A Decade of Change in Drawings by Black Children

JEANNE E. FISH and CHARLOTTE J. LARRAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 129, Number 4

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.129.4.421

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Comparison of human figure drawings made by black children before 1960 with those made by black children after 1970 indicated that more black racial indicators are included in current drawings. These results suggest that black children are now more positively aware and accepting of their racial and ethnic background than was the case before 1960. The authors offer possible explanations.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 129 • Number 4 • October 1972

Pages: 421 - 426

PubMed: 4561019

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Published in print: October 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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JEANNE E. FISH

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CHARLOTTE J. LARR

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology), Director of Psychology, and Chief Psychologist in Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kans. 66103

Staff Psychologist, Section of Child Psychiatry, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.

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A Decade of Change in Drawings by Black Children

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