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Analyzing Black Coping Styles: A Supplemental Diagnostic System

Department of Psychology, Virginia State College, Petersburg, Virginia 23803.

Though the Kraepelinian diagnostic system for mental disorders has proved to be a durable one, it is limited when used to diagnose Black behavior. A diagnostic system is presented that examines Black behavioral responses to racism for positive and negative conse quences to mental health. The six styles examined in clude an apathetic style, a style oriented toward ob taining goods and products from the existing capitalistic system, a style oriented toward counter- culture alternatives, a Black nationalistic style, an authoritarian style, and finally a style characterized by historically based flexibility. Empirical issues related to assessing the styles are outlined, and the utility of the system to Black diagnosticians is discussed.

Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 5, No. 2, 99-108 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/009579847900500204


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