Black-White Personality Differences: Another Look

Abstract

Investigated the meaning of Black-White differences typically discovered on personality instruments by administering a pool of items derived from both the MMP1 and California Psychological inventory, as well as a group form of the Embedded Figures Test, to a sample of 226 black and white junior college students. A cluster analysis of the unexpectedly large number of inventory items significantly differentiating the two races produced reliable and meaningful configurations. Interpretations of race differences on these clusters and the EFT provide a new perspective on the meaning of Black-White personality differences.