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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 38-39).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, August 2009. / Restricted until 18th August 2011.

The purpose of the descriptive research was to investigate the relationship between an adherence to the Black community's belief and value system about Black skin tones and Black school-age children's skin tone preferences and perceptions of occupational life opportunities. Six Black skin tones were scaled via Thurstone's method of paired comparisons and the law of comparative judgment. The result was an interval level Skin Tone Scale on which the skin tones were positioned from most to least preferred by the children. The most preferred skin tones ranged from medium to honey brown. The least preferred were the extreme tones of very light yellow and very dark brown. Data collection was accomplished with the Porter Skin Tone Connotation Scale (PSTCS). The instrument was constructed from the forced choice preference paradigm. Data were obtained from a volunteer sample of 98 Black school-age children who resided in a city in Arizona. Data collection and analyses were constructed to test two hypotheses: (1) Black school-age children's skin tone classifications for differential status occupations will be related to gender, age, and perception of own skin tone as indexed by the skin tone values of the Skin Tone Scale, and (2) with increasing age, Black school-age children's skin tone preferences will be more systematically related to the skin tone values of the Skin Tone Scale. Testing of the first hypothesis with multiple regression indicated that the independent variables did not account for enough variance to support the hypothesis. Analysis of the second hypothesis with coefficient gamma suggested a trend toward more systematic agreement with the Skin Tone Scale with increasing age. Results of the first hypothesis were discussed in relation to composition of the sample, gender differences, the achievement value of the Black sociocultural system, and these Black children's lived experience. Results of the second hypothesis reflected those from similar investigations conducted in the 1940s. The results suggested Black children still most prefer brown skin tones and least prefer extreme light and dark skin tones. Black children's preferences for Black skin tones have not altered in approximately forty years.

Thesis (MTech. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences)--Tshwane University of Technology, 2010. / Aims to assess the efficacy and adverse effects of Trichilia emetica in reducing post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation on black skin.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1973. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-146).

Thesis advisor: Janet E. Helms / Black women are often confronted with social-systemic barriers and differential treatment based on the shade of their skin color. Colorism, a derivative of racism, is the use of skin-color shade as the basis for interactions with and evaluations of Black women. Some theoretical and empirical literature suggests that Black women may encounter and respond to colorism in various social contexts. Nevertheless, without an adequate measure to assess these contextually based experiences, it is difficult to explore the complex dynamics of the colorism that Black women face. In the present study, socioecological theory (Brenner, Zimmerman, Bauermeister, & Caldwell, 2013) was adapted to frame a contextual model of colorism in order to develop a measure that assesses Black women’s perceptions of and responses to colorism across social contexts, including in their families, within and outside of their racial community, and in society. Black women (N = 299) responded to 98 contextual items derived from personal accounts of colorism, focus groups, and theoretical literature. Various scale development techniques including item analysis, exploratory factor analyses, and parallel analyses yielded four dimensions of perceived colorism experiences (i.e., racial out-group, family, racial in-group, society) and seven dimensions of perceived colorism responses (i.e., racial out-group/society, family and racial in-group cognitive-emotional reactions, family and non-family positive colorism, negative self-concept, attractiveness). To investigate validity evidence, multivariate multiple regression analyses (MMRAs) and hierarchical multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine relationships between the factor-derived subscales of the Perceived Colorism Scale and internalized colorism, racial identity, and self-esteem. Overall, results of the analyses supported the importance of four contexts for colorism experiences (racial out-group, family, racial in-group, and society). However, context-related responses to colorism were more complex than initially hypothesized. The factor-derived PCS subscales were predictive of internalized colorism, racial identity and self-esteem. Nonetheless, the subscales varied in the extent to which they were related to the validity measures and some of the significant relationships were not in hypothesized directions. Methodological limitations, along with implications for future theory, research, and practice are discussed. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2017. / Submitted to: Boston College. Lynch School of Education. / Discipline: Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2002.

A perda dentária representa o acúmulo de agravos à saúde bucal ao longo da vida. Estudos apontam que minorias étnico-raciais apresentam maior prevalência de perda dentária mesmo após ajuste para fatores demográficos e socioeconômicos; e sugerem que o efeito residual desta associação poderia ser explicado pela discriminação. O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a relação entre perda dentária e cor da pele, bem como a contribuição da discriminação auto-referida, condição material de vida e hábitos comportamentais como explicações para esta associação. O estudo foi realizado a partir da análise transversal de dados do Estudo Pro-saúde, que avaliou uma coorte de 4030 funcionarios tecnico-administrativos de campi universitários no Rio de Janeiro, através de questionários auto-preenchíveis, entre1999 e 2001. A análise estatística foi realizada através da regressão logística ordinal. As análises foram feitas para os conjunto de variáveis, em que a variável cor da pele foi mantida independente da significância estatística. No primeiro bloco, a associação entre cor da pele e perda dentária foi controlada por variáveis demográficas (idade, sexo). No segundo bloco ,controlou-se pelas variáveis do bloco 1 mais fatores comportamentais (i.e. fumo, visita ao dentistas, consumo de álcool e situação conjugal). No terceiro bloco controlou-se pelas variáveis do bloco 1 mais fatores socioeconômicos (situação econômica na infância, grau de instrução da mãe, grau de instrução atual e renda familiar equivalizada). No quarto bloco, foram testadas as associações com variáveis de discriminação. No modelo final, foram mantidas as variáveis que alcançaram o nível de significância de 25,0% nos blocos (modelos) prévios. Após ajuste para fatores demográficos, condição material de vida e hábitos comportamentais, a chance de perda dentária continuou maior entre negros (OR=1,46; IC95% 1,21–1,77) e pardos (OR=1,31; IC95% 1,10–1,55) em relação aos brancos. A discriminação auto referida não foi associada ao desfecho. / Tooth loss is the accumulation of oral health hazards such as lack of access to dental care, inappropriate health behavioral, low socioeconomic status. Studies have also shown more tooth loss among racial/ethnic minorities. Racial discrimination has been associated with racial/ethnic disparities in health, affecting the individual and population health. The study aims to evaluate the association between race-ethnicity and tooth loss and the role of socioeconomic status, health behaviors, health services access and self-reported discrimination. Baseline cross-sectional data were obtained from the Pro-Saúde Cohort Study (Rio de Janeiro-Brazil) in 4030 civil servants, and analyzed with ordered logistic regression. The outcome was self-reported tooth loss measured in four ordered categories. In the full model, adjusted for behavioral, socioeconomic, dental care and demographic variables, the OR was, respectively 1.31 (IC 95%: 1.10–1.55) and 1.46 (IC 95%: 1.21–1.77) for browns and blacks. There was no significant association between tooth loss and self-reported discrimination.