Measuring perceived mistreatment across diverse social groups: An evaluation of the Everyday Discrimination Scale

Harnois, Catherine E.; Bastos, João Luiz; Campbell, Mary E.; Keith, Verna M.

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.011

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“…Indeed, even discrete experiences of discrimination may be attributable to multiple, overlapping social characteristics. Moreover, recent evidence suggests the EDS may not be comparable across sociodemographic groups (Harnois et al, 2019). Future research seeking to compare age discrimination with other reasons for discriminatory treatment will require more refined measures for analysis.…”

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“…Therefore, reported statistics depend on a range of factors including how the researchers treat the frequency and attribution categories and how the participants interpreted the items. A recent psychometric study suggests that race, age, gender, and educational attainment all affect how people use the scale (Harnois, Bastos, Campbell, & Keith, 2019).…”

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Sticks and Stones: Perceived Age Discrimination, Well-Being, and Health Over a 20-Year Period

Stokes

Moorman

2019

Res Aging

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This study examines associations between perceived day-to-day age discrimination, positive well-being, and physical health over a 20-year span. Data came from all three waves of the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (1995–2014). Generalized structural equation modeling was used to analyze 6,016 observations of 3,102 participants and test associations between age discrimination and (a) psychological well-being and positive affect, and (b) self-rated health, instrumental activities of daily living, and chronic conditions. Associations were also examined between the well-being measures and all three health outcomes. Between-persons and within-persons effects were modeled separately but simultaneously. Both between-persons and within-persons results revealed numerous significant associations between age discrimination and physical health, although results were stronger between-persons. Moreover, hypothesized associations of age discrimination with well-being, and of well-being with physical health, were supported both between- and within-persons. Findings suggest diminished well-being may be one mechanism whereby age discrimination harms health.

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Sticks and Stones: Perceived Age Discrimination, Well-Being, and Health Over a 20-Year Period

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2019

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“…Relatedly, the instruments adopted to operationalize ‘discrimination’ – the most frequent concept in this literature – are in need of further improvement so that validity, reliability, and comparability of findings may be achieved (40). The Everyday Discrimination Scale (41), for example, was employed in three different studies to assess individual‐level experiences with unfair treatment within multiple racial groups, but recent psychometric evidence (42,43) shows that estimates of discrimination derived from this instrument may not be meaningfully compared across these groups. The other discrimination scales utilized in the reviewed studies, such as the Measure of Indigenous Racism Experiences (44), the Perceived Discrimination Scale (45), and the Adolescent Discrimination Distress Index (46), have not been subjected to a systematic scrutiny, such that a number of their psychometric properties have not yet been sufficiently examined (47).…”

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“…Characteristics of reviewed studies (n = 18) to assess individual-level experiences with unfair treatment within multiple racial groups, but recent psychometric evidence(42,43) shows that estimates of discrimination derived from this instrument may not be meaningfully compared across these groups.…”

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Advancing racial equity in oral health (research): more of the same is not enough

Bastos

Constante

Celeste

et al. 2020

European J Oral Sciences

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By critically appraising the literature on the oral health effects of race-based oppression, this focus article makes four recommendations that may both facilitate more nuanced research on the topic and mitigate racial/ethnic inequities in (oral) health. The first is recognizing that science itself may perpetuate racial/ethnic injustice, such that adopting a 'neutral' position must be replaced with actively fostering anti-racist narratives. The second is to not imply that racial oppression is bad because it harms oral health. Rather, studies should help build a fairer world, wherein oral health inequities would not abound. The third recommendation is encouraging initiatives that understand systems of oppression as conjointly operating to shape oral health. The fourth and final recommendation is taking race-based oppression as a multilevel system that operates on three interrelated conceptual levelsintra-personal, inter-personal, and structural. The extent to which scholars, practitioners, and policymakers are willing to follow these recommendations may determine how successful attempts to eradicate (oral) health inequities might be. Learning from, and avoiding mistakes made in, previous publications is one ethical pathway towards this end.

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“…LGBT stigma, while a global phenomenon, is socially organized and thus is shaped by contextual differences in history, geography, political economy, and culture [33]. This suggests that LGBT stigma will manifest differently across contexts, leading to systematic differences in the ways that syndemics are produced and experienced.…”

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Conceptualizing LGBT Stigma and Associated HIV Vulnerabilities Among LGBT Persons in Lesotho

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Social marginalization harms lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons' wellbeing in Lesotho. Socio-cultural mechanisms linking LGBT stigma, depression, substance use, and HIV among LGBT persons in Lesotho are understudied. We explore associations between LGBT stigma, mental health stressors, and HIV vulnerabilities among LGBT persons in Lesotho. We conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 46 LGBT persons and six key informants (e.g. healthcare providers). Participants described depression, substance use, and HIV as mutually reinforcing and situated in larger social contexts of stigma. Alcohol use was a stigma coping strategy and a way to build LGBT connections. At the same time, alcohol use elevated HIV vulnerabilities by lowering condom use uptake. Pervasive stigma reinforced barriers to healthcare engagement. Community-led support and services were leveraged to navigate stigma, reduce HIV vulnerabilities, and ultimately improve health. Findings emphasize the key role contexts play in shaping sexual and mental health among LGBT persons in Lesotho.

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Measuring perceived mistreatment across diverse social groups: An evaluation of the Everyday Discrimination Scale

Cited by 65 publications

References 43 publications

Sticks and Stones: Perceived Age Discrimination, Well-Being, and Health Over a 20-Year Period

Sticks and Stones: Perceived Age Discrimination, Well-Being, and Health Over a 20-Year Period

Advancing racial equity in oral health (research): more of the same is not enough

Conceptualizing LGBT Stigma and Associated HIV Vulnerabilities Among LGBT Persons in Lesotho

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