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Exploratory factor analysis of African self-consciousness scale scores
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Exploratory factor analysis of African self-consciousness scale scores
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ETD_1905
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http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000051783
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eng
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theses
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Psychology
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African Americans--Race identity
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African Americans--Psychology
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Afrocentrism
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The current study is an exploratory factor analysis of the African Self-Consciousness Scale (ASCS), a 42-item self-report measure of Afrocentricity, or the degree to which African American individuals espouse African-centered cultural, social, and political identities. Previous research has produced inconsistent results regarding the latent dimensionality and psychometric properties of the ASCS. With a sample of 348 African Americans, the current study conducts a methodologically rigorous exploratory factor analysis of ASCS scores. The study also examines convergent validity of the measure as compared to a measure of African Americans’ endorsements of negative stereotypes of Blacks. Factor analysis produced strong support for a two-factor model of the ASCS. Further support for the validity of the ASCS was found when the factor assessing non-Afrocentric or anti-Afrocentric beliefs correlated significantly with the measure of stereotypes. This evidence strongly suggests that the ASCS is not a unidimensional measure. Implications of these findings for the use of the ASCS and recommendations for further investigation are discussed.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-36)
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by Ranjit Bhagwat
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1981
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Rutgers University
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2009
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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