How culturally engaging is your campus, how do you see your own racial or ethnic group, and how much do you feel you belong? The CBRIS is a short survey for college students of color. It measures what the campus offers, what a student has taken in from society, and how much the student belongs.
For college and university students who identify as people of color. Answer about your experiences at your college or university this academic year.
The survey has three parts: what the campus offers (cultural relevance and responsiveness), what the student has internalized, and how much the student belongs. Higher scores on the campus and belonging scales are better; higher internalized oppression scores mean more negative messages have been taken in.
Contact with people who share one's background, knowledge about one's community, chances to give back, cross-cultural engagement and cultural validation. Based on the cultural relevance indicators of the Culturally Engaging Campus Environments (CECE) model (Museus, 2014).
A collectivist campus culture, caring relationships with faculty and staff, support that reaches students before they ask, and at least one person who helps with almost anything. Based on the CECE cultural responsiveness indicators.
Accepting a deficit history of one's group, devaluing its worldview, believing that natural features are less professional or attractive, and believing negative stereotypes. Built on the domains studied by Bailey et al. (2011) and the pre-encounter stage of Cross's Nigrescence theory, with original items for all students of color.
Feeling part of, valued by and connected to the campus. In the CECE model, culturally engaging environments lead to belonging, which supports persistence and success (Museus & Shiroma, 2022).
The CBRIS is an original instrument by Micheal McGee. No item copies or paraphrases the CECE survey or the Internalized Racial Oppression Scale; the CBRIS cites their theory, not their items. This online version is the 20-item participant form. The 48-item long form and the full validation plan are in the instrument matrix.
Thinking about race and belonging can bring up hard feelings. Campus counseling centers are free for enrolled students. In crisis, call or text 988. See more community resources.
This is version 1.0. Doc Lobe is studying its content validity with an expert panel and its reliability and norms as students take it. Students who choose "For me and for Doc Lobe research" answer three eligibility questions first. See the research page.
Original items by Micheal McGee, Doc Lobe Teaching, Learning, and Research Firm. For education and research; not a clinical or diagnostic tool.
