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Black-White Differences in Self-Esteem: Are They Affected by Response Styles?

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Bachman, Jerald G.; O'Malley, Patrick M. – American Journal of Sociology, 1984

Blacks are more likely than whites to use the extreme response categories in Likert-type questionnaire items. This general tendency has important implications for Black-white comparisons along self-esteem dimensions. (Author)

Descriptors: Blacks, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Personality Traits