APS
2025 APS Annual Convention
Rooted & Rising: The Holistic Mental Health Journey of Black Youth Beyond Discrimination
Subject Area: Clinical Science
Prolonged exposure to racial discrimination threatens Black youth's development, but racial socialization and cultural frameworks like Collective Black Consciousness foster resilience and emotional well-being. Interventions highlighting community, cultural assets, and emotion regulation empower Black youth, enhancing mental health and supporting thriving amidst adversity, from childhood to emerging adulthood.
Presentations
- Rising to the Occasion: Utilizing Technology to Support the Racial Socialization Process for Black Youth Riana Anderson
- Culturally Rising: Exploring Collective Black Consciousness Framework for Black Youth’s Collective ThrivingNkemka Anyiwo
- Cultivating Socioemotional Roots: How Black Parents’ Racial and Cultural Emotion Socialization Practices Nurture Black Youth’s Well-BeingFantasy Lozada
- Cognitive and Communal Roots: Examining Black Youth’s Racial Cognitions and Community Networks Natasha Johnson
- Abstract to FollowIsha Metzger
