Somebodiness and its Meaning to African-American Men

• In Event: 49.035 - African American and Latina/o Mental Health and Counseling

Abstract

The psychological functioning of African-American men is often described in negative terms. One way to correct these distorted depictions is to identify culturally grounded concepts that can make a fair-minded assessment of their psychological functioning. The literature suggests that “somebodiness” is a culturally relevant, but understudied, concept. In this investigation an interpretive phenomenological analysis approach was used to explore somebodiness and its meaning to African-American men.

Author

• Phillip D Johnson, Western Michigan University