Forging Links ― African American Children Clinical Development Perspectives

This volume focuses on the challenges faced by Black children in the post-modern age. The authors integrate clinical and developmental psychology with history and culture to address contemporary issues in the field. The issues confronting African American children and parents are unique to this era of unparalleled prosperity. Simultaneous patterns of racial inequality and disparities continue to exist in almost all areas of human activity despite these prosperous times. This book offers new conceptualizations of old phenomena and demonstrates how racial identity and racial socialization impact the psychological well being of African American children. Topics addressed include quantifying normal behavior, racial identity, racial socialization, acting white, teen fatherhood, poverty, violence, and Black males and sports.

ANGELA M. NEAL-BARNETT is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. She is the co-editor ofFamily and Peers and Latino Children and Families in the United States.

JOSEFINA M. CONTRERAS is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. She is the co-editor ofFamily and Peers and Latino Children and Families in the United States.

KATHRYN A. KERNS is Associate Professor of Psychology at Kent State University. She is the co-editor ofFamily and Peers and Latino Children and Families in the United States.