Development and psychometric testing of a multidimensional instrument of perceived discrimination among African Americans in the Jackson Heart Study

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-64

  Sims, Mario ^a,b   Wyatt, Sharon B ^a,b   Gutierrez, Mary Lou ^c   Taylor, Herman A ^a,b   Williams, David R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Walden University   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Cardiovascular disease; Discrimination; Jackson Heart Study; Racism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RACISM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65249149008     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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