Racial Identity, African Self‐Consciousness, and Career Decision Making in African American College Women

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among racial Identity, African self‐consciousness, and career decidedness in 212 African American women classified as first year or senior at an historically Black university and a predominantly White university. It was hypothesized that senior women at both institutions would have higher levels of racial identity and African self‐consciousness and would be more career decided than first year women. The findings provided partial support for the hypothesis.