Cross-Cultural Equivalence of a Measure of Perceived Discrimination Between Chinese-Americans and Vietnamese-Americans
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This article examines the cross-cultural equivalence of the Williams Everyday Discrimination Scale with 484 Vietnamese-Americans and 586 Chinese-Americans from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). Reliability and validity analyses were conducted to determine the cross-cultural comparability of the scale between the Vietnamese and Chinese samples in the data. Results indicated that five items out of the original nine which captured a perceived sense of unfair treatment were comparable between the two samples. These results suggest that this five-item scale can be used in future research in identifying culturally and ethnically different causes and consequences of perceived discrimination.
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- Authors
- Chan, K. T.-K., Tran, T. V., & Nguyen, T.-N.
- Affiliations
- Boston College (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chan, Keith Tsz-Kit
- Venue
- Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-01-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 20-36
- ISSN
- 1531-3204 (ISSN-L)
- 1531-3212
- OpenAlex
- W2090859287
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Keywords
- perceived discrimination, cross-cultural equivalence, Vietnamese Americans, Chinese Americans, Asian Americans, scale validation, unfair treatment
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