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Book
DeFreitas, S. C. (2020). African American psychology: A positive psychology perspective. Springer Publishing Company.
This text, which won a 2021 Textbook and Academic Authors Association Most Promising New Textbook Award, is unique in that it includes important elements of history to assist in contextualizing the African American experience and focuses on examining the strengths and resilience within the African American community. In this way, the book explains the history behind various psychological issues, reports the current state of the concern, and includes strengths that have manifested related to those issues.
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Edited Book
Chism, J., DeFreitas, S. C., Robertson, V. & Ryden, D. (Eds.) (2021). Critical Race Studies Across Disciplines: Resisting Racism through Scholactivism. Lexington Books.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Major, J. E., Johnson, T. R., Wilson, A., & DeFreitas, S. C., (2023). Colorism among African Americans: An examination of impacts on education. Psychology from the Margins, 5.
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DeFreitas, S. C., Crone, T., De Leon, M., & Ajayi, A. (2018). Perceived and personal mental health stigma in Latino and African American college students. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, 1-10. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00049.
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Trevino, N. & DeFreitas, S. C. (2014). The relationship between intrinsic motivation and academic achievement for first generation Latino college students. Social Psychology of Education, 17(2), 293-606. doi: 10.1007/s11218-013-9245-3.
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DeFreitas, S. C. & Rinn, A. (2013). Academic achievement of first generation college students: The role of academic self-concept. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 13(1), 57-67.
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DeFreitas, S. C. (2012). Differences between African American and European American first-year college students in the relationship between self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and academic achievement. Social Psychology of Education, 15(1), 109-123. doi:10.1007/s11218-011-9172-0
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DeFreitas, S. C. & Bravo, A. (2012). The influence of involvement with faculty and mentoring on the self-efficacy and academic achievement of African American and Latino college students. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(4), 1-11.
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Stewart, C., Moore, T., Crone, T. S. & DeFreitas, S. C. & Rhatigan, D. (2012). Who gets blamed for intimate partner violence? The relative contributions of perpetrator sex category, victim confrontation, and observer attitudes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 27(18), 3739 – 3754.doi:10.1177/0886260512447571
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Kurtz-Costes, B., DeFreitas, S. C., Kinlaw, R. C. & Halle, T. (2011). Gender and racial preference in Black and White preschool girls. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29, 270-287. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.2010.02018.x.
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Hill, N. E. & Craft, S. A. (2003). Parent-school involvement, school behavior, and children’s school performance: Mediated relations and the role of ethnicity. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 74-83. DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.95.1.74
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Book Chapters
DeFreitas, S. C. (2022). Mental health stigma in the Latinx population: Treatment implications and future directions. In R. Castilla-Puentes & T. Falcone (Eds.), Mental health for Hispanic communities: A guide for practitioners. Springer International Publishing.
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DeFreitas, S. C. & Cross, T. (2022). Facilitating undergraduate preparation for thriving in a diverse society: Cultural humility as a teaching tool. In W. T. Hoston, L. B. Foster & F. G. Cambrice (Eds.), The Crucial Conversation: Teaching Race and Racism in the Postsecondary Context. (pp. 25-44).Springer Publishing Company.
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