University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1983 The impact of ethnicity on African-American mothering during the separation-individuation phase of development. Dorcas D. Bowles University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Bowles, Dorcas D., "The impact of ethnicity on African-American mothering during the separation-individuation phase of development." (1983). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 4126. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/4126 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. 3ieQbb OSTfl MD72 y FIVE COLLEGE DEPOSITORY THE IMPACT OF ETHNICITY ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHERING DURING THE SEPARATION- INDIVIDUATION PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT A Dissertation Presented By DORCAS DAVIS BOWLES Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF EDUCATION September 1983 School of Education THE IMPACT OF ETHNICITY ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN MOTHERING DURING THE SEPARATION- INDIVIDUATION PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT A Dissertation Presented By DORCAS DAVIS BOWLES Approved as to style and content by: \ it* Carolyn P. "Edvards, Asst. Prof, of Education Chairperson of Commitl 'Trtr Gene T.'&LL Orro, Asso. Prof, of Education Member Edwin Driver, Prof, of Sociology Member Dorcas Davis Bowles All Rights Reserved ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Much love is expressed to my two daughters, Adriene Diane and Anita Dorcas, whose developments reawakened all those warm feelings I experienced in my own child¬ hood which taught me to know and give unconditional love.