Ethnicity and gender in scales of psychosis proneness and mood disorders.

Data for Caucasian, African American, Asian American, and Latino college-student samples were compared for several popular self-report scales of psychopathology. Significant group differences were obtained for all scales, with the Caucasian sample consistently having the lowest means. Some gender effects and interactions with ethnic group were also observed. The authors discuss implications of these findings for use of these scales, including implications for use of Caucasian norms with other ethnic samples.