To discuss the theoretical background used, I must first say that I saw how this journal attempted to reconstruct as well as further expound on a deeper understanding of racial identity among African Americans beyond the Multidimensional Model of Racial Identity (MMRI) by creating a more detailed and thorough model via instituting the Multidimensional Inventory of Black Identity (MIBI) model. Many researchers have criticized the relevance, including current applicability, of the MMRI in which it pertains to contemporary African Americans; consequently, Sellers, Rowley, Chavous, Shelton, and Smith (1997) included additional explicitly thus creating the MIBI model.
Sampling issues implemented by Sellers et al. (1997) were 474 African American college students ranging among “286 freshmen, 111 sophomores, 39 juniors, and 18 seniors” for their sampling as well as 68% of which were females. These students comprised from two separate universities with representatives from an all-black university and an all-white university that issued from an average familial income of 45,000 to 54,999 (Sellers et al., 1997).…show more content… (1997) initially chose to incorporate MMRI’s conceptual definitions while alleviating confounding behavioral measures. The MIBI used a 71-item measure that assessed “centrality, regard, and ideology”, also, used by the MMRI, among African Americans (Sellers et al., 1997). The participants answered questions using a “7-point Likert-type scale” where 1 signified that the participant strongly disagreed and 7 signified that they strongly agreed (Sellers et al., 1997). The participants, also, underwent the MIBI assessment over the course of five semesters with credit given for participation (Sellers et al.,
