Minority-Majority Relations Scale - Multicultural Center for Research and Practice - Antioch University New England

Minority-Majority Relations Scale

Sodowsky, G. R., Lai, E. W. M., & Plake, B. S. (1991). Moderating effects of sociocultural variables on acculturation attitudes of Hispanics and Asian Americans. Journal of Counseling and Development, 70, 194-204.

282 Hispanic and Asian American university students completed the 38-item Minority-Majority Relations Scale, an alternate form of the American-International Relations Scale, to examine the effects of sociocultural variables on their acculturation attitudes. 82% saw a relationship between their culture and their identity. Asian Americans perceived racial discrimination significantly more than did the Hispanics. On the three subscales, respondents who were 1st-generation immigrants perceived more prejudice, were less acculturated (renamed Social Customs by the authors), and used less English than did those who were 2nd, 3rd, and 4th generations. Political refugees perceived more prejudice, were more closely affiliated with their cultural groups, and used English less than did voluntary immigrants. Those who observed Eastern religions were the least acculturated, and Protestants most. Statistics reported include tests of internal consistency, confirmatory factor analysis, and coefficients of factor congruence across two samples, indicating high levels of reliability and content validity.