ABSTRACT

African-centered approaches play a significant role in many Black communities’ efforts to improve outcomes for their youth. For youth developmental researchers in social work, questions regarding how an African-centered approach applies to youth development remain. Using interpretive content analysis, this study sought to identify elements of a Bantu-derived model of youth development and how the determined elements relate in their cross-cultural implementation for Black American youth. Four key themes were derived from the analysis – (1) internalized self-regard (2) community regard (3) ethnicity, ancestry, and history (4) perceptions of supportive relationships with adult community members. Implications for social work research, education, and practice are provided.

摘要

以非洲为中心的方法在许多黑人社区改善青年成果的努力中发挥了重要作用。对于社会工作的青年发展研究人员来说，以非洲为中心的方法如何应用于青年发展的问题仍然存在。本研究使用解释性内容分析，试图确定班图派生的青年发展模型的要素，以及确定的要素如何与美国黑人青年的跨文化实施相关。从分析中得出四个关键主题——(1) 内化的自我尊重 (2) 社区尊重 (3) 种族、血统和历史 (4) 对与成人社区成员的支持关系的看法。提供了对社会工作研究、教育和实践的启示。