Research

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Watkins, D. C., Allen, J. O., Goodwill, J. R., & Noel, B. (2017). Strengths and weaknesses of the Young Black Men, Masculinities, and Mental Health (YBMen) Facebook Project. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 87(4), 392-401. PMID: 27977287

Goodwill, J. R., Watkins, D. C., Johnson, N. C., & Allen, J. O. (2018). An exploratory study of coping among Black college men. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(5): 538-549. PMID: 29345477

Goodwill, J.R., Anyiwo, N., Williams, E.G., Johnson, N.C., Mattis, J., & Watkins, D. C.  (2019). Media representations of popular culture figures and the construction of Black masculinities. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 20(3), 288–298.

Watkins, D.C. (2019). Improving the living, learning, and thriving of Black men: A conceptual framework for projection and reflection. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1331.

Watkins, D.C. (2019). A Light on the Path and Promise of Black Men’s Mental Health. Men and Masculinities, 22(5): 917-920.

Goodwill, J.R., Johnson, N.C., & Watkins, D.C. (2020). Adherence to masculine norms and depressive symptoms in young Black men. Social Work, 65(3):235-244.

Watkins, D. C., Goodwill, J. R., Johnson, N. C., Casanova, A., Wei, T., Allen, J. O., Williams, E. G., Anyiwo, N., Jackson, Z., Talley, L. M., & Abelson, J. M. (2020). An online behavioral health intervention promoting mental health, manhood, and social support for Black men: The YBMen project. American Journal of Men’s Health, 14(4): 1-17.

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