Black Male Collegians by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781118941669
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2014-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

Spirituality

Another key factor to the success of Black men in higher education is spirituality. Researchers have defined spirituality in various ways. For example, Mattis (2000) indicated that spirituality includes a belief in having a personal relationship with God and living according to God's will. On the other hand, Love and Talbot (1999) noted that spirituality involves the pursuit of discovering meaning and purpose in one's life. Extant literature has suggested a relationship between spirituality and retention for Black male college students (Dancy, 2010a; Herndon, 2003; Watson, 2006). For example, Herndon (2003) conducted a study with 13 Black male students and found that spirituality was critical to the success of participants. Specifically, he noted that spirituality bolstered their resiliency, provided a sense of purpose, and augmented the support that participants received from religious institutions. While Wood and Hilton (2012b) have reported similar findings for Black men in community colleges, using Armstrong Measure of Spirituality with 125 Black students, Weddle-West, Hagan, and Norwood (2013) found that Black men at HBCUs scored significantly lower on the spiritual belief variable than Black men and women at PWIs. Given the challenges that Black students face at PWIs, Weddle-West et al. concluded that Black students at these institutions may need to rely more on spirituality as a coping mechanism than students at HBCUs.

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