Ethnocultural Identity Behavioral Index

Yamada, A. M., Marsella, A. J., & Yamada, S. Y. (1998). The development of the Ethnocultural Identity Behavioral Index: Psychometric properties and validation with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Asian American and Pacific Islander Journal of Health, 6(1), 35-45.

As part of a larger effort to develop a multi-dimensional ethnocultural identification scale for clinical and research use, a cultural general 19 item self-report behavior index entitled the Ethnocultural Identity Behavior Index (EIBI) was designed. The psychometrics of the EIBI were examined on a sample of 352 college students self-identifying with an Asian American or Native Hawaiian ethnocultural group. The data suggest that the EIBI has high internal consistency. Construct and concurrent convergent validity were also established for the EIBI through a comparison of the EIBI scores of immigrants and non-immigrants, through correlations with self-reported strength of identification with one's chosen ethnocultural group (r = .48), and through correlations with the self-reports of pride toward one's group (r = .31). A factor analysis of the EIBI yielded three factors that accounted for 60% of the total variance.