You are to generate a response to the discussion question related to this week’s

You are to generate a response to the discussion question related to this week’s readings via Canvas Discussion Board. The responses should demonstrate that you have read the material and reflect aspects of the readings you may be grappling with or intrigued by. You are expected to make an initial post of a minimum of 350 words and return to respond to two of your course mates posts with a minimum of 150 words. Please note that all written assignments grades will reflect: How well you demonstrated an understanding of and ability to integrate course content comprehensively, the quality of critical analysis, whether or not you met all specified requirements, and graduate-level writing quality.
Discussion Question
Read the article: Examining Africentric Cultural Values, Ethnic Identity, and Substance
Use Abstinence in Low-Income, Early Adolescent, African American Girls (2018) Journal of Black Psychology
Authors: Delida Sanchez, Emma R. Hamilton, Dorie J. Gilbert, and Elizabeth A. Vandewater
On pages 78-79, you will read about a number of studies dating from 2000 to 2009 which have found that Africentric values are positively correlated with African American adolescents abstaining from substance use. Our study was conducted in 2017. Do you feel that in the past decade or so that Africentric values are less endorsed OR are they are less understood by young African Americans?
Only one of the study’s hypotheses was supported in the findings–which one was it? Discuss how and why ethnic identity exploration may be an important variable to study further in low-income African American adolescent girls.
Some of the girls in our study were first or second-generation African immigrants. Could this have impacted our study’s findings? Yes or no and how, in your opinion?