Racial Identification of the Biracial Preschool Child in a Single parent Family: Implications for Study

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Racial Identification of the Biracial Preschool Child in a Single parent Family: Implications for Study

Family Science Review
Volume 4, Number 3 (August 1991)
pages 81-92

Z. Lois Bryant, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Missouri, Columbia

Johnetta Wade Morrison, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
University of Missouri, Columbia

This article addressess some previously unexplored factors related to the racial identity and self-concept formation of biracial preschool children of single female parents. Empirically based research literature on this population is limited although numerous authorities have emphasized the importance of self-concept and racial identity to the total development of the preschool child. The self-concepts and racial identity and attiudes of the mothers of these children, as well as the influence of the preschool setting also are addressed.

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