The Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale (REMS): Construction, Reliability, and Validity

Autor/in	Nadal, Kevin L.
Titel	The Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale (REMS): Construction, Reliability, and Validity
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58 (2011) 4, S.470-480 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0025193
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); College Students; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; Asian Americans; Validity; Reliability; Ethnic Groups; Racial Discrimination; Classification; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Multiracial Persons; Correlation; Stress Variables; Anxiety; Mental Health; Physical Health; Adults; Aggression; Ethnicity; Minority Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Ethnie; Racial bias; Rassismus; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Mischling; Korrelation; Angst; Psychohygiene; Gesundheitszustand; Ethnizität; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	Racial microaggressions are subtle statements and behaviors that unconsciously communicate denigrating messages to people of color. In recent years, a theoretical taxonomy and subsequent qualitative studies have introduced the types of microaggressions that people of color experience. In the present study, college- and Internet-based samples of African Americans, Latina/os, Asian Americans, and multiracial participants (N = 661) were used to develop and validate the Racial and Ethnic Microaggression Scale (REMS). In Study 1, an exploratory principal-components analyses (n = 443) yielded a 6-factor model: (a) Assumptions of Inferiority, (b) Second-Class Citizen and Assumptions of Criminality, (c) Microinvalidations, (d) Exoticization/Assumptions of Similarity, (e) Environmental Microaggressions, and (f) Workplace and School Microaggressions, with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.912 for the overall model and subscales ranging from 0.783 to 0.873. In Study 2, a confirmatory factor analysis (n = 218) supported the 6-factor model with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.892. Further analyses indicate that the REMS is a valid measure of racial microaggressions, as evidenced by high correlations with existing measures of racism and participants' feedback. Future research directions and implications for practice are discussed. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10