Perceived Discrimination Scale

The Perceived Discrimination Scale (Phinney, Madden, & Santos, 1998) consists of seven items asking about the degree to which participants have been treated unfairly by members of the receiving community (e.g., “How often do teachers or employers treat you unfairly or negatively because of your ethnic background?”). The scale uses a 5-point Likert scale (1=never, 5=daily or nearly daily), and is available in both English and Spanish translations.

Related Article:

Phinney JS, Madden T, Santos LJ. Psychological variables as predictors of perceived ethnic discrimination among minority and immigrant adolescents. Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 1998;28:937–953. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.1998.tb01661.x

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• Perceived Discrimination Scale: Word Document - English and Spanish
• Perceived Discrimination Scale: Redcap Data Dictionary (.csv) - English and Spanish

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