The Schedule of Racist Events: A Measure of Racial Discrimination and a Study of Its Negative Physical and Mental Health Consequences

In this article, the authors develop a brief questionnaire that assesses racist discrimination in the lives ofAfricanAmericans, and conduct preliminary studies with it. The Schedule of Racist Events (SRE) is an 18-item self-report inventory that assesses the frequency of racist discrimination (speci...

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Published in:Journal of black psychology 1996-05, Vol.22 (2), p.144-168
Main Authors: Landrine, Hope, Klonoff, Elizabeth A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black American people
Black Attitudes
Black people
Blacks
Emotional Response
Factors
Health
Measures
Measures (Instruments)
Mental Health
Minority Groups
Physical Health
Psychological Stress
Psychology
Psychometrics
Psychosocial Adaptation
Questionnaires
Racial Discrimination
Racism
Schedule of Racist Events
Social Problems
Social Science Research
Stress
U.S.A
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Summary:In this article, the authors develop a brief questionnaire that assesses racist discrimination in the lives ofAfricanAmericans, and conduct preliminary studies with it. The Schedule of Racist Events (SRE) is an 18-item self-report inventory that assesses the frequency of racist discrimination (specific, stressful racist events) in the past year (recent racist events) and in one's entire life (lifetime racist events), and measures the extent to which this discrimination was evaluated (appraised) as stressful (appraised racist events). Results revealed that the SRE has extremely high internal consistency and split-half reliability. Racist discrimination is rampant in the lives of African Americans and is strongly related to psychiatric symptoms and to cigarette smoking. These findings highlight the negative consequences of racismandprovide evidencefor the validity of the SRE as a measure of (culturally specific) stress.
ISSN:0095-7984
1552-4558
DOI:10.1177/00957984960222002