Thesis (Ph. D.)--Texas A & M University, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 211-226).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2005. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-213).

Exposure to hate, racism, discrimination, and microaggressions is prevalent on college campuses, and such exposure also occurs beyond the context of the college campus, whether involving police violence against Blacks, in particular, as well as Hispanics. Also, the COVID-19 pandemic year of 2020 saw a rise in hate and violence toward Asians. The present study aimed to identify the significant predictors of a high prevalence of experiences of microaggressions for Black, Latinx, and Asian students enrolled in college during the pandemic whether at the undergraduate or graduate level in the United States (U.S.). A total of 341 participants (mean age=26.62, female=40.6%, Black/Latinx=54.5%, Asian=45.5%, U.S. born=66.9%, ever attended Historically Black Colleges or Universities/Hispanic Serving Institutions (HBCU/HSI)=52.2%) participated online, having been recruited via a social media campaign and asked to complete the I EXPERIENCED HATE Survey. Independent t-tests indicated that U.S. born respondents experienced significantly more microaggressions (mean=1.91, SD=.843) than non-U.S. born (mean=1.62, SD=1.016; t=-2.595, df=190.5, p=0.01), and those who ever attended an HBCU/HSI experienced significantly more microaggressions (mean=1.97, SD=0.705) compared to those who never attended HBCU/HSI (mean=1.65, SD=1.073; t=-3.247, df=275.8, p=0.001). Pearson’s correlations showed that a higher level of experiencing microaggressions was significantly correlated with lower rating of college climate (r=-.185, p=.001), higher stage of change for coping and responding to racism and oppression (r=.182, p=.001), higher or more frequent experiences of hate (r=.397, p=.000), and higher stressful and traumatic impact of hate (r=.325, p=.000). Backwards stepwise regression analysis indicated that the significant predictors for a high prevalence of experiences of microaggressions were ever attending an HBCU/HSI (b=.447, SE=.109, p = .000), more experiences of hate (b=.360, SE=.059, p=.000), and more stressful and traumatic impact from hate (b=.131, SE=.052, p=.013). However, the final model explained 26.3% of the variance (adjusted R2=.263). This suggests that future studies should identify additional independent variables for inclusion. The present study findings supported the initial anticipated findings that Black, Latinx, and Asian students who had more frequent hate experiences and had more and higher negative stressful/traumatic impact from hate experiences would significantly predict the high prevalence of experiences of microaggressions. Implications of findings are discussed.

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Thesis advisor: Sherry K. Watt. Includes bibliographic references (p. 131-148).

LD2668 .T4 1966 C68 / Master of Science

This study investigated the impact of gender on alcohol use among African-American college students. The two study hypotheses were: (1) there is no difference between the rates of alcohol use for African-American males and African-American females; and (2) there is no difference in alcohol use among African-American college students according to social variables, i.e., personal and situational variables. The Clark Atlanta University survey of Alcohol Use (1992) was used to assess the drinking patterns of a select group of African-American college students. The participants in this study consisted of 128 African-American college students (males and females) who attended schools in the Atlanta University Center. Results indicated that, contrary to the expected predictions, the rate of alcohol use tended to be higher for African-American females than for African-American males, however, this difference was not significant. Furthermore, influences of social variables i.e., place, type of consumption, reasons for drinking and group composition, appeared to be significant when looking at the gender differences. It was concluded that type of consumption tended to be significant, e.g., African-American college females, who reported that they used alcohol, indicated that they prefer to drink wine coolers when they consume alcohol. The African-American college males indicated that they prefer to drink beer when they consume alcohol. The second most significant difference, between African-American college males and females, was their responses to alcohol consumption based upon group composition. It was revealed that African- American females, who reported consuming alcohol, preferred to drink with friends and same sex. However, when African -American college males responded to this question, they reported that they prefer to drink in the presence of large mixed groups more often.