Abstract
Offspring of interracial/intercultural marriages are thought to be at risk for developing psychological problems. As part of a study of cognitive abilities, members of biological families from four of the major racial/ethnic groups living in Hawaii were also administered a standardized measure of personality, the Adjective Check List. For the most part, offspring of within-group (n = 1,024) versus across-racial/ethnic (n = 180) marriages did not differ in personality test scores. As compared with offspring of within-group marriages, male offspring of across-group marriages scored higher on a factor measuring socially desirable traits and lower on a factor measuring intraception, while female offspring of across-group marriages were more extraverted. These results are discussed in relation to the general community-wide acceptance of across-group marriages in Hawaii.
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