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Retention Issues and Models for African American Male Athletes
Author(s) -
Person Dawn R.,
LeNoir Kenya M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.8007
Subject(s) - athletes , african american , psychological intervention , affect (linguistics) , psychology , black male , medical education , medicine , gender studies , sociology , physical therapy , psychiatry , ethnology , communication
As an attempt to present some issues of retention that may affect African American men in general, this chapter examines the special circumstances of African American male college athletes. Several models for serving black male athletes are presented with an emphasis on interventions affecting their retention.