Self-Concept Formation and the Afro-American Woman.

Watson, Vernaline

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ERIC Number: EJ106749

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Publication Date: 1974

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Self-Concept Formation and the Afro-American Woman

Watson, Vernaline

Journal of Afro-American Issues, 2, 3, 226-236, Sum 74

Examines assertions that the self-concepts of Afro-Americans are deterministic and fatalistic, focusing upon the Afro-American woman, drawing extensively upon the notions of symbolic interaction; and assesses the role of white American society in the self-conceptions of black women. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Economic Factors, Females, Goal Orientation, Individual Development, Racism, Self Actualization, Self Concept, Social Influences

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