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Spencer, Margaret Beale – Educational Researcher, 2008
The scholarship of Kenneth B. and Mamie P. Clark, referenced in the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision in "Brown v. Board of Education," emphasized the nation's color line, not only in the Jim Crow South but in American cities overall. The Clarks pointed out the critical role of context; however, they applied it narrowly to the issue…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, African American Children, Youth, Self Concept
Newman, Philip R.; Newman, Barbara M. – 1978
Psychosocial theory, based on the ideas of Erik Erikson and Robert Havighurst, is proposed as a useful framework for conceptualizing the potential for growth within the family. Erikson's (1950) eight stage theory of psychosocial development and Havighurst's (1959) concept of developmental tasks are used to take account of the stages of development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Coping