Assessment of differential item functioning in the experiences of discrimination index: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1266-1274

  Cunningham, Timothy J ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^a,b   Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^c   Jacobs Jr , David R ^d   Seeman, Teresa E ^e   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Bias (epidemiology); Observer variation; Prejudice; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; GENDER; INDEX METHOD; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNICITY; EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NEGRO; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; RACISM; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84856057147     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr253     Document Type: Article

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