The Color of My Skin: An Index to Measure Children's Awareness of Their Skin Color and Satisfaction With It

Year Published: 1998

Authors: Odette Alarcón, M.D., Sumru Erkut, Ph.D., Laura A. Szalacha, Cynthia García Coll, Ph.D., Jacqueline P. Fields, Ph.D., Sabrina Gonzalez

This paper describes the development of a new measure to assess children's perception of their skin color and their satisfaction with it. I also discuss the measure's psychometric properties and its application to a sample of 291 Puerto Rican boys and girls in grades 1-3.

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