Identity and Marginality: Issues in the Treatment of Biracial AdolescentsPosted in Articles, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive on 2011-04-03 22:47Z by Steven |
Identity and Marginality: Issues in the Treatment of Biracial Adolescents
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Volume 57, Issue 2 (April 1987)
pages 265–278
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1987.tb03537.x
Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, Emeritus Professor
School of Social Welfare
University of California, Berkeley
Teenagers of mixed black and white parentage face peculiar difficulties in the developmental tasks of adolescence. The major conflicts and coping mechanisms of this group are examined, as are the clinical and sociocultural issues in its assessment and diagnosis. Specific treatment techniques are delineated.
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