Trauma, Environmental Stressors, and the African-American College Student: Research, Practice, and HBCUs

Discusses how African Americans from underserved backgrounds are more likely than other racial and ethnic groups, including Asians, Hispanics, and Whites, to be exposed to traumatic events. There is little research that examines how traumatic events have an impact on African-American students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).

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Penn State's Graduate School of Education
Year Resource Released
2015

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