Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of the Asian American Racism-Related Stress Inventory

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Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-64

  Miller, Matthew J ^a   Kim, Jungeun ^b   Chen, Grace A ^c   Alvarez, Alvin N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AARRSI; Asian American Racism Related Stress Inventory; Asian Americans; ethnicity; generational status; racism related stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863160978     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191110392497     Document Type: Article

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