Racial Misidentification and Psychopathology Among People of African Descent: Is there a relationship?
| dc.contributor.author | Nonterah, C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mate-Kole, C.C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conway, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jones, S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-02T11:47:03Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-14T14:18:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-02T11:47:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-10-14T14:18:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examined racial identity and psychopathology in people of African ancestry. Two hundred and twenty-one (221) participants were recruited comprising Continental Africans, African Americans and African Caribbean people. The results demonstrated a significant correlation between psychopathology and stages of racial identity development. Lower levels of African Self-Consciousness were related to anxiety, hostility and phobic anxiety. African Americans obtained the highest levels of African Self-Consciousness. Further factor analyses of the African Self-Consciousness scale yielded two main factors; Value for Africentric beliefs and Value for Group identification. The findings suggest that racial identity plays an important role in the mental health of people of African ancestry. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ghana International Journal of Mental Health, 2(1), 20-54 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://197.255.68.203/handle/123456789/2193 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Racial Misidentification and Psychopathology Among People of African Descent: Is there a relationship? | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |