Longitudinal relations between skin tone and self-esteem in African American girls
| Autor: | Stephanie J. Rowley, Adam J. Hoffman, Beth Kurtz-Costes, Vanessa V. Volpe, Elizabeth A. Adams |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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African american
Schools Adolescent integumentary system media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Self-esteem Skin Pigmentation PsycINFO Skin tone Late childhood Late adolescence Self Concept Developmental psychology Black or African American Developmental and Educational Psychology Humans Female Child Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Human Females Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Developmental Psychology. 56:2322-2330 |
| ISSN: | 1939-0599 0012-1649 |
| Popis: | We examined developmental changes in self-esteem from late childhood to late adolescence in African American girls (N = 124), comparing skin tone groups. Girls completed a measure of self-esteem when they were in Grades 5, 7, 10, and 12, and in Grade 12 their skin tone was rated on a 3-point scale (1 = Light, 2 = Medium, 3 = Dark). Girls with lighter skin reported higher self-esteem than dark and medium-toned girls in Grades 5 and 7, and their self-esteem remained high across the seven years of the study. The self-esteem of dark- and medium-skinned girls increased in high school such that at Grade 12, medium-skinned girls had higher self-esteem than dark-skinned girls, who did not differ from light-skinned girls. The results are discussed in terms of theory-building on the topic of colorism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved). |
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