Playing with anger
Subtitle: teaching coping skills to African American boys through athletics and culture
By: edited by Howard C. Stevenson, Jr.
Contributors: Stevenson, Howard C., 1958-
Series: Race and ethnicity in psychology
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: African American boys -- Social conditions.; African American boys -- Psychology.; Anger in adolescence -- United States.; Life skills -- United States.; Physical education for youth with social disabilities -- United States.; Youth with social disabilities -- Rehabilitation -- United States.; African Americans -- Race identity.
Description: "The volume presents unique, "culturally relevant" interventions that can teach coping skills to African American boys with a history of aggression. Stevenson provides the history and current events for readers to understand why these youths perceive violence as the only way to react. Interventions and preventative actions developed in the PLAAY project (Preventing Long-Term Anger and Aggression) are presented. These include teaching coping skills and anger management via athletics such as basketball and martial arts. Frustrations and strengths in those athletics illuminate the players' emotional lives, and serve as a basis for self-understanding and life skill development."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.