Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS)

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Instrument Overview

Self-reported survey designed to assess denial of the existence of racism and racial dynamics. Higher scores on each of the CoBRAS factors and the total score are suggested to be related to greater:  (a) global belief in a just world; (b) sociopolitical dimensions of a belief in a just world, (c) racial and gender intolerance, and (d) racial prejudice.

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Organization

Student Well-Being Category

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

Content

Grades
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Keywords
Student Well-Being ; Racial Identity ; Self Awareness ; Social Awareness ; Stereotype threat susceptibility ; Unawareness of racial privilege ; Unawareness of institutional discrimination ; Unawareness of racial Issues
Languages
English
Respondent
Student

Administration Information

Length
20 items
Administration
Computer,
Paper

Access and Use

Contact

Helen Neville: hneville@uiuc.edu

Open Access
Yes
Setting
Classroom

Psychometrics (additional guidance)

Psychometric References

Neville, H. A., Lilly, R. L., Duran, G., Lee, R. M., & Browne, L. (2000). Construction and initial validation of the Color-Blind Racial Attitudes Scale (CoBRAS). Journal of Counseling Psychology, 47(1), 59 - 70. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.47.1.59