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Journal of Black Psychology, Vol. 31, No. 2, 130-151 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0095798405274720

Cultural Values Among African-Descended Persons in the United Kingdom: Comparisons With European-Descended and Asian-Descended Persons

Stanley O. Gaines, Jr.

Brunel University, Stanley.Gaines{at}brunel.ac.uk

Judy Larbie

Brunel University

Sheena Patel

Brunel University

Larissa Pereira

Brunel University

Zayed Sereke-Melake

Brunel University

In this study, conducted within the United Kingdom, the authors compared scores on five cultural values—namely, individualism, collectivism, familism, romanticism, and spiritualism—(a) between African-descended persons and European-descended persons and (b) between African-descended persons and Asian-descended persons. We predicted that African-descended persons would score higher than European-descended and Asian-descended persons on collectivism, lower than European-descended persons on individualism, and lower than Asian-descended persons on spiritualism. A total of 227 individuals (92 men, 132 women, and 3 individuals who did not indicate their gender) participated in the present study. Results of a multivariate analysis of variance followed by a series of one way analyses of variance and planned comparisons indicated that African-descended persons scored significantly higher than European-descended persons on collectivism, familism, and romanticism; African-descended persons did not differ from European-descended persons on individualism or spiritualism; and African-descended persons did not differ from Asian-descended persons on any of the cultural values. Implications for the study of ethnicity and cultural values across nations are discussed.

Key Words: cultural values • United Kingdom • African/Black psychology • racial camparisons


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