title: The perceived ethnic discrimination questionnaire--community version: validation in a multiethnic Asian sample.
abstract: This study evaluated the validity and reliability of the Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire-Community Version (PEDQ-CV) Lifetime Exposure scale in a multiethnic Asian sample (N = 509). The 34-item scale measures perceived interpersonal racial/ethnic discrimination and includes four subscales assessing different types of discrimination: Social Exclusion, Stigmatization, Discrimination at Work/School, and Threat/Aggression. The Lifetime Exposure scale demonstrated excellent reliability across the full group and in all major subgroups. Subscales displayed good reliability across the full group and moderate-to-good reliability in each subgroup. The Lifetime Exposure scale was significantly correlated with the depression and anxiety subscales of the SCL-90-R, providing preliminary evidence of construct validity. The data suggest the Lifetime Exposure scale, previously validated in Black and Latino adults, is also appropriate for use with Asian samples, and can be used to examine both within-group and between-groups differences in discrimination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Jasmin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Atencio
authors.forename: Jahanara
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ullah
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crupi
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brondolo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011287:Prejudice; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012931:Social Environment; D012938:Social Perception; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult