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Hunter, Carla D. Watson, Natalie 2013-05-24T22:16:14Z 2013-05-24T22:16:14Z 2015-05-24T10:01:03Z 2013-05 2013-05-24T22:16:14Z 2013-05 African American women’s endorsement of the ‘Strong Black Woman’ (SBW) race-gender ideology has received recent attention given its association with harmful health outcomes. However, the ideology’s function in the lives of African American women has been under-explored. This study investigated the meaning, expectations, and role of the SBW race-gender ideology in the lives of African American women. Qualitative thematic analysis was used to analyze the data from 13 African American women who discussed the conflicting and competing messages or ‘double binds’ that African American women experience when internalizing the SBW race-gender ideology. Three double binds were identified: Be Psychologically Durable yet Do Not Engage in Behaviors that Preserve Psychological Durability, Be Equal yet Be Oppressed, and Be Feminine yet Reject Traditional Feminine Attributes. Each theme is discussed with respect to its function and its perceived advantages and disadvantages in the lives of African American women who face multiple stressors, including poverty, racism, and sexism. Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2013-04-25T22:00:10Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Watson_Natalie.pdf: 465350 bytes, checksum: 0522e8b9173459225ffd5e9c1f5bb531 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T22:16:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Natalie_Watson.pdf: 465470 bytes, checksum: 8397c5cbf0475202f36f9aacde3722fe (MD5) license.txt: 4064 bytes, checksum: 837f2ed837c0e959f5757e7fd1ba8f89 (MD5) Restriction data tranferred 2014-07-01T11:36:10-05:00 Original Data Group with Access UIUC Users [automated] Release Date: 2015-05-24 17:18:31 UTC Reason: Author requested U of Illinois access only (OA after 2yrs) in Vireo ETD system Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Seth Robbins (srobbins@illinois.edu) on 2013-05-24T22:18:56Z Item is restricted until 2015-05-24T22:18:31Z U of I Only Restriction Lifted for Item 44414 on 2015-05-24T10:01:03Z. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44441 en Copyright 2013 Natalie Watson Strong Black Woman/Superwoman double bind racism sexism qualitative "The ""strong black woman"": an intersectional analysis of African American women's double bind" text Psychology 1299 Psychology 0338 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.A. PHD:Psychology -UIUC 10KS0338PHD