This study explored select psychometric properties of the Everyday Discrimination Scale in 120 Black adolescents (65 males and 55 females). Youth completed the Everyday Discrimination Scale and the Child Behaviour Checklist‐Youth Self‐Report Form. A t‐test analysis revealed that Everyday Discrimination Scale scores were not significantly different for males and females (p>0.18). The alpha reliability coefficient was 0.87, with item‐total correlations that ranged from 0.50 to 0.70 (mean=0.61). The split‐half reliability was 0.83 (p<0.0001). A principal component analysis yielded one factor, which accounted for approximately 49% of the standardized variance. Correlation analyses indicated that the Everyday Discrimination Scale score was significantly related to internalizing and externalizing symptoms (ps<0.0002).
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