Based on historical literature, Black Americans have persisted through centuries of oppression in North America. To survive, they retained Africultural values and adopted group-specific practices. Black cultural values and practices can potentially, if bolstered, increase psychosocial health in this population. In the current study, we examined specific Black values and practices and their collective ability to predict psychosocial health. In a sample 486 Black, middle-class, American adults with a mean age of 31 years, we used structural equation modeling to test a first- and a second-order measurement model, as well as a structural model. We hypothesized that health-promoting aspects of Black racial identity (e.g., racial centrality), racial socialization (e.g., cultural socialization), and racism-related coping (e.g., confrontation), as well as higher levels of communalism and spirituality would indicate one latent factor, Black Cultural Strength. Furthermore, we hypothesized that Black Cultural Strength would be predictive of psychosocial health. After slight model modifications, we found an acceptable fit for the data. Clinical implications and future research directions are discussed.

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黑人文化优势和社会心理幸福感：对美国黑人成年人的实证分析

根据历史文献，美国黑人在北美经历了几个世纪的压迫。为了生存，他们保留了非洲价值观并采用了针对特定群体的做法。如果得到支持，黑人文化价值观和做法可能会增加该人群的心理健康。在当前的研究中，我们研究了特定的黑人价值观和实践以及他们预测社会心理健康的集体能力。在 486 名平均年龄为 31 岁的美国黑人中产阶级成年人样本中，我们使用结构方程模型来测试一阶和二阶测量模型以及结构模型。我们假设黑人种族认同（例如种族中心性）、种族社会化（例如文化社会化）和与种族主义相关的应对（例如对抗）的健康促进方面，以及更高水平的社区主义和灵性将表明一个潜在因素，黑人文化力量。此外，我们假设黑人文化力量可以预测社会心理健康。经过轻微的模型修改后，我们发现数据的拟合度可以接受。讨论了临床意义和未来的研究方向。