title: Identity and marginality: issues in the treatment of biracial adolescents.
abstract: Teenagers of mixed black and white parentage face peculiar difficulties in the developmental tasks of adolescence. The major conflicts and coping mechanisms of this group are examined, as are the clinical and sociocultural issues in its assessment and diagnosis. Specific treatment techniques are delineated.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011822:Race Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*