1. Edition - December 2007
83.90 Euro
2007. 528 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-470-04322-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-04322-6 - John Wiley & Sons






Sample Chapter

Short description
Handbook of Race, Racism and the Developing Child is one of the first serious scholarly books to elucidate the unique developmental and social features of race and racism in children's lives. This book covers the recent advances in understanding the experience of prejudice on a child's life and its effects on their development.

From the contents
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1. Introduction.

Part 1. Racial Identity and Awareness.

2. Racial Perspective Taking Ability: Developmental, Theoretical, and Empirical Trends.

3. Children's developing understanding of race.

4. A Social-Cognitive Developmental Theory of Prejudice.

5. Applying social identity and self-categorization theories to children's racial, ethnic and national identifications and attitudes.

6. Prejudice-relevant lay theories among children.

7. Children's Perceptions of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination: Differences Across Children and Contexts.

8. Theory, Research, and Models.

9. Everyday Experiences of Ethnic and Racial Identity among Adolescents and Young Adults.

10. Racial Identification among Multiracial Youth: Implications for adjustment.

11. How to catch a moonbeam: Understanding ethnic-racial socialization processes in ethnically diverse families.

Part 2. Consequences for Mental Health, Achievement, and Relationships (or Consequences for Health, Achievement, Relationships, Society).

12. Racial Discrimination and the Mental Health of African American Adolescents.

13. Ethnic Identity and Children's Ethnic Attitudes in Australia.

14. Perceived discrimination, ethnic identity, and self esteem.

15. Social Sources of Influence on the Academic Achievement of Ethnic Minority Children and Youth.

16. The Impact of Race on Children's Occupational Aspirations.

17. Children's and Adolescents Decision-Making about Intergroup Peer Relationships.

18. Acquisition and Development of a Shared Psychological Intergroup Repertoire in a Context of Intractable Conflict.