APS
2025 APS Annual Convention
Rooted & Rising: The Holistic Mental Health Journey of Black Youth Beyond Discrimination
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
