Ethnic Identity Scale-Brief (EIS-B)

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Instrument Overview

The Ethnic Identity Scale assesses three distinct components of ethnic-racial identity: (a) exploration, or the degree to which individuals have explored their ethnicity; (b) resolution, or the degree to which they have resolved what their ethnic identity means to them; and (c) affirmation, or the affect (positive or negative) that they associate with their ethnic-group membership (Umaña-Taylor, Yazedjian, & Bámaca-Gómez, 2004). Exploration and resolution capture aspects of the developmental process of ethnic-racial identity, and affirmation captures ethnic-racial identity content. Examination of exploration and resolution as individual scales enables scholars to categorize individuals into ethnic-racial identity statuses of diffuse, foreclosed, moratorium, and achieved (for detailed instructions of this approach see Umaña-Taylor, Yazedjian, & Bámaca-Gómez, 2004).

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Organization

Topic
Student Well-Being
Student Well-Being Category
Student Cultural Competence and Diversity

American Institutes for Research® partnered with the Annenberg Institute at Brown University to collect instruments related to student well-being.

Tags
Higher education,
Race, ethnicity, and education

Content

Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Racial Identity ; Self Awareness ; Ethnic Identity ; Exploration
Languages
English,
Spanish
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
9 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Price

$120.00

Contact

Adriana Umana-Taylor adriana_umana-taylor@gse.harvard.edu

Link
https://umana-taylorlab.gse.harvard.edu/ethnic-identity-scale
Open Access
Yes
Setting
Anywhere

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Douglass, S., & Umaña-Taylor, A. J. (2015). A brief form of the Ethnic Identity Scale: Development and empirical validation. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 15(1), 48 - 65. https://doi.org/10.1080/15283488.2014.989442