An investigation of racial partiality in child welfare assessments of attachment

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-23

  Surbeck, Betty C ^a,b  

^a Family Support Services   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD WELFARE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL WORKER; STEREOTYPY; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0037944147     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.73.1.13     Document Type: Article

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