An Item Factor Analysis and Item Response Theory-Based Revision of the Everyday Discrimination Scale

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-185

  Stucky, Brian D ^a   Gottfredson, Nisha C ^a   Panter, A T ^a   Daye, Charles E ^b   Allen, Walter R ^c   Wightman, Linda F ^d  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential item functioning; Discrimination; Item response theory; Psychometrics; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EVERYDAY DISCRIMINATION SCALE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957636281     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023356     Document Type: Article

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