ERIC Number: EJ1162355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Dec
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The Psychological and Academic Costs of School-Based Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions
Keels, Micere; Durkee, Myles; Hope, Elan
American Educational Research Journal, v54 n6 p1316-1344 Dec 2017
Research examining links between racial-ethnic microaggressions and educational and psychological outcomes can be improved with the development of brief and reliable measurement tools. Our brief School-Based Racial and Ethnic Microaggressions Scale addresses this gap. First, we examined the prevalence of school-based microaggressions among an analytic sample of 462 Black and Latinx students attending five historically White universities in the Midwest. Then, we examined the association between school-based microaggressions and depressive symptoms and academic achievement. An exploratory principal components analysis of Wave 1 data and a confirmatory factor analysis of Wave 3 data validated a three-factor model: (a) Academic Inferiority, (b) Expectations of Aggression, and (c) Stereotypical Misrepresentations. Students' exposure to microaggressions and its effects were conditional on individual and school characteristics.
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Aggression, Ethnic Groups, Psychological Patterns, Hispanic American Students, African American Students, College Students, Racial Composition, Whites, Correlation, Educational Environment, Depression (Psychology), Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis, Expectation, Ethnic Stereotypes, Online Surveys, Student Surveys, Grade Point Average, High School Students, Socioeconomic Influences, First Generation College Students, Test Construction, Longitudinal Studies, Statistical Analysis
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