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International Journal of Behavioral
Medicine (2004).
11(2): 88-94.
Validation of the
Detroit Area Study Discrimination Scale in a community sample of older
African American adults: the Pittsburgh healthy heart project.
Taylor TR, Kamarck TW, Shiffman S.
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
t_r_taylor@howard.edu
This study examined the construct validity of the Detroit Area Study
Discrimination Questionnaire (DAS-DQ) in 49 healthy African American
adults, with respect to its association with global measures and daily
experiences of psychological demand. Daily experiences of psychological
demand were obtained using ecological momentary assessment (EMA)
methods. Everyday Mistreatment, as measured by the DAS-DQ, was
significantly related to global reports of perceived stress and
depression but was unrelated to measures of hostility and social
desirability. Everyday Mistreatment was significantly related to average
EMA score measures of Negative Affect and Social Conflict but was
unrelated to daily experiences of Task Demand or Decisional Control.
Negative Affect mediated the relation between Everyday Mistreatment and
global reports of perceived stress. In contrast, Lifetime History of
Discrimination, as measured by the DAS-DQ, was unrelated to global
measures or daily experiences of stress. Thus, this study lends support
to the construct validity of the DAS-DQ.
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