Resilience Among Urban African American Male Adolescents: A Study of the Protective Effects of Sociopolitical Control on Their Mental Health
dc.contributor.author | Zimmerman, Marc A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ramírez-Valles, Jesus | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Maton, Kenneth I. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T14:13:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T14:13:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1999-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Zimmerman, Marc A.; Ramírez-Valles, Jesus; Maton, Kenneth I.; (1999). "Resilience Among Urban African American Male Adolescents: A Study of the Protective Effects of Sociopolitical Control on Their Mental Health." American Journal of Community Psychology 27(6): 733-751. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44052> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-0562 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-2770 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/44052 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10723533&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Resilience refers to the notion that some people succeed in the face of adversity. In a risk-protective model of resilience, a protective factor interacts with a risk factor to mitigate the occurrence of a negative outcome. This study tested longitudinally the protective effects of sociopolitical control on the link between helplessness and mental health. The study included 172 urban, male, African American adolescents, who were interviewed twice, 6 months apart. Sociopolitical control was defined as the beliefs about one's capabilities and efficacy in social and political systems. Two mental health outcomes were examined—psychological symptoms and self-esteem. Regression analyses to predict psychological symptoms and self-esteem over time were conducted. High levels of sociopolitical control were found to limit the negative consequences of helplessness on mental health. The results suggest that sociopolitical control may help to protect youths from the negative consequences of feelings of helplessness. Implications for prevention strategies are discussed. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Mental Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Clinical Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Health Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Community & Environmental Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Adolescence | en_US |
dc.subject.other | African American | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Resiliency | en_US |
dc.title | Resilience Among Urban African American Male Adolescents: A Study of the Protective Effects of Sociopolitical Control on Their Mental Health | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Work | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Psychiatry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of Illinois, Chicago | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 10723533 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44052/1/10464_2004_Article_416735.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1022205008237 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | American Journal of Community Psychology | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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