Evaluating indicators of cultural resilience
by Brabham, Karen Ann, Ed.D., TEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, 2010, 125 pages; 3424922

Abstract:

This study investigates the hypothesis that African American students succeed in difficult circumstances due to a type of coping that is unique to the African American experience. It was tested with a survey of 147 eleventh and twelfth grade students from different ethnic backgrounds who were enrolled in a New York City high school, The survey included three instruments that measured resilience: the California Healthy Kids Survey, the Africultural Inventory Survey and a Code-Switching Inventory. Although the results indicated that gender and the Africultural coping instrument were significant predictors of grades earned, there were no differences between African American students' use of the strategy and its use by students from other ethnic groups. This suggests that although the Africultural coping measure was a predictor of grades, that prediction was not uniquely associated with African American students.

 
AdviserDennis Mithaug
SchoolTEACHERS COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
SourceDAI/A 71-10, p. , Oct 2010
Source TypeDissertation
SubjectsEducational evaluation; Education policy
Publication Number3424922
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