1. Reliability and Validity of the Perceived Racism Scale—Racism on the Job Subscale—in a Sample of Black Nurses.
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Brandford, Arica, Fernander, Anita, and Rayens, Mary Kay
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NURSES ,AFRICAN Americans ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,SECONDARY analysis ,RESEARCH evaluation ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,JUDGMENT sampling ,RACISM ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,RESEARCH methodology ,RESEARCH ,CONCEPTUAL structures ,MINORITIES ,FACTOR analysis ,DATA analysis software ,INDUSTRIAL hygiene ,EVALUATION - Abstract
Background and Purpose: We utilized the Perceived Racism Scale—Racism on the Job subscale—to assess how frequently Black nurses experienced racism on the job in the past year (ROTJ-Y) and throughout their lifetime (ROTJ-L). We aimed to assess the reliability and assess construct validity of each subscale in a sample of 53 nurses. Methods: Reliability was evaluated using coefficient alphas, item correlations, and interitem correlations. Construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis. Results: Results demonstrated that the subscales are reliable and valid. Coefficient alphas for the ROTJ-Y and ROTJ-L were.93 and.91, respectively. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a unidimensional factor for both subscales. Conclusion: This study demonstrated that the Racism on the Job subscales are psychometrically sound measures of workplace racism among Black nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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