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Perceptions of Racism in Children and Youth (PRaCY): properties of a self-report instrument for research on children's health and development.
Pachter, Lee M; Szalacha, Laura A; Bernstein, Bruce A; Coll, Cynthia García.
Afiliação
  • Pachter LM; Department of Pediatrics, Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children, 3601 A. Street, PA 19134, USA. Lee.Pachter@tenethealth.com
Ethn Health ; 15(1): 33-46, 2010.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20013438
ABSTRACT
Experiences of racial discrimination have been demonstrated to be related to racial and ethnic disparities in mental and physical health and healthcare. There has been little study, however, of the relationship between racism and health in children, and few psychometrically valid and reliable instruments to measure Perceptions of Racism in Children and Youth (PRaCY) exist. This paper reports on the development and testing of such an instrument, the PRaCY. Development of the instrument began with open-ended qualitative interviews, from which a proto-questionnaire was created. The questionnaire gathered information on the prevalence, attribution, emotional responses, and coping responses to 23 situations identified by participants in the qualitative phase. The proto-questionnaire was administered to 277 children between the ages of 8 and 18 years (38% Latino/a, 31% African-American, 19% multiracial/multicultural, 7% West Indian/Caribbean, and 5% Other). Item analysis resulted in two developmentally appropriate 10-item instruments (one for ages 7-13, another for ages 14-18). Internal consistency reliability was strong (alpha = 0.78 for both versions of the instrument). Confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated good fit for both versions (younger-Comparative Fit Index (CFI) 0.967, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) 0.047; older-CFI 0.934, RMSEA 0.056). Differential item functioning analyses demonstrated no group-specific biases in item response. PRaCY scores were appropriately associated with higher depressive symptom scores and elevated anxiety scores in the younger sample. Results indicate that the PRaCY is a valid and reliable instrument that measures perceptions of racism and discrimination in children and youth aged 8-18 from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Preconceito / Percepção Social / Etnicidade / Indicadores Básicos de Saúde / Grupos Minoritários Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Ethn Health Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS SOCIAIS / SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Preconceito / Percepção Social / Etnicidade / Indicadores Básicos de Saúde / Grupos Minoritários Tipo de estudo: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adolescent / Child / Female / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Ethn Health Assunto da revista: CIENCIAS SOCIAIS / SAUDE PUBLICA Ano de publicação: 2010 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Estados Unidos