Exploring Asian American racial identity.
In this study the authors used cluster analysis to create racial identity profiles for a sample of Asian Americans using the People of Color Racial Identity Attitudes Scale (PCRIAS). A four-cluster solution was chosen: each cluster corresponded to one PCRIAS subscale and was named accordingly. Scores on the Asian American Racism-Related Stress Inventory and the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale were compared across clusters. As expected, the Dissonance and Immersion clusters were characterized by relatively high racism-related stress and low levels of color-blind attitudes; the Conformity cluster showed roughly the opposite pattern. Surprisingly, the Internalization cluster showed a pattern similar to that for Conformity and thus may reflect "pseudoindependence" as discussed by Helms.
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Grace A
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Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. g.chen@alumni.utexas.net
Lephuoc
Paul
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Guzmán
Michele R
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Rude
Stephanie S
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Dodd
Barbara G
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D000069:Acculturation; D000328:Adult; D001213:Asian / Q000208:ethnology*; D001290:Attitude / Q000208:ethnology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019455:Self Psychology; D012925:Social Conformity; D012933:Social Identification; D014481:United States