Title:
The impact of spirituality and cultural forms of coping on racism-related stress of black male students at Jesuit, Catholic institutions
Author:
Rodney L. Parker
Thesis Advisor:
L. Mickey Fenzel
Committee Member:
Gina Magyar-Russell
Committee Member:
Donelda A. Cook
Committee Member:
Robert W. Simmons
Committee Member:
Amanda Thomas
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
2017
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
born digital
Abstract:
Black male college students remain a vulnerable segment of college populations amongst cross sections of racial groups and institutional settings. The racial and gendered experiences of Black male undergraduates are markedly different from those of their Black female and White counterparts at predominantly White colleges and universities. This study explored the degree to which personal spirituality and Africultural coping moderated the relationship between (a) racism-related stress and satisfaction with life, (b) racism-related stress and positive affect, (c) racism-related stress and negative affect, and (d) racism-related stress and academic self-efficacy for a sample of 102 Black male undergraduates from Jesuit colleges and universities. The participants completed online surveys which consisted of scales such as Student Hassles Scale, Index of Race-Related Stress - Brief Version (IRRS-B), Spiritual Integration Scale, Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Africultural Coping System Inventory (ACSI), Academic Self-Efficacy Scale, and Positive Affect and Negative Affect Schedules (PANAS). Results indicated that racism-related stress was positively correlated with positive affect and negative affect, after controlling for student hassles. In addition, personal spirituality positively predicted life satisfaction and positive affect. Africultural coping predicted positive affect, after controlling for global religiousness. However, neither personal spirituality nor Africultural coping moderated the relationships between racism-related stress and criterion variables. Yet, the main effects of personal spirituality and racism-related stress accounted for significant variance in life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. Similarly, the main effects of Africultural coping, racism-related stress, and global religiousness accounted for significant variance in life satisfaction, positive affect, and negative affect. Pastoral and clinical implications (for those working with Black male undergraduate populations) were discussed, as well as implications for future research.
Subject:
Electronic dissertations
Degree:
Doctor of Philosophy
Level:
Doctoral
Discipline:
Pastoral Counseling
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Identifier:
ParkerRL-17
