Playing with Anger

Howard C. Stevenson Jr. is associate professor with tenure in the School, Community, and Clinical Child Psychology Program at the University of Pennsylvania. His five-year PLAAY project (Preventing Long-Term Anger and Aggression in Youth) was sponsored by the National Institutes of Mental Health.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. "An Hour of Play": Theoretical Frames for the PLAAY ProjectIntroduction—Boys, Not Men: Hypervulnerability in African American YouthHoward C. Stevenson Jr., Gwendolyn Y. Davis, Teresa Herrero-Taylor Russell Morris1 Remembering Culture: The Roots of Culturally Relevant AngerHoward C. Stevenson Jr. Garland Best Elaine F. Cassidy Delores McCabe2 Why Black Males Need Cultural SocializationHoward C. Stevenson Jr., Gwendolyn Y. Davis, Robert Carter, SoniaElliottII. "If We Must Die": Examples of PLAAY Project Interventions3 "If We Must Die": CPR for Managing Catch-33, Alienation, and HypervulnerabilityElaine F. Cassidy Gwendolyn Y. Davis Howard C. Stevenson Jr.4 PLAAY Fighting in Martial ArtsNimr Hassan Elaine F. Cassidy Diane M. Hall Gale Seiler Howard C. Stevenson Jr.5 Emotions in Motion: Teaching Emotional Empowerment through BasketballHoward C. Stevenson Jr. Gwendolyn Y. Davis Chad Lassiter Juana Gatson6 COPE: Community Outreach through Parent EmpowermentSaburahAbdul-Kabir TeresaHerrero-Taylor Howard C. Stevenson Jr. Pamela C. Zamel7 Life After PLAAY: Alumni Group and Rites of Passage Empowerment (ROPE)Gwendolyn Y. Davis Pamela C. Zamel Diane M. Hall Erick Espin Vernita R. Williams8 Raising Boys to Be Men: Distance Does Not Make the Heart Grow FonderHoward C. Stevenson Jr.IndexAbout the Contributors

The author presents a history of culturally relevant black youth and behavior before delving into sports-related anger management interventions through the medium of basketball and martial arts—interventions in which the participants' emotional lives are exposed and employed as a basis for self-understanding and life-skill development. . . . Well referenced and insightful, this multidisciplinary volume will serve those interested in fostering community development and positive development of youth. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through professionals; general readers.