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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 129, No. 4

Articles | October 01, 1972

A Decade of Change in Drawings by Black Children

JEANNE E. FISH; CHARLOTTE J. LARR

Am J Psychiatry 1972;129:421-426.

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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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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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