Introduction - Mary Jane Rotheram Definitions and Perspectives in the Study of Children's Ethnic Socialization PART ONE: ETHNICITY AND THE YOUNG CHILD: AWARENESS, ATTITUDES AND SELF-IDENTIFICATION The Development of Ethnic Self-identification and Attitudes - Frances E Aboud Young Children's Thinking About Ethnic Differences - Patricia G Ramsey A Social-Psychological Model of Ethnic Identity Development - Graham M Vaughan Developmental and Social Processes in Ethnic Attitudes and Self-Identification - Phyllis A Katz PART TWO: MINORITY STATUS AND THE CHILD Black Children's Ethnic Identity Formation - Margaret B Spencer Risk and Resilience of Castelike Minorities A Two-Factor Theory of Black Identity - William E Cross Jr Implications for the Study of Identity Development in Minority Children Ethnic Labeling and Identity Among Mexican-Americans - Raymond Buriel PART THREE: LATER CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE: ETHNIC IDENTITY AND ETHNIC GROUP PATTERNS Ethnic Identity Development in Adolescents - Doreen A Rosenthal The Role of Language in the Formation of Ethnic Identity - Monica Heller Ethnic Behavior Patterns as an Aspect of Identity - Mary Jane Rotheram and Jean S Phinney The Ethnic Component in Black Language and Culture - Thomas Kochman Historical Sociocultural Premises and Ethnic Socialization - Rogelio Diaz-Guerrero PART FOUR: THE STUDY OF ETHNICITY: EMERGING THEMES AND IMPLICATIONS Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Components of Research on Ethnic Identity and Intergroup Relations - Janet Ward Schofield and Karen Anderson Children's Ethnic Socialization - Jean S Phinney and Mary Jane Rotheram Themes and Implications