African American acculturation and black racial identity: A preliminary investigation

This exploratory study examined the relationship between acculturation and racial identity among African Americans, One hundred eighty-seven African A merican students completed the Black Racial Identity Attitude Scale (J. F. Helms & T. A. Parham, 1990) and the African American Acculturation Scale (A AAS: H. Landrine & E. Klonoff, 1995). Acculturation was associated with 3 o f the 5 AAAS subscales: Dissonance, Immersion, and Emersion; Immersion had the greatest correlation with acculturation, A simultaneous regression anal ysis showed that the Pre-Encounter subscale was a significant predictor of acculturation.