The street life project: How street life oriented United States born African men demonstrate notions of resiliency in the face of inadequate economic and educational opportunity.

Title: The street life project: How street life oriented United States born African men demonstrate notions of resiliency in the face of inadequate economic and educational opportunity.
Identifier: AAI3169962
identifier: 3169962
Creator: Payne, Yasser Arafat.
Contributor: Adviser: Michelle Fine
Date: 2005
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Psychology, Social | Psychology, Personality | Psychology, Developmental
Abstract: This dissertation, housed in Participatory Action Research design, explored issues of resiliency amongst street life oriented U.S. born African men as a function of their attitudes toward educational and economical opportunities. Specifically, this PAR study explored such notions or coping strategies in a sample of street life oriented U.S. born African men in and out of high school ranging between the ages of 16--65. Quantitative and qualitative results indicate that as the men in this sample became older, their attitudes toward overall, educational and economic opportunity increasingly became more negative. In addition, substantial descriptive and qualitative data were provided to address the complex dynamics, conceptualization and/or framework of a street life orientation and ideology.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.

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