Development and Validation of the Prolonged Activation and Anticipatory Race-Related Stress Scale

This article describes two separate studies that were conducted to develop and validate a measure of the prolonged stress activation and anticipatory race-related stress response in African American adults (Prolonged Activation and Anticipatory Race-Related Stress Scale [PARS]). In Study 1, an explo...

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Published in:Journal of black psychology 2013-12, Vol.39 (6), p.532-559
Main Authors: Utsey, Shawn O., Belvet, Benita, Hubbard, Rebecca R., Fischer, Nicole L., Opare-Henaku, Annabella, Gladney, Leslie L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
African-Americans
Black American people
Cognition
Convergent validity
Discriminant analysis
Evaluation
Factor analysis
Factor structures
Psychological aspects
Race
Racism
Stress
Validation
Validity
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Summary:This article describes two separate studies that were conducted to develop and validate a measure of the prolonged stress activation and anticipatory race-related stress response in African American adults (Prolonged Activation and Anticipatory Race-Related Stress Scale [PARS]). In Study 1, an exploratory factor analytic procedure (N = 292) resulted in a17-item measure with four underlying factors: (a) Perseverative Cognition, (b) Secondary Appraisal, (c) Anticipatory Race-Related Stress Scale–Psychological, and (d) Anticipatory Race-Related Stress Scale–Physiological. In Study 2 (N = 227), a confirmatory factor analytic procedure was conducted to evaluate and compare the underlying factor structure for several competing models of the PARS. This procedure supported a four-factor oblique solution as having the best fit to the data. Study 2 also provided evidence for the convergent validity of the PARS in that its factor scores correlated, in the anticipated direction, with scores on measures of related constructs.
ISSN:0095-7984
1552-4558
DOI:10.1177/0095798412461808