Special Issue Call for Papers: Black Families and Mental Health

Allen K. A. Jones S. C. T. Barnes-Lee A. R. Lozada F. T. Utsey S. O. (2026). Critical reflection, racial regard, and appropriated racial oppression in black emerging adults. Journal of Black Psychology, 52(2), 135–163. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984251393763

Belgrave F. Z. Allison K. W. Nonterah C. W. (2026). African American psychology: From Africa to America (5th ed). Sage Publications.

Boyd-Franklin N. (2006). Black families in therapy: Understanding the African American experience (Second edition). The Guilford Press.

Cooper S. M. Thomas A. Harty J. Garrett S. Cryer-Coupet Q. Burnett M. McBride M. Pate D. (2023). Honoring foundational black psychologists’ contributions to research on black fathers. The American Psychologist, 78(4), 535–550. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001120

Greer T. M. Cavalhieri K. E. (2019). The role of coping strategies in understanding the effects of institutional racism on mental health outcomes for African American men. Journal of Black Psychology, 45(5), 405–433. https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798419868105

Griffith E. E. H. Jones B. E. Stewart A. J. (Eds.), (2018). In: Black mental health: Patients, providers, and systems. American Psychiatric Association.

Kafanabo E. Neville H. A. Bethea S. L. (2025). Siasa na Jamii: Pressing social concerns and civic engagement among secondary school students in Tanzania. Journal of Black Psychology, 51(4), 517–546. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984251337548

Kerney M. A. Malone N. Hargons C. N. (2024). Blood and bone: Ancestors, power, and sacred identity among nonbinary black womxn. Journal of Black Psychology, 50(5-6), 689–727. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984241273261

King W. (2008). African American childhoods: Historical perspectives from slavery to civil rights. Palgrave Macmillan.

Leath S. Williams Y. Quiles T. Parker B.-C. Mims L. Ross R. (2024). “Free black Children…That means everything”: black mother’s visions of freedom within a radical healing framework. Journal of Black Psychology, 50(1), 91–130. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984231221058

Lewis J. A. (2023). Contributions of black psychology scholars to models of racism and health: Applying intersectionality to center black women. The American Psychologist, 78(4), 576–588. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001141

Love B. (2020). We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Beacon Press.

McAdoo H. P. (Ed.), (2001). Black children: Social, educational, and parental environments (2nd edition). Sage Publications.

McAdoo H. P. (Ed.), (2006). Black families (4th edition). Sage Publications.

Myers L. J. (1993). Understanding an Afrocentric world view: Introduction to optimal psychology. Kendall/Hunt.

Nobles W. W. (2023). SKH, from black psychology to the science of being. Universal Write Publications LLC.

Palmer G. J. M. (2025). Divine direction: How religion and spirituality inform political efficacy and critical action among black emerging adult women. Journal of Black Psychology, 51(6), 768–798. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984251371495

Roberts D. (2023). Torn apart: How the child welfare system destroys black families–and how abolition can build a safer world. Basic Books.

Roberts T. S. (2025). On being black and out of the closet: Exploring moderators of black queer sexual orientation disclosure. Journal of Black Psychology, 51(4), 483–516. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984241311447

Smith E. P. Bibbs S. E. Johnson D. J. Dwanyen L. Holtrop K. Gipson-Tansil L. (2025). Out of the mouths of babes: black children’s experiences of emotion-focused racial–ethnic socialization, coping, and antiracist resistance. Behavioral Sciences, 15(2), 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15020222

Tatum B. D. (2017). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? And other conversations about race. Basic Books.

Turner E. A. Harrell S. P. Bryant-Davis T. (2022). Black love, activism, and community (BLAC): The BLAC model of healing and resilience. Journal of Black Psychology, 48(3-4), 547–568. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984211018364

Utsey S. O. Baker J. White M. Moore C. Bonilla-Landers J. (2026). Zulu ethnic identity, social connectedness (Ubuntu), and resilience as predictors of subjective well-being among “Born Free” black South Africans. Journal of Black Psychology, 00957984261420704. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984261420704

Walker R. (2024). No racial elephants in the therapy room: An unapologetic approach to providing culturally affirming mental health care to black and African American clients. PESI Publishing.

Wilson B. L. Jackson A. Brantley M. Tindall J. (2026). “The Talk I Received From My Parents, I Gave to My Little Brother”: Black emerging adults’ experiences of intergenerational and bidirectional racial socialization. Journal of Black Psychology, 52(4), 490–533. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984251386525