Factor structure and measurement invariance of the Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire-Community Version Brief

Bibliographic Data

ID8080977
AuthorsBrian Taehyuk Keum (0000-0001-6018-2094, University of Maryland, College Park, corresponding author), Christina J Thai (University of Maryland, College Park), Nancy N Truong (0000-0002-3310-5007, University of Maryland, College Park), Lydia Harim Ahn (0000-0003-1001-031X, University of Maryland, College Park), Yun Lu (0000-0003-2939-232X, University of Maryland, College Park)
Year2018
Volume11
Issue4
Pages498-512
Publication date2018-02-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Culture and Mental Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1754-2863 • E-ISSN: 1754-2871
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17542863.2018.1436578
OpenAlexW2791798808
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited52

The Perceived Ethnic Discrimination Questionnaire-Community Version Brief (PEDQ-CVB) is a widely used brief multidimensional measure of general racial discrimination for both students and community populations. We evaluated the factor structure and measurement equivalency of the PEDQ-CVB across diverse racial/ethnic and gender groups. The groups in the current study were Black (N = 306), Asian (N = 310), Latinx (N = 163), multiracial (N = 108), women (N = 555), and men (N = 372). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and test of competing models suggested that the four-factor and bifactor (with four specific factors and one general factor) models were best fitting and most conceptually meaningful. Based on the bifactor model, the PEDQ-CVB could be represented unidimensionally (total scale score) for applied measurement. Multi-group CFAs found evidence of measurement invariance for configural, metric, and scalar models across racial/ethnic and gender groups, suggesting that men and women, and individuals self-identifying as Black, Asian, Latinx and multiracial, interpreted PEDQ-CVB items in a similar fashion. Our findings substantiate the utility of the PEDQ-CVB as a brief general measure of racial/ethnic discrimination and the validity of results from prior studies that used the PEDQ-CVB. Study limitations and future directions for research are discussed

Confirmatory factor analysis · Ethnic group · Measurement invariance · Sociology · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Test (biology · Clinical Psychology · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Mathematics · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology