Re-envisioning Engagement and Action for Child & Community Health (R.E.A.C.H) Partnership
Since 2019, the StarLab has engaged in a partnership with the Durham County Women’s Commission (www.durhamwomen.org) to identify key well-being and health concerns of girls and women in the Durham community. Additionally, the REACH partnership is focused on developing a range of collaborative projects with community organization that use evidence-based science to improve the lives […]
Fathers and Mothers in the Lives of Youth (F.A.M.I.L.Y) Study
Investigation exploring African American fathers’ parenting practices and influences on adolescent development. The FAMILY project is a longitudinal survey-based study with father, adolescent, and mother reports. Brief Summary Research exploring the impact of fathers’ parenting practices during adolescence continues to lag in comparison to studies in infancy and childhood. This discrepancy is even greater with […]
African American Adolescent Girls’ School Experiences and Wellbeing: Identifying Resilience Factors
Investigation exploring the school and peer experiences of African American adolescent girls. This investigation includes survey and daily diary measures. Recruitment begins in Summer 2018!
African American Fathers’ Parenting Experiences: The Role of Intergenerational Factors and Fathering Ideologies
To reflect the diverse range of experiences and realities of African American fathers, scholars have taken a more socially-embedded approach to understanding fatherhood in African American families including understanding the ways that they impact their children’s development (Billingsley, 1970; Bowman, 1990; McAdoo & McAdoo, 2002). Much of this research has challenged earlier, more-deficit based perspectives […]
Psychological Well-Being among African American Emerging Adults: Risk and Protective Factors
Emerging adulthood, defined as a distinct developmental period (18-25 years of age), has been characterized as a time of identity exploration and transition for many youth (Arnett, 2000). Using university and community-based samples, this investigation explores African American youths’ views about adult responsibilities, including familial responsibilities, perceived gender roles, beliefs about community involvement and career-related/educational […]
Fathering Practices and Positive Adolescent Development within African American Families
This investigation is a secondary analysis of African American adolescents from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY97), a multi-wave nationally-representative study of children residing in the United States. The specific goals of this investigation include: 1) What are distinct father-specific parenting profiles among African American fathers of adolescents?; 2) Are trajectories of these parenting […]
Dads Active in Daughters Developing Successfully (D.A.D.D.S): Contributions to the Psychological and School Adjustment of African American Girls
Positive and supportive social relationships may serve an important, bolstering role for African American girls’ psychological and school functioning. Though much of this work has explored parental contributions, it has focused mostly on how mothers influence girls’ outcomes. Fathers or father-figures, as important others in the lives of African American girls, have received relatively less […]
Understanding How Mothers and Fathers Negotiate Race-Related Discussions
Several models that address the development of African American youth have discussed the importance of parent socialization that prepares youth to cope with one’s status as a racial/ethnic minority and promotes pride in one’s racial group (Hughes et al., 2006). Studies have indicated that a sizeable number of African American parents report socializing their children […]