The Doll Technique and Racial Attitudes

Greene, Penelope J.

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“…Is it that children who change their answers are truly neutral or trying to express a lack of bias, as Hraba (1972) suggested? Researchers have not found links between expressed bias and behaviors such as choosing other-race playmates (Gray-Little & Hafdahl, 2000;Greene, 1980;Quintana, 1998; for an exception see Justice et al, 1999), which, along with the other issues raised, suggests researchers using doll studies need more consideration of the meaning of racial preferences in very young children.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many studies focus on Black/White comparisons, but some variations on this paradigm include additional dolls with intermediate skin tones (e.g., Jordan & Hernandez-Reif, 2009), different races (e.g., Smith et al, 2009), or of a fantastical color (e.g., green; Greene, 1980). In studies using drawings or photographs, the additional representations reflected children of ethnicities other than White or Black, such as Chinese or Native American.…”

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“…Gopaul-McNicol, 1995), but most are similar to the original questions. Some studies have changed the order of the questions, for instance, randomizing them for each child (e.g., Greene, 1980).…”

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“…Some authors criticized the Clarks for their forced choice format or for only offering a choice between two dolls. Therefore, other variations have used four or six dolls and/or allowed children to select no dolls (e.g., Jordan & Hernandez-Reif, 2009), more than one doll (e.g., Branch & Newcombe, 1986;Gopaul-McNicol, 1995), or to rank their choices (e.g., Greene, 1980). The additional dolls represent duplicates of the two target races or added colors.…”

Section: Multiple Choicementioning

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The Measurement of Racial/Ethnic Identity in Children

Byrd

2011

Journal of Black Psychology

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Researchers have long been interested in racial attitudes and preferences of young children with a focus on the implications of societal racism on healthy development. The doll study paradigm popularized by Clark and Clark is the most commonly used measure for children; however, researchers also have adapted paper and pencil measures and projective techniques to capture children's attitudes. This article reviews multiple measurement approaches, drawing on developmental frameworks, and argues that researchers should draw more on cognitive developmental theories in creating measures that can better capture the unique nature of ethnic minority children's racial attitudes, how they form, and implications for adjustment. Keywords racial identity, racial preferences, children, doll study Researchers have long been interested in the racial attitudes and preferences of young children. The doll study paradigm popularized by K. B. Clark and Clark (1939) is the most commonly used and enduring measure for children

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The Measurement of Racial/Ethnic Identity in Children

Byrd

2011

Journal of Black Psychology

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“…For most children in such households, close interaction with someone of a different race adds important dimensions to growing up. On the one hand, to the extent that race implies distinctive cultural patterns, the cultural milieu of children living in multiracial households is enriched: children's cultural role models multiply and their grasp of the diversity in world views expands (Salgado de Snyder, Lopez, & Padilla 1982: 280;Wilson 1981;Greene 1980;Ladner 1977). On the other hand, these children face more numerous possibilities for conflict.…”

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American Children in Multiracial Households

Chew

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Uhlenberg

1989

Sociological Perspectives

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This study provides a demographic portrait of multiracial households, using children as the units of analysis. The authors conceptualize three dimensions for understanding multiracialness: (1) the racial composition of a household overall, (2) where in the household a racial difference exists relative to the household head, and (3) where in the household a racial difference exists relative to each child. Using microdata from the 1980 U.S. census, the authors explore the first two of these dimensions and test two propositions about the links between racial diversity and other nonracial attributes of children's household environments. The finding is made, among other things, that the largest proportion of children live in Asian-white households, and that about 60% live in households headed by mixed-race couples. Support for the notion that attributes of multiracial households fall between those of their same-race counterparts was mixed. Nonetheless, there appears to be a link between location of diversity and some nonracial characteristics of the household.

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A Bibliography of Work on Racial Narratives for Children

Drews¹

2008

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

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The Doll Technique and Racial Attitudes

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The Measurement of Racial/Ethnic Identity in Children

The Measurement of Racial/Ethnic Identity in Children

American Children in Multiracial Households

A Bibliography of Work on Racial Narratives for Children

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