Attached to Strength: The Implications of Attachment on the Strongblackwoman Schema and Complex Post-traumatic Stress Symptomology

Redmon, Atarah K., Clark Atlanta University

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Title: Attached to Strength: The Implications of Attachment on the Strongblackwoman Schema and Complex Post-traumatic Stress Symptomology
Author: Redmon, Atarah K., Clark Atlanta University
Publication Date: 2023-08
Decade: 2020-2029
Abstract: This study examines the correlation between the StrongBlackWoman schema, attachment strategies, and traumatic stress. This investigation was based on the premise that black women's experience with internalized racism, sexism, and classism influences their experience of traumatic stress and attachment development. Findings exemplify a positive correlation between the dismissive-avoidant attachment strategies and the StrongBlackWoman schema; as well as a positive relationship between dismissive-avoidance and secure attachment strategies among black women. The conclusions drawn suggest that black women who identify with the StrongBlackWoman schema use dismissive-avoidant attachment strategies to reorient themselves within social-political constructs that looks to dehumanize African Americans and women simultaneously.
Document Type: text
Format: application/pdf
Medium: born digital
Collection: Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award: 2023-08
Degree Type: thesis
Degree Name: Master of Arts
Granting Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Department: African American Studies, Africana Women's Studies, and History
Advisor: Sears, Stephanie
Institution: Clark Atlanta University
Geographic Location: Georgia--Atlanta
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2023_redmon_atarah
Rights Statement: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/