Cited by 504Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial and Intergroup PsychologyHealth disparities and outcomes

Prejudice as stress: Conceptual and measurement problems

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Meyer, Ilan H.·2003·American Journal of Public Health

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In the field of social sciences, there has been a renewed interest in studying prejudice and discrimination as stressors and assessing their impact on various health outcomes. This raises a need for theoretically based and psychometrically sound measures of prejudice. As researchers approach this task, there are several conceptual issues that need to be addressed. The author describes 3 such issues related to (1) individual versus structural measures of the impact of prejudice, (2) objective versus subjective assessments of stress, and (3) measures of major events versus everyday discrimination. How researchers approach the problem of measurement depends on the specific study aims, but they must consider these conceptual issues and understand the advantages and limitations of various approaches to the study of prejudice as stress.

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Authors
Meyer, I. H.
Affiliations
Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author
Meyer, Ilan H.
Venue
American Journal of Public Health
Published
2003-02
Volume
93
Issue
2
Pages
262-265
ISSN
  • 0090-0036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1541-0048
OpenAlex
W2167632036
Cited by
504
References
26
Citations by year
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FWCI
36.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Public Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • American Psychological Association
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH059627, MH59627)
  • U.S. National Library of Medicine (G13LM007660)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
prejudice, discrimination, stress, health outcomes, psychometric assessment
MeSH terms
Classification, Ethnicity, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Health Status, Humans, Mental Health, Prejudice, Psychometrics, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological

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