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Peer reviewedSpencer, Margaret Beale – New Directions for Child Development, 1988
Examines questions about the development of the self asked in regards to Black children during the last 40 years. Focuses on traditional approaches to the self-system (awareness of individual's own characteristics and attributes); sex role and racial referents in identity processes; the process of understanding the identity development of Black…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Child Development, Racial Attitudes, Racial Factors
Peer reviewedBlyth, Dale A.; Traeger, Carol Monroe – Theory into Practice, 1983
Theory and research concerning early adolescent self-concept and self-esteem indicate that: (1) many early adolescents' cognitive changes affect dramatically the way they see and evaluate themselves; (2) a variety of new significant others are involved in early adolescent self-concept; and (3) changes taking place during adolescence are not as…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Peer Groups, Preadolescents
