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Psychometric examination of the color-blind racial attitudes scale for use among Asian Americans

Cheng, Sean Jen

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Title
Psychometric examination of the color-blind racial attitudes scale for use among Asian Americans
Author(s)
Cheng, Sean Jen
Issue Date
2015-12-01
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Neville, Helen
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Neville, Helen
Committee Member(s)
  • Chang, Hua-Hua
  • Rounds, James
  • Pak, Yoon
Department of Study
Educational Psychology
Discipline
Educational Psychology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Asian Americans
  • color-blind racial attitudes
  • Differential functioning analysis
Abstract
Our current understanding of color-blind racial ideology (CBRI) has evolved to recognize that CRBI manifests differently for Whites as compared with people of color. To date, few studies have investigated CBRI among Asian Americans, which is partially due to the lack of validated instruments for use with this population. The purpose of this study was to examine the structural equivalence of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS; Neville et al., 2000) among Asian Americans as compared to Whites. A secondary analysis was conducted on a dataset comprised of 713 participants gathered from three published studies. Differential item functioning (DIF) was used to explore the psychometric properties of the measure. Results from the DIF using a LA-LOR estimate identified five items across two of the three CoBRAS factors as exhibiting DIF. Interpretation of the items demonstrating DIF were further classified into Educational Testing Service classification schema (Zieky, 1993) to identify the extent of item bias existing in the CoBRAS items. Possible explanations for sources of the item bias, as well as implications for future researchers using the CoBRAS measure with Asian Americans are discussed.
Graduation Semester
2015-12
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2015 Sean Cheng

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