Using an Intersectional Lens to Explore Civic Behavior, Discrimination, and Well-Being among Emerging Adult Black Women
Abstract
:1. Introduction
“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.”Audre Lorde
1.1. The History of Black Women’s Civic Activism
1.2. Emerging Adult Civic Engagement and Well-Being
1.3. Discrimination and Well-Being
1.4. Theoretical Framing
1.5. Current Study
2. Methods
2.1. Researcher Reflexivity and Positionality
2.2. Sample Demographics
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Measures
2.5. Analytic Plan
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analysis of Civic Behaviors
3.2. Classes of Civic Engagement
3.3. Descriptive Analysis of Discrimination
3.4. Civic Behavior Classes Relationship to Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms
4. Discussion
4.1. Black Women’s Civic Engagement
4.2. Civic Engagement, Discrimination, and Depressive Symptoms
4.3. Strengths, Limitations, and Future Directions
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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N | % | |
---|---|---|
Sexual Orientation | ||
Heterosexual | 86 | 83.5 |
Lesbian | 9 | 8.7 |
Bisexual | 7 | 6.8 |
Pansexual | 1 | 1.0 |
Education Level | ||
Some High School | 1 | 1.0 |
Graduate from High School | 7 | 6.8 |
Some College | 56 | 54.4 |
Graduate from College | 30 | 29.1 |
Some Graduate or Professional School | 5 | 4.9 |
Earned a postgraduate degree | 4 | 3.9 |
Political Orientation | ||
Very Liberal | 11 | 10.7 |
Liberal | 28 | 27.2 |
Slightly Liberal | 17 | 16.5 |
Moderate | 36 | 35.0 |
Slightly Conservative | 6 | 5.8 |
Conservative | 4 | 3.9 |
Very Conservative | 1 | 1.0 |
Civic Domains | Type of Civic Engagement Behaviors | ||
---|---|---|---|
Traditional Political | Political Protest | Both | |
Anti-Racism | 49.9% | 24.3% | 20.4% |
Reproductive Rights & Healthcare | 40.8% | 17.5% | 9.7% |
Liberal Values | 42.7% | 16.5% | 11.7% |
Humanitarian | 46.6% | 8.7% | 7.8% |
Immigration and International Human Rights | 19.4% | 8.7% | 6.8% |
Conservative Values | 12.6% | 7.8% | 6.8% |
Model | LL | df | AIC | BIC | aBIC | Entropy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M1 (2 classes) | −511.21 | 78 | 1072.29 | 1138.29 | 1059.32 | 0.88 |
M2 (3 classes) | −483.36 | 65 | 1042.72 | 1142.84 | 1022.81 | 0.90 |
M3 (4 classes) | −468.15 | 52 | 1038.31 | 1172.68 | 1011.58 | 0.90 |
M4 (5 classes) | −440.60 | 39 | 1009.20 | 1177.82 | 975.66 | 0.95 |
M5 (6 classes) | −440.18 | 26 | 1034.37 | 1237.24 | 994.01 | 0.93 |
M6 (7 classes) | −417.27 | 13 | 1014.55 | 1251.67 | 967.38 | 0.97 |
Civic Engagement Classes | B | SE | p |
---|---|---|---|
Stably Committed (vs. Low) | 0.347 | 0.169 | 0.042 |
Traditionally Engaged (vs. Low) | 0.312 | 0.117 | 0.009 |
Stably Committed (vs. Traditionally Engaged) | 0.035 | 0.176 | 0.843 |
Civic Engagement Classes | B | SE | p |
---|---|---|---|
Stably Committed (vs. Low) | 0.741 | 0.304 | 0.017 |
Traditionally Engaged (vs. Low) | 0.064 | 0.214 | 0.766 |
Stably Committed (vs. Traditionally Engaged) | 0.678 | 0.311 | 0.031 |
EDS | 0.592 | 0.177 | 0.001 |
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Johnson, J.B.; Versey, H.S.; Burke, N.L.; Hoyt, L.T. Using an Intersectional Lens to Explore Civic Behavior, Discrimination, and Well-Being among Emerging Adult Black Women. Youth 2024, 4, 1095-1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4030068
Johnson JB, Versey HS, Burke NL, Hoyt LT. Using an Intersectional Lens to Explore Civic Behavior, Discrimination, and Well-Being among Emerging Adult Black Women. Youth. 2024; 4(3):1095-1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4030068
Chicago/Turabian StyleJohnson, Jasmine B., H. Shellae Versey, Natasha L. Burke, and Lindsay Till Hoyt. 2024. "Using an Intersectional Lens to Explore Civic Behavior, Discrimination, and Well-Being among Emerging Adult Black Women" Youth 4, no. 3: 1095-1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4030068
APA StyleJohnson, J. B., Versey, H. S., Burke, N. L., & Hoyt, L. T. (2024). Using an Intersectional Lens to Explore Civic Behavior, Discrimination, and Well-Being among Emerging Adult Black Women. Youth, 4(3), 1095-1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/youth4030068