The racial microaggressions scale (RMAS): A new scale to measure experiences of racial microaggressions in people of color

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-164

  Torres Harding, Susan R ^a   Andrade, Alejandro L ^a   Romero Diaz, Crist E ^a  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Exploratory factor analysis; Psychometric evaluation; Racial microaggressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACIAL MICROAGGRESSIONS SCALE; RACISM; RATING SCALE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SKIN COLOR; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSION; ASIAN AMERICAN; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGGRESSION; ASIAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865404586     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: 19390106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027658     Document Type: Article

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