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Tables of Contents for African-American Youth
Chapter/Section Title
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Figures and Tables
ix
Preface
xi
Introduction Black Youth in the United States: An Overview
3
34
Ronald L. Taylor
I BLACK YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Old Issues and New Theorizing about African-American Youth: A Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory
37
34
Margaret Beale Spencer
Health and Mental Health of Black Adolescents
71
22
Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
II MULTIPLE CONTEXTS OF BLACK YOUTH SOCIALIZATION
The Multiple Ecologies of Black Youth Socialization: An Afrographic Analysis
93
36
A. Wade Boykin
Constance M. Ellison
Black Youth in School: Individual Achievement and Institutional/Cultural Perspectives
129
14
Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
Russell W. Irvine
Disparities in Employment Status between Black and White Youth: Explaining the Continuing Differential
143
14
Doris Y. Wilkinson
III SEXUALITY, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY AMONG BLACK YOUTH
Sexual Activity, Pregnancy, and Childbearing among African-American Youth
157
22
Diane Scott-Jones
Anita Davis
Meredith Foster
Tiffany Hughes
Sex Codes and Family Life among Poor Inner-City Youths
179
24
Elijah Anderson
IV SPECIAL PROBLEM AREAS: BLACK YOUTH AT RISK
Self-Destructive Behaviors among Black Youth: Suicide and Homicide
203
22
Karen D. Weddle
Patrick C. McKenry
Structural Strain: Drug Use among African-American Youth
225
22
Ann F. Brunswick
David A. Rier
Delinquency and Drug Use among High Risk Youths Over Time
247
34
Richard Dembo
Linda Williams
James Schmeidler
Estrellita Berry
Werner Wothke
Alan Getreu
Eric D. Wish
Candice Christensen
Adult Consequences of Adolescent Childbearing: The Longitudinal Harlem Health Study
281
34
Ann F. Brunswick
Angela A. Aidala
V BLACK YOUTH, PUBLIC POLICY, AND SOCIAL INTER VENTION
Improving the Status of Black Youth: Some Lessons from Recent National Experiments
315
18
Ronald L. Taylor
Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage: Toward a Comprehensive National Policy for Social Intervention
333
14
Robert B. Hill
Index
347
8
Contributors
355