Abstract
This study involved an examination of the psychometric properties of the Black Racial Identity Attitude Scale-Form B through item, subscale, and factor analyses. Factor analytic support was found for the Preencounter, Immersion-Emersion, and Internalization subscales. No support was found for an Encounter subscale. However, the factor analysis accounted for a small amount of variance, which, coupled with a finding of marginal internal consistencies, suggests little common variance among the items for the RIAS. Version A and Version B scoring showed little correspondence for some subscales, suggesting the earlier and later scoring versions cannot be considered interchangeable. The Preencounter and Internalization subscales showed highly skewed distributions for a number of items and for subscale scores. The implications of these results for previous and future research using the scale are discussed.
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