Historically, African American activism has played a pivotal role in advancing social change in the United States. As such, there is an interest in examining possible factors that may engender activism among African Americans. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to extend research by Szymanski and Lewis (2015), which explored potential predictors of activism among African Americans. With a sample of 458 African American undergraduates, race-related stress, racial identity dimensions, and social justice variables were examined. A four-stage, multiple linear hierarchical regression model and two multiple mediation bootstrap analyses were employed. Race-related stress and racial identity attitudes significantly and uniquely predicted involvement in African American activism, complementing existing literature. Beyond that, social justice beliefs predicted African American activism over and above racial identity and race-related stress. More specifically, social justice subjective norms (i.e., social influence) was the most important predictor of activism for African American undergraduates. Implications for social justice development within institutions of higher education are discussed.

从历史上看，非裔美国人的激进主义在推动美国的社会变革中发挥了关键作用。因此，有兴趣研究可能导致非裔美国人采取行动的可能因素。因此，本研究的目的是扩展Szymanski和Lewis（2015）的研究，该研究探讨了非裔美国人中行动主义的潜在预测因素。以458名非裔美国大学生为​​样本，研究了与种族有关的压力，种族身份维度和社会正义变量。采用了一个四阶段，多重线性层次回归模型和两个多重中介自举分析。与种族有关的压力和种族身份态度显着且独特地预测了非洲裔美国人行动主义的参与，补充了现有文献。除此之外，社会正义的信念预示着非裔美国人的激进主义超越了种族认同和与种族有关的压力。更具体地说，社会正义主观规范（即社会影响力）是非裔美国大学生最重要的行动主义预测指标。讨论了高等教育机构中社会正义发展的意义。