MGUDS Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale (M-GUDS-S)

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

10 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Fuertes, J. N. (2000). Factor structure and short form of the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 33(3), 157-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2000.12069007
 
See also: Miville, M. L., Gelso, C. J., Pannu, R., Liu, W., Touradji, P., Holloway, P., & Fuertes, J. (1999). Appreciating similarities and valuing differences: The Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 46(3), 291. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.46.3.291 
 
A Qualtrics version of this assessment added by Prof. James Davis, College of Engineering, Purdue University

This is a 15 question version of a longer instrument. If used as a formative assessment, e.g. for group discussion or individualized feedback, it can also increase the learner's self-awareness.

This assessment is widely used in the research literature for both outcomes of study abroad and diversity training. It is one of a select few non-proprietary but fully validated instruments that measure comfort with difference. Note that this is a high face validity instrument. In formative assessment use, this is a feature, not a bug! To reduce possible concerns about social desirability bias in situations where a summative assessment is desirable, use the retrospective post-test method.

If you would like assistance in implementing the M-GUDS-S within your own context, please contact the Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research at cilmar@purdue.edu

Qualtrics

The virtual Qualtrics version of this assessment was created by Prof. James Davis in fulfillment of the requirements of the Intercultural Pedagogy Grant program. For access to make a copy of this Qualtrics please make a request noting the specific URL of this tool to cilmar@purdue.edu.