The meaning of Black history: Development and validation of the Scale of Black History Consciousness.

IF 3.8 1区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED

Journal of Counseling Psychology Pub Date : 2024-09-09 DOI:10.1037/cou0000760

Collette Chapman-Hilliard

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This article describes the development and validation for a measure designed to assess the importance and meaning of Black history-the Scale of Black History Consciousness (SBHC)-in two independently recruited samples of African descent adults. After iterative exploratory (n = 350) and confirmatory (n = 366) factor analytic procedures, a 12-item measure, with scores of two internally consistent factors (sociopolitical beliefs and empowerment beliefs), emerged as the most parsimonious and psychometrically sound. An assessment of scalar measurement invariance using multiple indicators multiple causes modeling indicated that SBHC factors did not differ across racial-ethnic identification or generational status. Validity evidence was established through an examination of bivariate correlations of the SBHC factors with race centrality and impression management. Additionally, participants who endorsed being in environments where learning about Black history was emphasized reported higher SBHC scores than their counterparts who were not exposed to these environments demonstrating known-groups validity. These results provide initial support for the validity and reliability of the SBHC. Findings from this study advance scholarship about the psychological importance of Black history, and the SBHC can contribute to investigations of African descent adults' beliefs about the value of Black history in their lives. Recommendations for further scale development research and practice applications of the SBHC are also discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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黑人历史的意义：黑人历史意识量表的开发与验证。

本文介绍了在两个独立招募的非洲裔成年人样本中开发和验证一种旨在评估黑人历史的重要性和意义的测量方法--黑人历史意识量表（SBHC）。经过迭代探索性（n = 350）和确认性（n = 366）因子分析程序后，一个由 12 个项目组成、包含两个内部一致因子（社会政治信仰和赋权信念）得分的量表成为最合理、最符合心理测量学原理的量表。使用多指标多原因模型对标度测量不变性进行的评估表明，SBHC 各因子在种族认同或世代状况方面没有差异。通过对 SBHC 因素与种族中心性和印象管理之间的二元相关性进行研究，确定了有效性证据。此外，那些认可在强调学习黑人历史的环境中的参与者的 SBHC 得分高于那些没有接触过这些环境的参与者，这表明了已知群体的有效性。这些结果为 SBHC 的有效性和可靠性提供了初步支持。本研究的结果推动了有关黑人历史的心理重要性的学术研究，SBHC 可以为调查非洲裔成年人对黑人历史在其生活中的价值的信念做出贡献。此外，还讨论了对 SBHC 的进一步规模发展研究和实践应用的建议。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。

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Journal of Counseling Psychology Multiple-

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7.60

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Counseling Psychology® publishes empirical research in the areas of counseling activities (including assessment, interventions, consultation, supervision, training, prevention, and psychological education) career development and vocational psychology diversity and underrepresented populations in relation to counseling activities the development of new measures to be used in counseling activities professional issues in counseling psychology In addition, the Journal of Counseling Psychology considers reviews or theoretical contributions that have the potential for stimulating further research in counseling psychology, and conceptual or empirical contributions about methodological issues in counseling psychology research.