Category: Family/Parenting

  • Understanding the Racial Identity Development of Multiracial Young Adults through their Family, Social and Environmental Experiences Catholic University of America 2012 184 pages Lisa Sechrest-Ehrhardt A DISSERTATION Submitted to the faculty of the National Catholic School of Social Service of The Catholic University of America In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree Doctor…

  • The Well-Being of Children Living With Interethnic Parents: Are They at a Disadvantage? Journal of Family Issues Volume 33, Number 7 (July 2012) pages 898-919 DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11420938 Jennifer Pearce-Morris Department of Sociology Pennsylvania State University Valarie King, Professor of Sociology, Demography, and Human Development & Family Studies Director Pennsylvania State University An increasing number of…

  • Contemporary US multiple heritage couples, individuals, and families: Issues, concerns, and counseling implications Counselling Psychology Quarterly Volume 25, Issue 2, (June 2012) Special Issue: Race, Culture, and Mental Health: Metissage, Mestizaje, Mixed “Race”, and Beyond pages 99-112 DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2012.674682 Mark Kenney, Adjunct Professor Kutztown University, Kutztown, Pennsylvania Multicultural Education and Consulting, Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania Kelley…

  • Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds Rutgers University Press 2005-05-18 264 pages Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-3586-9 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-3585-2 eBook ISBN: 978-0-8135-3757-3 Erica Chito Childs, Associate Professor of Sociology Hunter College, City University of New York Is love color-blind, or at least becoming increasingly so? Today’s popular rhetoric and evidence of more interracial…

  • Family Dynamics Between Arab Muslim parents, Western Parents and Their Bi-ethnic Children California State University, Sacramemto Spring 2011 75 pages Yasmine Binghalib THESIS Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in COUNSELING (Marriage, Family and Child Counseling) Families made up of one an Arab Muslim parent, Western parent…

  • Racial/Ethnic Variation in Parenting Styles: The Experience of Multiracial Adolescents Bowling Green State University December 2011 57 pages Amanda N. House According to the 2009 American Community Survey, 2.4% of the U.S. population consists of individuals who identify as two or more races, or multiracial. Nearly half of this estimate captures children under the age…

  • Mix-d: Museum Mix-d:™ 2012-02-27 Chamion Caballero, Senior Research Fellow London South Bank University Peter Aspinall, Reader in Population Health at the Centre for Health Services Studies University of Kent, UK The overall aim of the project is to explore the potential of translating knowledge through technology. Working together with Mix-d, the team will draw on…

  • Normal Families Facing Unique Challenges: The Psychosocial Functioning of Multiracial Couples, Parents and Children The New School Psychology Bulletin Volume 9, Number 1 (2011) Print ISSN: 1931-793X; Online ISSN: 1931-7948 Joshua Wilt Department of Psychology Northwestern University The number of interracial couples in the United States has increased rapidly since anti-miscegenation laws were repealed in…

  • The Interracial Family in Children’s Literature The Reading Teacher Volume 31, Number 8 (May, 1978) pages 909-915 Margo Alexandre Long Books about interracial families have just recently begun to reflect America’s pluralistic society. A Discussion of the interracial family (a family unit in which members are of various racial backgrounds) in American children’s literature must…

  • Developing identity formation and self-concept in preschool-aged biracial children Early Child Development and Care Volume 111, Issue 1, 1995 (Special Issue: Focus on Caregivers) pages 141-152 DOI: 10.1080/0300443951110110 Johnetta Wade Morrison, Professor of Human Development and Family Studies University of Missouri, Columbia Eleven mothers of biracial preschool-aged children were interviewed regarding identity formation, self-concept development,…