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Program of Study: PhD in Developmental Psychology – Self Design program.
Social Problem: Historically, slaves suffered significant trauma, which was carried forward through successive generations. Over the past decade, we have seen a new surge of significant and blatant disregard for the trauma inflicted on the African American community.
There has been no significant research or analysis into addressing cultural trauma, and the effects of posttraumatic slave syndrome (Vil, Vil, & Fairfax, 2019) continued effect on the African Americans’ social and psychological difficulties in the United States. American society, overall, continues to ignore the effects of the way society still marginalize its African American community. Allowing this to continue will only lead to a more volatile cultural divided backlash.
Quantitative Research Problem: There has been no scholarly documentation of the number of families affected by generational slave trauma and its impact on the next generation of African Americans’ acceptance into this society.
Quantitative Research Purpose: The purpose of this study is to use a quantitative style and methodology to deduct a more logical way to test and confirm the impact of trauma on the next generation of African Americans.
Quantitative Research Question: How does addressing the impact of the posttraumatic slave syndrome reduces the damage to the next generation of African Americans.
Qualitative Research Problem: There has been no scholarly research done that identifies the various levels of posttraumatic slave syndrome in prior generations of African Americans.
Qualitative Research Purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the posttraumatic slave syndrome responses of a past generation of African Americans and how this trauma is affecting the current generation’s daily interaction in society.
Qualitative Research Question: How does the new generation of African Americans respond to generational trauma from slavery when societal marginalization stemming from slavery continues.
