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The African American Historical Loss and Trauma Response Scales: Development and initial psychometric evaluation.
| Τίτλος: | The African American Historical Loss and Trauma Response Scales: Development and initial psychometric evaluation. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Pieterse AL; Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College., Taylor TO; Department of Psychology, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, University of Maryland., Harris MG; Department of Counseling, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College. |
| Πηγή: | Journal of counseling psychology [J Couns Psychol] 2026 Apr; Vol. 73 (3), pp. 301-316. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Feb 09. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: American Psychological Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 2985124R Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 0022-0167 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00220167 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Couns Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Washington Dc : American Psychological Association Original Publication: Columbus, Ohio. |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Psychometrics*/instrumentation , Black or African American*/psychology , Racism*/psychology , Enslavement*/psychology , Historical Trauma*/psychology , Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic*/psychology, Surveys and Questionnaires/standards ; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Adult ; United States ; Reproducibility of Results ; Middle Aged ; Factor Analysis, Statistical ; Grief ; Young Adult |
| Περίληψη: | Racism in the United States has constituted transgenerational legacies of trauma for people of African descent. Scholars have highlighted the immense emotional and psychological consequences of race-based traumatic stress; yet a complete understanding of the impact of historical trauma for African Americans is hampered by the lack of instrumentation for use in quantitative methodologies. We thus sought to develop psychometrically sound instruments to better understand impacts derived from the injury of enslavement and ongoing racial traumas and the resulting emotional impacts of historical losses due to racism. Data were collected from two samples during exploratory (N = 467) and confirmatory (N = 449) factor analysis phases of the development of two measures assessing historical losses and trauma responses, respectively. Historical Loss Scale items assess the frequency in which participants find themselves thinking about the history of societal, economic, and cultural devastation of racism. These items include emphasis on disintegrations of familial and community structures as well as losses associated with modern-day injustices. Trauma Response Scale items evaluate grief and trauma responses and feelings of empowerment and reclamation. Additional data were collected to examine evidence of construct and incremental validity. Implications for the use of the scales for research and psychological practice are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Grant Information: | Ford Foundation |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260209 Date Completed: 20260707 Latest Revision: 20260707 |
| Update Code: | 20260708 |
| DOI: | 10.1037/cou0000863 |
| PMID: | 41661637 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 0022-0167 |
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| DOI: | 10.1037/cou0000863 |