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Download full textSteward, Robbie J.; Baden, Amanda L. – 1995
Counseling psychologists have yet to study the counseling needs of transracially adopted children. The intent of this paper is to present a model that increases understanding of possible adaptations of transracial adoptees. Race and culture of adoptees, parents, and that reflected within the community in which the family resides are all…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adopted Children, Child Development, Counseling
Peer reviewedWalker, Katrina; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1995
Examines research on effects of African American culture on development of black children's positive self-esteem. Finds that black children do not seem to have lower self-esteem than their white counterparts; they develop positive self-esteem and ethnic identities assisted by a supportive family environment, a strong kinship network, and the…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Family, Blacks, Child Development
