An Ethnic Identity Scale for East Asian Immigrants

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 4 - Trang 87-94 - 2002
Declan T. Barry1
1Department of Psychiatry, Yale Psychiatric Research at Congress Place, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

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An empirical measure of East Asian ethnic identity was developed and evaluated. One hundred and fifty nonclinical East Asian immigrants (75 males and 75 females) were administered the East Asian Ethnic Identity Scale (EAEIS) and a psychometrically established measure of self-construal. Satisfactory reliability is reported for the overall EAEIS as well as its three factor analytically derived scales, including family values, ethnic pride (language, sense of belonging), and interpersonal distance. While EAEIS and independent self-construal were not associated, individuals who endorsed EAEIS were more likely to report an interdependent self-construal. The findings suggest that the EAEIS may be a useful tool for researchers and clinicians to investigate potentially important themes and individual differences in the experiences of East Asian immigrants.

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