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Exploring the Links Between Racial Identity Attitudes and Psychological Feelings of Closeness in African American College Students
Author(s) -
Brookins Craig C.,
Anyabwile Thabiti M.,
Nacoste Rupert
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1996.tb01849.x
Subject(s) - closeness , feeling , psychology , social psychology , identity (music) , scale (ratio) , race (biology) , african american , white (mutation) , clinical psychology , gender studies , sociology , geography , anthropology , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , mathematics , cartography , acoustics , gene
The relationship between racial identity attitudes and psychological closeness to various African American groups was examined in 171 African American college students at a predominantly White southeastern university. The data were collected using the Racial Identity Attitude Scale (Helms & Parham, 1985), and a scale measuring Perceived Psychological Closeness to African Americans. The closeness scale is a 14‐item instrument that was found to represent (in this sample) psychological closeness to 4 African American groups. Internalized racial identity attitudes indicated positive feelings toward various groups of African Americans. A hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that internalized racial identity attitudes were predictive of psychological closeness to African Americans, although this varied somewhat depending on the subgroup.