Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Cartman, Obari Sipho Yohance Author's Email Address ocartman1@student.gsu.edu URN etd-08062007-113739 Title Exploring the Role of Culture and Race in African American Adolescents Degree Master of Arts Department Psychology Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Roderick Watts Committee Chair Julia Perilla Committee Member Leslie Jackson Committee Member Keywords
- race
- culture
- African-Americans
- identity
- worldview
- ethnicity
- African-centered
- Africentric
Date of Defense 2006-08-23 Availability unrestricted Abstract There are myriad definitions of the terms race, ethnicity and culture in socialsciences literature. Often these terms are used interchangeably with no conceptual
rationale. This study aims to contribute to our greater understanding of the similarities
and differences between the conceptualization and use of race and culture as they are
experienced by African American adolescents. Multiple regression analyses and factor
analysis were conducted for 223 African American high school aged students who
completed a survey about racial and ethnic identity and a variety of positive youth
development outcomes. Results showed preliminary support for race and culture being
distinguishable yet intricately related. Results are also presented that compares the
relationship of either a racial or cultural orientation on various youth development
outcomes.
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