Construct validity of the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale and tests of measurement equivalence.
OBJECTIVE
The study was designed to examine the construct, measurement equivalence, and predictive validity of the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale (RBTSSS).


METHODS
Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used with adults from various racial backgrounds throughout the Northeast.


RESULTS
The CFA revealed a good model fit and a second-order SEM supported the concept of race-based traumatic stress. Measurement equivalence was found for gender and race. Convergent validity was tested using canonical correlation analysis, whereby RBTSSS reactions were related to psychological outcomes.


CONCLUSIONS
The findings of the CFA and SEM provide support for the measurement and theoretical models of the RBTSSS. Study findings offer scholarly and practical contributions to trauma assessment and treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Robert T
RT
Carter
Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Carrie
C
Muchow
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D044469:Racial Groups; D063505:Racism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult