Same-race friends, peers tied to puberty-related outcomes among black girls
Girls who develop early are better adjusted when their friends are on a similar timeframe for puberty and of the same race, a new study shows.
Girls who develop early are better adjusted when their friends are on a similar timeframe for puberty and of the same race, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2017
0
3
Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in particular, the ways in which inequity impacts ...
Education
Sep 1, 2022
0
12
For Black girls in the juvenile justice system, attention from a caregiver might amount to too much of a bad thing, a recent study suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2021
1
3
Several years ago, when Marketa Burnett asked the young Black girls who were part of her research study to talk about what it meant first to be a girl and second a Black girl, they told her the two were indistinguishable.
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2024
0
1
Young black males feel less safe when they go to neighborhoods with a larger white population than occurs in areas they normally visit, a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2018
4
7
To improve the experiences of Black children in schools, particularly Black girls, a pair of researchers have conceptualized a new framework to help school leaders rethink anti-Black policies and practices, and help Black ...
Social Sciences
May 20, 2021
1
4