Article archive / August 1, 2014
Originally published: . Volume 5, No. 12. Source pages: 10.
Dr. Guler Boyraz Africultural Coping and Well-Being Dr. Sharon Home, Archandria Owens, Aisha Armstrong
Dr. Guler Boyraz, Assistant Professor at Louisiana Tech, will present “Africultural Coping, College Adjustment, and Well- Being Among African American College Students,” as part of the “Multicultural, Social Justice, and Advocacy” poster session. Co-authors are Dr. Sharon Home, Archandria Owens, and Aisha Armstrong.
The researchers looked at data from 631 African American first year students 379 from a predominantly White university and 251 from a historically Black university. They tested a series of path models and found that “cognitive/emotional debriefing” coping had a significant negative indirect effect on well-being through adjustment difficulties. “Collective coping, on the other hand, had a significant positive indirect effect on well-being through social support.” Spiritual coping and ritual coping were removed from the model due to insignificance and poor fit.The study highlights the importance of the collective copying strategy for African American college students, write the authors.
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