I am looking for a self-report measure of perceived racial discrimination with good reliability & validity. Publicly available would be ideal. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.
This article reviews 4 measures of perceived discrimination:
Trasher AD, et al. Theory-guided selection of discrimination measures for racial/ethnic health disparities research among older adults. J Aging Health 2012; 24:1018-1043.
There is also a subscale measuring perceived discrimination related to health care in the Interpersonal Processes of Care scale. Stewart AL et al, Health Services Research 2007; 42:1235-1256.
You may want to look at the Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy (SEE). Here is the full citation:
Wang, Y., Davidson, M. M., Yakushko, O. F., Savoy, H. B., Tan, J. A., Bleier, J. K. (2003). The Scale of Ethnocultural Empathy: Development, validation, and reliability. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 50(2), 221-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.50.2.221
Matthew Mayhew has done some good work measuring the climate surrounding diversity. One article that discusses the survey he uses is here:
Mayhew, M.J., Grunwald, H.E. & Dey, E.L. (2005). Curriculum Matters: Creating a Positive Climate for Diversity from the Student Perspective. Research in Higher Education, Vol. 46, No. 4 (Jun., 2005), pp. 389-412.
Parts of the survey address interactions with diverse peers and with diverse faculty,as well as experiences of discrimination.
This article reviews 4 measures of perceived discrimination:
Trasher AD, et al. Theory-guided selection of discrimination measures for racial/ethnic health disparities research among older adults. J Aging Health 2012; 24:1018-1043.
There is also a subscale measuring perceived discrimination related to health care in the Interpersonal Processes of Care scale. Stewart AL et al, Health Services Research 2007; 42:1235-1256.
Dear Eli,
We have conducted a systematic review of scales, (published in Social Science and Medicine) but we found that none were appropriate for our purposed. Then, my colleague, Dr Bastos, developed one (published in Revista de Saúde Pública, link below). We are still improving it. I guess it will be helpful to you. It was planed for interpersonal discrimination from explicit demonstrations that individuals may observe when they are victims.
It is a challenging construct to measure with many details. Even so, the scale has good psychometric properties and good validity among university students.
Good luck.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102012000200009
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