| Sumario: | Part of a special section on Africentric values, racial identity, and acculturation. A study was conducted to examine the relationship of gender, self-esteem, social class, and racial identity to depression in blacks. The Beck Depression Inventory, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, the Hollingshead Two-Factor Index of Social Position, and the Racial Identity Attitude Scale were administered to 146 black university students and 83 black males and females from the general population. Findings revealed that higher levels of depression were associated with lower levels of self-esteem. Preencounter and encounter attitudes were found to be positively related to levels of depression. There was a negative association between internalization attitudes and levels of depression. There were no significant gender differences in levels of self-esteem and depression, and there were no significant social class differences in levels of depression.
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