Attachment and Racial Identity Issues: Implications for Child Placement Decision Making.

McRoy, Ruth G.

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ERIC Number: EJ498151

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Publication Date: 1994

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Attachment and Racial Identity Issues: Implications for Child Placement Decision Making.

McRoy, Ruth G.

Journal of Multicultural Social Work, v3 n3 p59-74 1994

Examines issues associated with transracial (black to white) adoption decisions. Discusses racial disparity in supply and demand for adoptable children, the institutional framework, early development of attachment in children, attachment issues in foster care and adoption, the significance of racial identity in early childhood, racial identity development in transracial adoption, and institutional implications and concerns. Contains 41 references. (RAH)

Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoptive Parents, Attachment Behavior, Black Youth, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Welfare, Foster Care, Identification (Psychology), Placement, Racial Differences, Racial Identification, Transracial Adoption

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Language: English

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