Effects of race of examiner and cultural mistrust on the WAIS performance of Black students.

Psychometric analysis of the cultural mistrust inventory with a Black psychiatric inpatient sample

“…Nickerson, Helms, and Terrell (1994) reported that the CMI also has good internal consistency with a Cronbach's ␣ ϭ .89. The scale also has shown good concurrent and predictive validity (Terrell & Terrell, 1983, 1984Terrell, Terrell, & Taylor, 1981;Thompson, Neville, Weathers, Poston, & Atkinson, 1990;Watkins & Terrell, 1988;Watkins, Terrell, Miller, & Terrell, 1989). It should be noted that none of the subsequent data on the CMI was from psychometric studies.…”

Cultural Mistrust, Conspiracy Theories and Attitudes towards HIV Testing Among African Americans

“…Although the external validity of the scale has been questioned [8] reported that the CMI has a test-retest reliability of 0.83 as well as good concurrent, predictive and criterion-related validity. In addition, the CMI has demonstrated good internal consistency with a Chronbach's α=0.89 [25].…”

“…The Cultural Mistrust Inventory (CMI) (Appendix D) was developed by Terrell and Terrell and measures Blacks' mistrust of Whites at the cultural level [8]. The measure is based on the notion that cultural mistrust exists in Black culture due to a history of racism, oppression and human rights violations [24].…”

“…Cultural mistrust has been defined as a tendency to distrust Whites based upon a legacy of direct or vicarious exposure to racism or unfair treatment by Whites [8]. Others have conceptualized such mistrust as a "racism reaction" that has evolved as a defensive mechanism [9].…”

Influences on immigrant students' perceptions of the chances of making it in the United States

“…The racial mistrust scale used in this study was adopted from McAdoo's (1983) Racial Awareness Scale and Terrell's (1981) Cultural Mistrust Scale. All responses for racial mistrust were scored using a four-point scale:(1) "Agree a lot," (2) "Sort of agree," These are the items utilized for perceptions of social mobility: (a) "In the United…”