An Empirical Test of the Fundamental Postulates of an African Personality Metatheory.

Azibo, Daudi Ajani ya

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ERIC Number: EJ445369

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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An Empirical Test of the Fundamental Postulates of an African Personality Metatheory.

Azibo, Daudi Ajani ya

Western Journal of Black Studies, v15 n3 p183-95 Fall 1991

Reports a study with 38 African Americans investigating own-race preference and own-race maintenance as defined in a metatheory of African personality. The experiment's complex methodology involved deception and intricate procedures around a photograph selection process. The results support the metatheory's own-race maintenance. (JB)

Descriptors: African Culture, Black Attitudes, Black Students, Cultural Traits, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Personality Measures, Personality Theories, Racial Attitudes, Racial Bias, Racial Identification, Self Concept, Undergraduate Students

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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