en_US
dc.identifier.issn1524-9220
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175809en
dc.description.abstractYoung Black men face unique interpersonal challenges throughout their time on college campuses, as they are forced to navigate anticipated developmental stressors (e.g., academic adjustment), coupled with race-specific microaggressions and structural forms of harm. Still, members of this group remain underrepresented in higher education, and their lived experiences have been neglected within existing men’s studies research. Therefore, carefully examining Black college men’s forms of social support is necessary when working to identify specific factors that either impede or promote their academic success and psychological wellbeing. Two research questions guided this analysis: (a) from whom do Black college men receive social support? and (b) for what circumstances or events do Black college men describe receiving or needing support? Interviews were conducted with 27 Black men enrolled at a large public Predominately White Institution (PWI) in the United States. Applied thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Study findings reveal that Black college men rely upon their peers, campus student groups, fraternities, and family members for social support. In a departure from existing research, participants also described the importance of women in their lives and showed great appreciation for the support provided by their mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and female friends. Additionally, participants also described receiving support from others when faced with challenging circumstances like adjusting to college, encountering discrimination, working through conflict with family, and experiencing depression. Study findings offer new insights by highlighting both the circumstances and specific people young Black men turn to when they are in needen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipFord Foundation Predoctoral Fellowshipen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Steve Funden_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherEducational Publishing Foundationen_US
dc.subjectsocial supporten_US
dc.subjectBlack/African American menen_US
dc.subjectcollege studentsen_US
dc.subjectqualitative analysisen_US
dc.title“I Didn’t Know Who to Talk to”: Black College Men’s Sources and Descriptions of Social Supporten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Work
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSocial Work, School of (SSW)en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherCrown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicagoen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSchool of Arts & Sciences, Rutgers University - Newarken_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175809/1/Goodwill Mattis Watkins_2022_I didn't know who to talk to.pdf
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1037/men0000372
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.7302/6944
dc.identifier.sourcePsychology of Men & Masculinitiesen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9887-837Xen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-9163en_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6350-7891en_US
dc.description.filedescriptionDescription of Goodwill Mattis Watkins_2022_I didn't know who to talk to.pdf : Full article
dc.identifier.name-orcidGoodwill, Janelle R.; 0000-0001-9887-837Xen_US
dc.identifier.name-orcidMattis, Jacqueline; 0000-0002-6714-9163en_US
dc.identifier.name-orcidWatkins, Daphne; 0000-0002-6350-7891en_US
dc.working.doi10.7302/6944en_US
dc.owningcollnameSocial Work, School of (SSW)


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