The Concept of Self: A Study of Black Identity and Self-Esteem

List of Tables

TABLES 3.1 The Rosenberg Global Self-Esteem Scale 77 3.2 Means of the Self-Esteem Scales at Four Time Points 80 3.3 Reliability of the Self-Esteem Measures at Four Time Points 81 4.1 Items from the African American Racial Belief System with Reliability Estimates 97 4.2 Correlations Between Racial Belief System Schemata 98 4.3 Summary of the Relationships between Class and Group Identity 101 4.4 Means of the Group Identity Scales at Four Time Points 102 4.5 Reliability of the Group Identity Scales at Four Time Points 103 5.1 Correlation Between Positive Self-Esteem and Closeness to Elites 111 5.2 Correlation Between Positive Self-Esteem and Closeness to Masses 113 5.3 Correlation Between Negative Self-Esteem and Closeness to Masses 116 5.4 Correlation Between Negative Self-Esteem and Closeness to Elites 118 6.1 Means for the Self-concept 153 6.2 Reliability Estimates for A l lthe Self-Constructs 154 6.3 Zero-Order Correlations for the Self-concept Scales 154 A.l Goodness-of-Fit for the Self-Esteem Model 182 A.2 Completely Standardized Coefficients of the Self-Esteem Model 182 B.l Test of Generalizability of the Confirmatory Factor Model for the Self-Esteem Constructs by Education 184 B.2 Test of Generalizability of the Confirmatory Factor Model for the Self-Esteem Constructs by Age 185 10 TABLES B.3 Test of Generalizability of the Confirmatory Factor Model for the Self-Esteem Constructs by Gender B.4 Test of Generalizability of the Confirmatory Factor Model for the Self-Esteem Constructs by Income B.5 Comparisons of Factor Means for Self-Esteem Constructs by Social Structural Variables B.6 Summary of the Relationships Between Self-Esteem and Social Structural Variables B.7 National Panel Survey of Black Americans-Response Rate C.l Goodness-of-Fit of Models for Racial Belief System with Various Equivalence Constraints Across Income Levels C.2 Goodness-of-Fit of Models for Racial Belief System with Various Equivalence Constraints Across Educational Levels C.3 Structural Equation Results for Model of an African American Racial Belief System: Omnibus Tests Across Four Income Groups C.4 Structural Equation Results for Model of an African American Racial Belief System Across Four Income Groups C.5 Structural Equation Results for Model of an African American Racial Belief System Across Three Education Groups C.6 Structural Equation Results for Model of an African American Racial Belief System: Omnibus Test Across Three Education Groups ...