Handling Race Experiences
Abstract: Handling Race Experiences (CPPRG, 1997-2001) is a 30-item measure which assesses youths' experiences with, and responses to, situations that African Americans often face. Situations include possible police harassment, discrimination in school (i.e., teacher's low expectations, being accused of breaking a rule), and job discrimination. It is administered in grade 11 to African American students only. This measure was developed for this project based on the Race Coping Measure (Lesane, C., 2003). Six racially hostile situations were presented. The responses for each situation were coded as '1' for "yes" and '0' for "no". For each situation, four coping responses were offered. Students were asked to rate how often they would use the coping response in response to a racially hostile situation. The responses were coded on a 5-point scale of '0' (never), '1' (unlikely to feel this), '2' (maybe would feel this), '3' (probably would feel this), and '4' (would definitely feel this). One subscale, Prevalence of Conversations, consists of the sum across scenarios of the first question in each case regarding prevalence of conversations about racially hostile situations. This scale ranges from '0' to '6', with a high score indicating that a respondent had talked with a parent or family member about several or all of the situations presented in the measure. Children who reported talking to their parents about one of the racial situations were then asked how often their parents suggested using each of four types of coping mechanisms (Submission, Active Avoidance, Contextualized Reality-Based Agentic, and Self-Assertion). Four additional subscales were then created to measure the frequency with which parents suggested each type of coping style across the scenarios. This measure should only be used with African American youth. All of the scales were normally distributed for both the normative and the control samples.
Who Completed this Measure?: select one
Cohort 1 - Administrative History
- Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17
Cohort 2 - Administrative History
- Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17
Cohort 3 - Administrative History
- Year 12 | grade 11 | age 17
Technical Reports:
Raw Dataset Name: CyBD
Scored Dataset Name: HREySCc
Keywords:
African-American Stereotypes, Coping, Discrimination, Harassment, Racial Bias
Is this Measure Available for Public Use?: Yes
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Measure Items and Scales:
| tcid | TCID Number |
| site | Study Site |
| COHORT | Cohort |
| INTID | Interviewer ID Number |
| C12BD5 | Have you ever felt that as an African-American you were expected to get worse grades than other students. |
| C12BD10 | Have you ever felt that an adult at school accused you of breaking a school rule because you are African-American? |
| C12BD15 | Have you ever tried out for something (like a job, team, part in a play, club) and felt that you were not given a fair chance because you are African-American? |
| C12BD20 | Have you ever felt that you had to work extra hard to keep your job because you are African-American? |
| C12BD25 | Have you ever been in a store and felt that you were being watched by store employees because you are African-American? |
| C12BD30 | Have you ever been in a public place (for example, on the street, in a mall) and felt that the police were harassing you because you are African-American? |
| C12BD6 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I cant change others views, so I wont try. |
| C12BD7 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will work harder so the teacher will give a good grade. |
| C12BD8 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I am smart, so I will just do what I should do anyway and that will prove them wrong. |
| C12BD9 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I wont let others look down on me or treat me badly. I will stand up for myself. |
| C12BD11 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: Its going to happen. There is nothing I can do about it. |
| C12BD12 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I wont do anything that looks suspicious so they might leave me alone. |
| C12BD13 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I know I dont do anything wrong, so I wont worry about it. |
| C12BD14 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will confront them and tell them to treat me fairly. |
| C12BD16 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: Thats how things are; there is nothing I can do about it. |
| C12BD17 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will do the best that I can and I will be treated fairly. |
| C12BD18 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I know that I am good in this area. This is their problem and I wont let it get to me. |
| C12BD19 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will stand up and demand that they give me a fair chance. |
| C12BD21 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will just do the extra work and not complain. There is nothing I can do. |
| C12BD22 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will be proud to do the best that I can. |
| C12BD23 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I know that I can work extra hard and it will help me be more successful in the long run. |
| C12BD24 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will stand up for myself and not let others take advantage of me or downplay my hard work. |
| C12BD26 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: There is nothing I can do about it. |
| C12BD27 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I wont do anything that looks suspicious and they might leave me alone. |
| C12BD28 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I know I am not a thief, so I wont pay them any mind. |
| C12BD29 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I will confront them and tell them to leave me alone. |
| C12BD31 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I would do what they told me and be polite. |
| C12BD32 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I would not do anything suspicious in public so that police wont harass me in the first place. |
| C12BD33 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I know I am not a criminal, but I will keep my cool. I can always file a complaint later. |
| C12BD34 | If it were to happen, how likely are you to feel the following: I would stand up for myself and refuse to let them harass me. |
| sitecode | SITECODE |
| C12BD6r | Recoded-I cannot change other's views so why try |
| C12BD7r | Recoded-I'll work harder so the teacher will give a good grade |
| C12BD8r | Recoded-I'm smart so I'll do what I should and prove them wrong |
| C12BD9r | Recoded-I won't let others look down on me. I will stand up for myself |
| C12BD11r | Recoded-There's nothing I can do about it |
| C12BD12r | Recoded-I won't do anything that looks suspicious so they might leave me alone |
| C12BD13r | Recoded-I know I don't do anything wrong so I won't worry about it |
| C12BD14r | Recoded-I will confront them and tell them to treat me fairly |
| C12BD16r | Recoded-There's nothing I can do about it |
| C12BD17r | Recoded-I will do the best that I can and I will be treated fairly |
| C12BD18r | Recoded-I know I am good in this area. I won't let it get to me |
| C12BD19r | Recoded-I will stand up and demand that they give me a fair chance |
| C12BD21r | Recoded-There's nothing I can do |
| C12BD22r | Recoded-I will be proud to do the best that I can |
| C12BD23r | Recoded-I know I can work extra hard and it will help me be more successful |
| C12BD24r | Recoded-I will stand up for myself and not let others take advantage of me |
| C12BD26r | Recoded-There's nothing I can do about it |
| C12BD27r | Recoded-I won't do anything that looks suspicious and they might leave me alone |
| C12BD28r | Recoded-I know I am not a thief so I won't pay them any mind |
| C12BD29r | Recoded-I will confront them and tell them to leave me alone |
| C12BD31r | Recoded-I would do what they told me and be polite |
| C12BD32r | Recoded-I would not do anything suspicious in public so they won't harass me |
| C12BD33r | Recoded-I know I'm not a criminal but I will keep my cool |
| C12BD34r | Recoded-I would stand up for myself and refuse to let them harass me |
| HRE12COP | HRE-Prevalence of Conversations Yr12 |
| HRE12SBS | HRE-Submissive Coping Style Yr12 |
| HRE12AAC | HRE-Active Avoidance Coping Style Yr12 |
| HRE12CRC | HRE-Contextualized, Reality Based Agentic Coping Style Yr12 |
| HRE12SAC | HRE-Self-Assertion Coping Style Yr12 |
| TREATMNT | Treatment Group (Interv/Cntl) |
| NORM | Members of Normative Sample |
| low_risk | low_risk |