Validating the Cross Racial Identity Scale.

• DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.49.1.71
• Publication Date: 2005-10-07T19:17:19Z
• Authors: Beverly J. Vandiver; William E. Cross; Frank C. Worrell; Peony E. Fhagen-S...
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences; 10. No inequality

Validation work on the Cross Racial Identity Scale (CRIS; B. J. Vandiver et al., 2000) is described in 2 studies using African American college students. In Study 1, an exploratory factor analysis supported presence of 6 CRIS subscales. 2, confirmatory provided support for a 2-factor higher order model subscales and nigrescence model. Correlational analyses between Multidimensional Inventory Black (R. M. Sellers, A. Smith, N. Shelton, S. Rowley, & T. Chavous, 1998). convergent validity CRIS. subscale scores were not meaningfully linked to social desirability or personality traits but differentially self-esteem.