Phases of Minority Development Model:
Stage 1—Conformity
| Attitude Toward Self |
Attitude Toward Others of the Same Group |
Attitude Toward Others of a Different Marginalized Group |
Attitude Toward Dominant Group |
| Self-depreciating or neutral due to low race salience |
Group-depreciating or neutral due to low race salience |
Discriminatory or neutral |
Group-appreciating |
Phases of Minority Development Model:
Stage 2—Dissonance
| Attitude Toward Self |
Attitude Toward Others of the Same Group |
Attitude Toward Others of a Different Marginalized Group |
Attitude Toward Dominant Group |
| Conflict between self-depreciating and group-appreciating |
Conflict between group-depreciating views of minority hierarchy and feelings of shared experience |
Conflict between dominant-held and group-depreciating |
Conflict between group-appreciating and group-depreciating |
Phases of Minority Development Model:
Stage 3—Resistance and Immersion
| Attitude Toward Self |
Attitude Toward Others of the Same Group |
Attitude Toward Others of a Different Marginalized Group |
Attitude Toward Dominant Group |
| Self-appreciating |
Group-appreciating experiences and feelings of culturocentrism |
Conflict between feelings of empathy for other minority |
Group-depreciating |
Phases of Minority Development Model:
Stage 4—Introspection
| Attitude Toward Self |
Attitude Toward Others of the Same Group |
Attitude Toward Others of a Different Marginalized Group |
Attitude Toward Dominant Group |
| Concern with basis of self-appreciation |
Concern with nature of unequivocal appreciation |
Concern with ethnocentric basis for judging others |
Concern with the basis of group-depreciation |
Phases of Minority Development Model:
Stage 5—Integrative Awareness
| Attitude Toward Self |
Attitude Toward Others of the Same Group |
Attitude Toward Others of a Different Marginalized Group |
Attitude Toward Dominant Group |
| Self-appreciating |
Group-appreciating |
Group-appreciating |
Selective appreciation |