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Multiple‐Lens Paradigm: Evaluating African American Girls and Their Development
Author(s) -
Sanders JoAnn Lipford,
Bradley Carla
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2005.tb00347.x
Subject(s) - femininity , mythology , ethnic group , context (archaeology) , gender studies , adolescent development , identity (music) , race (biology) , psychology , african american , black female , relevance (law) , value (mathematics) , developmental psychology , sociology , social psychology , aesthetics , political science , anthropology , history , art , archaeology , classics , machine learning , computer science , law
Developmental issues for African American adolescent girls are best understood using a multiple‐lens paradigm inclusive of gender, race, ethnicity, and social class. This article provides a context for assessing the relevance of these socially influenced constructs to identity development for adolescent African American girls. The relationship between the “myth of femininity” and personal worth and value is examined using this paradigm.