Racialized and gendered police violence is a pernicious problem for Black communities. For my dissertation, I empirically tested a novel theoretical concept, Collective Ongoing Betrayal Trauma (COBT). COBT integrates the concepts of betrayal trauma, vicarious trauma, collective trauma, and institutional betrayal to examine the psychological consequences of indirect exposure to racialized and gendered police violence. I tested the theory of COBT by measuring the impact written vignettes that depicted gendered and racialized police violence toward Black Americans on Black participants’ mental health and well-being. I also examined patterns in participants’ reactions to the vignette based on participants’ binary gender identity. Black, African...
Black on Black victimization amongst inner-city African American youth is a well-documented phenomen...
The relationship between racial identity well-being (psychological, emotional, social, and physical ...
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the impacts of police violence on Blac...
Interactions between the Black community and the police have gained national attention recently. The...
This dissertation is based on Sociocultural Theory, Social Learning Theory and Trauma Theory, as wel...
The Black Lives Matter movement has increased public awareness concerning discriminatory experiences...
Considerable research indicates that Black undergraduate women’s college experiences are greatly com...
Systemic and institutionalized racism is endemic to life in the United States and contributes to the...
African American men’s negative experiences with the police have impacted their trust of police. Man...
This study examined police violence against Black women and other women of color. The intersectional...
Structural violence refers to injustices embedded in social and institutional structures within soci...
This dissertation provides a detailed examination of African American women’s experiences with intim...
This dissertation is concerned with the role of the psychic defenses projection and projective ident...
This critical ethnographic research utilizes participatory action research (PAR) and case studies to...
Suicide is a multi-faceted human experience that threatens and harms Black communities. Historical d...
Black on Black victimization amongst inner-city African American youth is a well-documented phenomen...
The relationship between racial identity well-being (psychological, emotional, social, and physical ...
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the impacts of police violence on Blac...
Interactions between the Black community and the police have gained national attention recently. The...
This dissertation is based on Sociocultural Theory, Social Learning Theory and Trauma Theory, as wel...
The Black Lives Matter movement has increased public awareness concerning discriminatory experiences...
Considerable research indicates that Black undergraduate women’s college experiences are greatly com...
Systemic and institutionalized racism is endemic to life in the United States and contributes to the...
African American men’s negative experiences with the police have impacted their trust of police. Man...
This study examined police violence against Black women and other women of color. The intersectional...
Structural violence refers to injustices embedded in social and institutional structures within soci...
This dissertation provides a detailed examination of African American women’s experiences with intim...
This dissertation is concerned with the role of the psychic defenses projection and projective ident...
This critical ethnographic research utilizes participatory action research (PAR) and case studies to...
Suicide is a multi-faceted human experience that threatens and harms Black communities. Historical d...
Black on Black victimization amongst inner-city African American youth is a well-documented phenomen...
The relationship between racial identity well-being (psychological, emotional, social, and physical ...
The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the impacts of police violence on Blac...