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Racial Identity, Resilience, Coping, and College Retention in African American College Students Attending a Predominantly White University

King, Tracey Anna Maria
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395663881

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2012, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
The primary purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between racial identity, resilience, coping, and college retention in a sample of 94 African American college students attending a predominantly White University. Based upon the current literature, a mediation model was proposed. Specifically, it was hypothesized that the relationship between resilience and college retention would be mediated by the internalization stage of racial identity (M1), problem-focused coping behaviors (M2), and emotion-focused coping behaviors (M3). Results revealed a positive relationship between college retention and the internalization stage of racial identity (B = 0.89, z = 2.82, p = .005), and a negative relationship between problem-focused coping and college retention (B = -.088, z = -2.24, p = .025). Bootstrapping analyses indicted no significant indirect effects for M1 (point estimate = -.0033, 95% BCA of -.0173 to .0058), M2 (point estimate = -.0055, 95% BCA of -.0203 to .0027), or M3 (point estimate = .0014, 95% BCA of -.0028 to .0168). Despite the absence of mediation, the findings of this study highlighted the complex nature of these constructs and the continued need for further exploration into their relationship.
Cathy McDaniels Wilson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Anna Ghee, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Nicholas Salsman, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
120 p.
African American Studies; Educational Psychology; Social Psychology
racial identity of blacks; resilience; adjustment; memory; college students

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  • King, T. A. M. (2012). Racial Identity, Resilience, Coping, and College Retention in African American College Students Attending a Predominantly White University [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395663881

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • King, Tracey. Racial Identity, Resilience, Coping, and College Retention in African American College Students Attending a Predominantly White University. 2012. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395663881.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • King, Tracey. "Racial Identity, Resilience, Coping, and College Retention in African American College Students Attending a Predominantly White University." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1395663881

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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