The racial and ethnic microaggressions scale (REMS): Construction, reliability, and validity

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-480

  Nadal, Kevin L ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Microaggressions; Racism; Scale construction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054869559     PISSN: 00220167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025193     Document Type: Article

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