Sadek Katherine, Awad Germine H, Bennett Ashley M
Department of Educational Psychology, University of Texas.
Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2024 Sep 5. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000706.
Arab/Middle Eastern North African (MENA) Americans experience high levels of discrimination, which is associated with greater engagement in coping strategies to alleviate the stress. The Coping with Discrimination Scale (CDS; Wei, Alvarez, et al., 2010) remains one of the only measures that assesses responses to discrimination. Given the difficulties of conducting research with Arab/MENA groups, few measures have been validated for use with this population. Thus, the purpose of this study is to validate the CDS among Arab/MENA Americans.
The sample consisted of 297 Arab/MENA Americans ( = 139, Christian; = 158, Muslim). Overall, 143 individuals identified as men and 154 identified as women. The sample's average age was 31.2 years old ( = 9.5). Confirmatory factor analysis was utilized to assess the preassigned factor structure.
Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the CDS five-factor structure among Arab/MENA participants. All models resulted in poor fit. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was then conducted to identify factors relevant to Christian and Muslim MENA Americans. EFA results were largely similar for both groups and two factors emerged: adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies. Preliminary reliability and incremental validity was explored. Specifically, adaptive (β = -0.11, = .009) and maladaptive coping (β = 0.52, < .001) predicted anxiety after accounting for participants' experiences of discrimination.
This study has implications for utilization of the CDS, with the EFA suggesting a more fitting two-factor structure (maladaptive and adaptive coping) and sensitive interpretation of the scale with Arab/MENA populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
阿拉伯裔/中东和北非(MENA)裔美国人遭受高度歧视,这与更多地采用应对策略来缓解压力有关。应对歧视量表(CDS;Wei、Alvarez等人,2010)仍然是少数评估对歧视反应的量表之一。鉴于对阿拉伯裔/MENA群体进行研究存在困难,很少有量表被验证可用于该人群。因此,本研究的目的是在阿拉伯裔/MENA裔美国人中验证CDS。
样本包括297名阿拉伯裔/MENA裔美国人(139名基督教徒;158名穆斯林)。总体而言,143人被认定为男性,154人被认定为女性。样本的平均年龄为31.2岁(标准差 = 9.5)。采用验证性因素分析来评估预先设定的因素结构。
使用验证性因素分析来检验阿拉伯裔/MENA参与者中CDS的五因素结构。所有模型的拟合度都很差。然后进行探索性因素分析(EFA)以识别与基督教和穆斯林MENA裔美国人相关的因素。两组的EFA结果大致相似,出现了两个因素:适应性和适应不良的应对策略。探索了初步的信度和增量效度。具体而言,在考虑参与者的歧视经历后,适应性应对(β = -0.11,p = .009)和适应不良应对(β = 0.52,p < .001)预测了焦虑。
本研究对CDS的使用具有启示意义,EFA表明更合适的两因素结构(适应不良和适应性应对)以及对阿拉伯裔/MENA人群对该量表的敏感解释。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c)2024美国心理学会,保留所有权利)