ICPS

2019 International Convention of Psychological Science

Racial Discrimination, Ethnic-Racial Socialization, and Suicide Crisis: Advances in African American Psychological Science

Saturday, March 9, 2019 · Paris, France

Cultural Psychology

This symposium examines three significant risks, experiences, and realities for African Americans in the 21st century: racial discrimination, racial socialization, and the emergent suicide crisis. We answer calls for psychological science to capture the breadth of human experiences, study the multitude of ethnic-racial experiences, and examine diversity in all forms.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Enrique NeblettChair
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Presentations

  1. African American Fathers’ Racial Discrimination Experiences and Ethnic-Racial Socialization Processes: A Dyadic PerspectiveShauna Cooper, Marketa Burnett
  2. Situating Racial Socialization within the Parent-Child Relationship in African American FamiliesMia Smith-Bynum
  3. The Benefits Unreaped: Racial Discrimination and the Disruption of Positive ExperiencesAnthony Burrow
  4. Sleep-Related Problems and Suicide Behavior and Ideation Among Black Trauma-ExposedRheeda Walker, David Talavera, Faith Nomamiukor, Ijeoma Madubata, Candice Alfano, Anka Vujanovic