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Exploring Asian American racial identity.

Chen GA, Lephuoc P, Guzmán MR, Rude SS, Dodd BG

Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. g.chen@alumni.utexas.net

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.

Published 2 August 2006 in Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol, 12(3): 461-76.
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