Young Children's Responses to a Picture and Inset Test Designed to Reveal Reactions to Persons of Different Skin Color

Landreth, Catherine; Johnson, Barbara Child

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“…Several studies have investigated the relationship of racial preferences and racial attitudes on self-esteem. Many of the earlier studies were subject to measuring only racial preferences and racial attitudes and to interpreting White preferences and inaccurate skin-color perceptions by Blacks to imply impaired self-concepts and low self-esteem (Bunton & Weissbach, 1974;Goodman, 1970;Landreth & Johnson, 1953;Rice, Ruiz, & Padilla, 1974). This methodological error has been noted (McAdoo, 1973;Rosenberg & Simmons, 1972).…”

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Racial Group Concept and Self-Esteem in Black Children

Clark

1982

Journal of Black Psychology

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The relationship of racial group concepts (racial preference and racial attitudes) to general and specific self-esteem in Black children was examined. The study also attempted to validate the belief of Nobles (1973) that racial group attitudes influence the Black American's concept of "self." The subjects were 210 Black children in grades three to six. A Black experimenter administered a variation of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory to measure general and specific self-esteem, and a measure designed after the PRAM II test to measure racial preference and racial attitude. Results indicated no linear relationships between racial group concepts and general or specific self-esteem, but more complex relationships were found. Significant grade-level differences were found, along with physical/appearance esteem, as the single best predictor of general self-esteem.

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Racial Group Concept and Self-Esteem in Black Children

Clark

1982

Journal of Black Psychology

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“…Although a great deal of effort has been directed toward researching this phenomenon (Adelson 1953;Clark & Clark 1947;Goodman 1952;Landreth & Johnson 1953;Moreland 1962;Radke & Trager 1950;Radke-Yarrow & Lande 1953;Sarnoff 1951;Stevenson & Stewart 1958), it remains unclear whether the evidence supports or only suggests that such a phenomenon actually exists. Although a great deal of effort has been directed toward researching this phenomenon (Adelson 1953;Clark & Clark 1947;Goodman 1952;Landreth & Johnson 1953;Moreland 1962;Radke & Trager 1950;Radke-Yarrow & Lande 1953;Sarnoff 1951;Stevenson & Stewart 1958), it remains unclear whether the evidence supports or only suggests that such a phenomenon actually exists.…”

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Evaluative Bias and Preference Behavior in Black and White Children

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Rompf²

1973

Child Development

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“…Frazier (1939) and Warner et al (1941) identified similar negative self-evaluations in Northern urban communities. Researchers (Goodman, 1946;Clark and Clark, 1948;Landreth and Johnson, 1953) who worked with black-American children came to similar conclusions.…”

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Self-Esteem Among Southeastern Black-American Couples

Jacques

1976

Journal of Black Studies

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One of the essential components of symbolic interaction theory has been the concept of self. Since the late ninteenth century, social and behavioral scientists such as William James have used the notion of self to develop &dquo;unifying integrating concepts to handle problems of consistency of the person and the continuity of this consistency over time&dquo; (Sherif, 1968). Sherwood (1965) has noted that the self as a theoretical construct is multidimensional and that it must include both structural and affective qualities. The essential affective quality of the self has been labeled self-esteem, which Crandall (1973: 45) defined as: &dquo;liking and respect for one's self which has some realistic basis.&dquo; Coopersmith (1967: 2-6) noted that the evaluative attitudes towards one's self are relatively enduring and that the judgmental process involved in &dquo;self-evaluation&dquo; assumes that the &dquo;individual examines his performance, capacities and attributes ... and arrives at a decision of his own worthiness&dquo; (1967: 6).

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Young Children's Responses to a Picture and Inset Test Designed to Reveal Reactions to Persons of Different Skin Color

Cited by 74 publications

References 10 publications

Racial Group Concept and Self-Esteem in Black Children

Racial Group Concept and Self-Esteem in Black Children

Evaluative Bias and Preference Behavior in Black and White Children

Self-Esteem Among Southeastern Black-American Couples

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