Cycles of Psychological Nigrescence
- 1 April 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The Counseling Psychologist
- Vol. 17 (2), 187-226
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000089172001
Abstract
This article is an attempt to expand the descriptive characteristics of the Cross model by discussing a theory of psychological Nigrescence that hypothesizes the changes in racial identity that a Black person can experience at various points in the life-cycle process. In this discussion, I will attempt to describe how various stages of racial identity are manifest at three periods of life: late adolescence/early adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. I will conclude with a discussion of the implications for counseling Blacks who display varying degrees of racial identity attitudes.Keywords
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