Assessing White Racial Identity: The White Racial Consciousness Development Scale (WRCDS).

Choney, Sandra K.; Rowe, Wayne

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ERIC Number: EJ502629

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Assessing White Racial Identity: The White Racial Consciousness Development Scale (WRCDS).

Choney, Sandra K.; Rowe, Wayne

Journal of Counseling & Development, v73 n1 p102-04 Sep-Oct 1994

Examines the validity of the White Racial Consciousness Development Scale (WRCDS). Participants (n=260) were administered the WRCDS and another instrument. Results suggest that the WRCDS lacks adequate reliability and concurrent validity and that the findings and future use of the instrument should be questioned. (RJM)

Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Measures (Individuals), Race, Racial Attitudes, Racial Identification, Reliability, Self Concept, Validity, White Students, Whites

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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