Measuring exposure to racism: Development and validation of a Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS) for Asian American Vietnam veterans
In: Psychological assessment, Jg. 13 (2001), Heft 4, S. 503-520
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This article describes the development and validation of the Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS), a questionnaire that assesses exposure to race-related stressors in the military and war zone. Validated on a sample of 300 Asian American Vietnam veterans, the RRSS has high internal consistency and adequate temporal stability. Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that exposure to race-related stressors accounted for a significant proportion of the variance in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and general psychiatric symptoms, over and above (by 20% and 19%, respectively) that accounted for by combat exposure and military rank. The RRSS appears to be a psychometrically sound measure of exposure to race-related stressors for this population. Race-related stressors as measured by the RRSS appear to contribute uniquely and substantially to PTSD symptoms and generalized psychiatric distress.
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Measuring exposure to racism: Development and validation of a Race-Related Stressor Scale (RRSS) for Asian American Vietnam veterans
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | LOO, Chalsa M ; SCURFIELD, Raymond M ; KING, Daniel W ; CHEMTOB, Claude M ; FAIRBANK, John A ; RUCH, Libby O ; ADAMS, Lily J |
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Zeitschrift: | Psychological assessment, Jg. 13 (2001), Heft 4, S. 503-520 |
Veröffentlichung: | Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print; 1 p.1/4 |
ISSN: | 1040-3590 (print) |
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