African American Historical Trauma: Creating an Inclusive Measure

Abstract

Research indicates that race‐based discrimination is detrimental to the mental and physical health of African Americans. The authors sought preliminary evidence of internal consistency and factorial validity of an African American Historical Trauma questionnaire administered to 400 participants. Reliability and exploratory factor analyses resulted in 30 items with Cronbach's α = .91. Correlations between factors ranged from .32 to .52. These findings provide a step toward an empirical understanding of African American historical trauma. La investigación indica que la discriminación por motivos de raza es perjudicial para la salud mental y física de las personas afroamericanas. Los autores buscaron pruebas preliminares de consistencia interna y validez factorial de un cuestionario sobre Trauma Histórico Afroamericano administrado a 400 participantes. El análisis de fiabilidad y el análisis factorial exploratorio dieron como resultado 30 ítems con un coeficiente de alfa de Cronbach = .91. Las correlaciones entre los factores variaron de .32 a .52. Estos hallazgos proporcionan un paso adelante hacia la comprensión empírica del trauma histórico de las personas afroamericanas.

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