title: Development and validation of brief scales to measure collectivism, religiosity, racial pride, and time orientation in urban African American women.
abstract: This article describes the development and pilot-testing of brief scales to measure four cultural constructs prevalent in urban African American women. Internal consistency and temporal stability were assessed in two convenience samples (n=47 and n=25) of primarily lower-income African American women. All scales performed well: collectivism alpha=.93, r=.85, p<.001); religiosity (alpha=.88, r=.89, p<.001); racial pride (alpha=.84, r=.52, p<.001); present time orientation (alpha=.73, r=.52, p<.01) and future time orientation (alpha=.72, r=.54, p=.07).
authors.affiliation: Health Communication Research Laboratory, Division of Behavioral Science and Health Education, Department of Community Health School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Lukwago
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kreuter
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Bucholtz
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D012067:Religion; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013995:Time; D014481:United States