Effects of an Afrocentric Summer Program on African American Adolescents' Locus of Control
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Authors
Bui, Anh Q.
Issue Date
2012
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Thesis
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en_US
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Abstract
Previous research showed that Afrocentric programs have had a positive effect on
African American adolescents' self-esteem, social skills, environmental and cultural
awareness, and locus of control. Internal locus of control has shown many instances of
having a positive effect on academic performance. The study was designed to test the
effects of an Afrocentric summer program with African American Youth's locus of
control. Thirty-one African American male and female youths who attended the 7-week
Children's Defense Funds programs in Kalamazoo, Michigan acted as participants. The
participants, ages 11-17, took a pretest a week prior to the program's start and a post-test
on the last day of the program. The Rotter (1966) Internal-External Locus of Control
Scale was used and the differences between the scores would be compared for
significance. A test will also be done to look for significant differences between pretest
and post-test scores . .It is expected that the results will yield significant differences
indicating that the Afrocentric summer program leads to higher locus of control. The
increase of high internality will correlate with the African American youth's academic
achievements.
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iv, 19 p.
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