Torres-Harding Susan, Turner Tasha
Department of Psychology, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, USA
Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Eval Health Prof. 2015 Dec;38(4):464-90. doi: 10.1177/0163278714550860. Epub 2014 Sep 18.
Racial microaggressions are everyday subtle or ambiguous racially related insults, slights, mistreatment, or invalidations. Racial microaggressions are a type of perceived racism that may negatively impact the health and well-being of people of color in the United States. This study examined the reliability and validity of the Racial Microaggression Scale distress subscales, which measure the perceived stressfulness of six types of microaggression experiences in a racially and ethnically diverse sample. These subscales exhibited acceptable to good internal consistency. The distress subscales also evidenced good convergent validity; the distress subscales were positively correlated with additional measures of stressfulness due to experiencing microaggressions or everyday discrimination. When controlling for the frequency of one's exposure to microaggression incidents, some racial/ethnic group differences were found. Asian Americans reported comparatively lower distress and Latinos reporting comparatively higher distress in response to Foreigner, Low-Achieving, Invisibility, and Environmental microaggressions. African Americans reported higher distress than the other groups in response to Environmental microaggressions. Results suggest that the Racial Microaggressions Scale distress subscales may aid health professionals in assessing the distress elicited by different types of microaggressions. In turn, this may facilitate diagnosis and treatment planning in order to provide multiculturally competent care for African American, Latino, and Asian American clients.
种族微侵犯是日常中与种族相关的微妙或模糊的侮辱、轻视、虐待或否定。种族微侵犯是一种被感知到的种族主义，可能会对美国有色人种的健康和幸福产生负面影响。本研究考察了种族微侵犯量表困扰分量表的信度和效度，该量表在一个种族和民族多样化的样本中测量六种微侵犯经历的感知压力程度。这些分量表表现出可接受的至良好的内部一致性。困扰分量表也证明了良好的聚合效度；困扰分量表与因经历微侵犯或日常歧视而产生的压力的其他测量指标呈正相关。在控制个体接触微侵犯事件的频率后，发现了一些种族/民族群体差异。在面对“外国人”“低成就者”“被忽视”和“环境”微侵犯时，亚裔美国人报告的困扰相对较低，而拉丁裔报告的困扰相对较高。在面对“环境”微侵犯时，非裔美国人报告的困扰高于其他群体。结果表明，种族微侵犯量表困扰分量表可能有助于健康专业人员评估不同类型微侵犯引发的困扰。反过来，这可能有助于诊断和治疗规划，以便为非裔美国、拉丁裔和亚裔美国客户提供具有多元文化能力的护理。
