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.